Two Giddy Goats - Frank C. Stanley & Elise Stevenson (1910)
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Soprano & Baritone Duet by Elise Stevenson & Frank C. Stanley / TWO GIDDY GOATS / from "The Belle of Brittany" / Recorded: 1910.
The New York Times / November 9, 1909
"BELLE OF BRITTANY" FUNNY.
Frank Daniels Appears in Musical Comedy That is Also Dainty.
One of the most enjoyable musical comedies that has appeared along Broadway in a good while is "The Belle of Brittany," in which Frank Daniels disported himself last night at Daly's. It is very funny, but always dainty, and the music, while not pretentious, is much above the kind to which New Yorkers have become gloomily resigned in shows of this sort.
The near-plot has something to do with a Marquis whose mortgaged estate must revert to a miller if a missing contract is found, and a cook who wants to marry the miller's daughter, who in turn wants to marry the Marquis's son. But the plot has nothing to do with the show, and is not permitted to interfere with the fun for a moment.
Mr. Daniels is as frolicsome as ever, and the burlesque speech he made when called before the curtain was as good as anything in the play. Every member of the cast is good in his or her line. Next to Daniels the chief credit for the success of the evening should go to Elsa Ryan and Martin Brown, whose signing and dancing made every moment of their presence on the stage a pleasure. Frank Rushworth, Daisy Dumont, Winnie O'Commor, and George M. Graham deserve special mention, and the chorus was exceptionally good. Nearly all the songs were catchy, and there was a generous quantity of them. The only suggestion for the improvement of the show is that the incident of the failure of the cook's masterpiece should be cut. The humor of that incident is too heavily British.
The comedy comes from London. Leedham Bantcock and P.J. Barrow wrote it. The lyrics are by Percy Greenbank and the music by Howard Talbot and Marie horne.
The New York Times / November 9, 1909
"BELLE OF BRITTANY" FUNNY.
Frank Daniels Appears in Musical Comedy That is Also Dainty.
One of the most enjoyable musical comedies that has appeared along Broadway in a good while is "The Belle of Brittany," in which Frank Daniels disported himself last night at Daly's. It is very funny, but always dainty, and the music, while not pretentious, is much above the kind to which New Yorkers have become gloomily resigned in shows of this sort.
The near-plot has something to do with a Marquis whose mortgaged estate must revert to a miller if a missing contract is found, and a cook who wants to marry the miller's daughter, who in turn wants to marry the Marquis's son. But the plot has nothing to do with the show, and is not permitted to interfere with the fun for a moment.
Mr. Daniels is as frolicsome as ever, and the burlesque speech he made when called before the curtain was as good as anything in the play. Every member of the cast is good in his or her line. Next to Daniels the chief credit for the success of the evening should go to Elsa Ryan and Martin Brown, whose signing and dancing made every moment of their presence on the stage a pleasure. Frank Rushworth, Daisy Dumont, Winnie O'Commor, and George M. Graham deserve special mention, and the chorus was exceptionally good. Nearly all the songs were catchy, and there was a generous quantity of them. The only suggestion for the improvement of the show is that the incident of the failure of the cook's masterpiece should be cut. The humor of that incident is too heavily British.
The comedy comes from London. Leedham Bantcock and P.J. Barrow wrote it. The lyrics are by Percy Greenbank and the music by Howard Talbot and Marie horne.