French Opera Bouffe: La Fille de Madame Angot

“’La Fille de Madame Angot’ is an old story; but, like some other old stories, it is none the worse for age. No work of its kind, excepting, perhaps, ‘La Grand Duchesse,’ has gained an equal poularity. Several companies have traversed Great Britain with it, and it is a favorite in the American theater. They sing and act it remarkably well at the Park, where it now prevails. It is not too much to say that Mlle. Bertha Girardin, who personates Clairette, is a bewitching actress, and not less talented than personally charming. In her the piquancy of French drollery is enhanced by modesty and by childlike ingeniousness; and this combination of pleasing attributes has made the revival of ‘La Fille de Madame Angot’ especially attractive at the Park Theater.”

Theatre to close after this week until next Thursday evening, February 4.