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Mrs. Greevy plays a zobo, accompanying the violin.
"The Country Fiddler and The Village Maid" means nothing aside from explaining the characters. Mr. McGreevy plays the broken down old farmer; it is a "corking bit of comedy character work. He is just as old and broken down as the old fiddler which he plays." He is the village hanger on, been through the war, only has one eye and knows all the village gossip. Mrs. McGreevy plays the overgrown, wide-eyed, opened mouth village girl who gaps at the simplest things said. She takes little part in the dialogue except to insert an expression here or there. They play music and hold a village dance.
They were easily the applause and laughing hit of the program. No less than ten bows were required of them as they left the house begging for more.
The best part of this comedy is that it is real: every village boasts a character such as this old farmer. While the talk is funny, it is the manner of putting it over that gets the laughs. A few wheezes in the conversations should be dropped and anything else that distracts from the larger picture.
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Variety 21:8 (01/28/1911)