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This sketch entitled “An Opening Night” was twenty-five minutes long on the open and closed full stage.
The sketch begins with a young couple who have been cut off from their wealthy families because they love each other. The two dollars they have to their name is quickly taken by the washerwoman, the baker, and the milkman in a comedic bit. The couple then attends a free show in which they win three hundred dollars in a prize game called “Zim Zam” (similar to Lotto or Keno). They buy a drugstore with their money and live happily ever after. The sets include a church, a stage show, and a drugstore interior. There are about fifteen people in the act.
The only real comedy is in the opening scene. The rest of the act falters from there. The act needs to be cut down in time and needs more comedy. Some fine tuning is needed to get this sketch onto the circuit.
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Variety 26:4 (30/03/1912)