Alexander Smallens, Porgy and Bess conductor, London
Feb. 29 Porgy and Bess the black opera comes to London.: Porgy and Bess George Gershwin's classic folk opera has now come to the Stoll Theatre in London and is performed by an entirely black cast. The story is simple and moving. Porgy, a disabled Charleston beggar who makes his rounds in a goat-cart, wins the heart of Bess, a woman of the streets after the disapperance of her lover, Crown, a murderer. Crown returns to claim her; Porgy kills him and while he is in gaol. she goes away with Sportin Life, a gambler and dope pedlar, to enjoy high life in Harlem. Porgy sets out in his goat-cart to find her. Photo shows Alexander Smallens, conductor of the orchestra, relaxes in the stalls of the Stoll Theatre with his pipe, during a lull in rehearsals
