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The first equipment shows the exterior and veranda of a house in the suburbs of New York.
The second scene represents the interior of a floral shop in the big town.
The tall, spelt and beautiful French-woman as Claudia, walks away with the second act. Her gown is a wonder and she wears it like a Suratt.
The chorus is skimpy in numbers and inconspicuous in achievements. There are six girls and six men.
Book and lyrics by Oliver Herford and James Clarence Harvey.
The plot is simplicity itself and musically only a few interpolated selections create more than a passing amount of approval.
There are 16 musical selections.
The Wife Tamers
The Wife Tamers is at all times short on its allowance of musical comedy trimming, the laughs are few and the sum total of its real bid for favour hinges upon the efforts of two women--Kathryn Miley and Juliette Dika.
It is problematical just how long the public will make the present offering at the princess profitable picking.
Savage's catch-line seems a little apologetic when the piece he "offers" here as musical comedy is considered from the various angles of production, company and entertaining value; compared with contemporaneous shows of its class it barely qualifies.
The entertainment, except in rare instances is only mildly diverting. There is none of the dash and verve displayed which lends to big musical comedy productions the requisites of success.
While the divisions of the piece are labeled Act I and II they might appropriately be termed Kathryn Miley and Juliette Dika. These two recruits from vaudeville are all that conspicuously amount to anything in the two sections.
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Variety 29: 13 (September 3, 1910)