This is the sort of piece which is usually identified with the word "charming". That is what grandma would have called it, and grandma is sure to get a big treat out of "Just Fancy". So are you, if the producers will only cut out a few of the more tedious passages.

It is a musical comedy which harks back to the 1860's, and passes two acts flowing about in crinolines. The plot, as is usual, is not of great import, but what there is of it concerns the love of a Crinoline Girl for the Prince of Wales of that era. Raymond Hitchcock, who must date from at least 1860 himself, makes frantic and exceedingly long-winded attempts to inject humor into the proceedings. At times he succeeds admirably, but for the most part the humorous stretches are too long, and consequently far too thin.

The prologue and epilogue to the play take place in the present, and present some excellent dancing, and a general tempo which in most ways suit the taste of the average musical comedy public better than the swinging, soft atmosphere of the body of the play. Nevertheless, the music throughout it distinctly tuneful, and considerably above the average of the usual offerings. On the whole, by no means an exciting evening, but a pleasant one. In spite of the camouflaging effects of crinolines, the chorus established itself as one of the most restful the eye could demand.