Theater: American

The Van Dykes

The act was eleven minutes long. A man and a woman draw cartoons of people in the audience. They are both dressed in brown trousers and negligee shirts. They finish with pictures of Lincoln and Washington.

Clara Cubitt and Co.

The act was eleven minutes long. A young girl assisted by two smaller ones sings and does costume dances.

Hubert Wilkie and Co.

This sketch entitled “My Sunshine” was fifteen minutes long. A young couple are getting ready for the day in their country home when an old Italian man enters singing “Sola Mio”. The man tells them that he and his brother loved the same woman. The man married the woman and they had a child, whom his brother stole out of revenge. The child’s mother then died of a broken heart. The child’s uncle raised him to believe that his father deserted his wife and young son. It is revealed that the young man listening to this tale with his wife is that same child. He heaps abuse onto the father he thinks abandoned him. In the end, he realizes that what the Italian man said was true and embraces him as his long lost father. The father concludes with an emotional rendition of the “Sola Mio” ballad.

Makarenka Duo

The Makarenka Duo are a Russian male and female team that do duets. They are dressed in “native costumes” and sing in Russian.