Willie Edouin

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Mr. Edouin’s impersonations consist of character studies, possibly, of types strange to this country, and with that in the consideration, counting also the what seemed interminable long time given to each. given
It caused little surprise that the Hammerstein audience received the English artist on Monday afternoon rather coldly.
The preliminary introduction to the actual work which was to follow; the lapsed novelty of making up on the stage; the idea carrying so much repetition in the dialogue of the characters, and the improbability of both the characters and dialogue utterly ruined Mr. Edouin's chance for American success.
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Variety 4: 13 ( December 8, 1906)