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The sketch was fifteen minutes long on the full stage.
The sketch was “bare stage” and the actors performed with no props. The plot concerned an actress who was asked to leave the company. After she leaves, a woman arrives and claims to be the stage manager’s deserted wife. After she has convinced the entire cast and crew of her plight, she reveals that she is actually the same actress they fired that day. Convinced of her true skill, the company welcomes her back and offers her the lead role in the play.
The sketch drags and is "too talky". If the heroic melodrama was dispensed with, it could succeed in the small time.
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Variety Vol. 25:9 (02/03/1912)