Reviewers' Intelligence
OW MY PAPA!—Bristol Old Vic Company, Theatre Royal, Bristol.
Among the various musicals of today this one has, not perhaps as a whole but certainly in its main idea, something of unusual charm to offer.... The Bristol company have grasped the opportunities given to them by this intimate form of musical. They ask for our understanding of these characters, for our patience with them and for our willingness to look beneath the complacent surface. It is an inspiriting evening.—The Times, April 2.
OH! MY PAPA !—Bristol Old Vic Company. Garrick Theatre, London.
Many visitors to Switzerland come back nowadays with a musical-box somewhere in their luggage.... These pretty clockwork toys that some children love so much are noted for the regularity with which they play' one or two simple tunes while wooden figures revolve in a dance or mimic drama. Somehow one has found its way into the London theatre.... The evening is remarkable only for the varied collection of talents involved in an enterprise so unambitious and so naive.—The Times, July lg.
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