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This pantomime entitled “Legends of Mythology” was twenty minutes long on the full stage.
The pantomime follows the legend of the boy Narcissus, who fell in love with himself when he saw his reflection in a pond. The setting is a woodland, with a space in the middle for the women to change costumes. Dora Ford plays Narcissus and Mabel Ford plays Echo, the girl who is vainly in love with him. The first scene is a Nymph number. Six chorus girls also dress in Grecian costumes and create the background of each scene. Both the Fords and the chorus girls dance in a floating and graceful style.
The Ford girls are graceful dancers and Dora makes a pleasing boy who is "a tower of strength to the turn." The production is well done and with some direction, the Fords could have a popular act. It is much more wholesome and pleasant than the pantomimes which gain notoriety for their nudity.
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Variety 28:11 (15/11/1912)