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Slapstick comedy in a schoolroom setting.
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The Hippodrome Four, a rough quartet in a school room set with the usual characters, German school teacher, Hebrew comedian, "cissy" and awkward lanky boy. It was a little harder in position than it ordinarily would have been through following the two-act, but the Hippodrome boys, who are longer on comedy than they are on singing, created mirth throughout, finishing very well. Unless the closing in "one" is needed by the stage manager (and it was not on the Roof), there is no reason to end the act in front of the drop. As a slapstick school quartet the Hippodrome Four qualify.
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Variety, 38:12 (05/21/1915)