"THE BETTER 'OLE."

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9288, 24 April 1920, Page 2

"THE BETTER 'OLE."

Gauged by the booking to date, the new English Musical Comedy Company, are assured of a. bumper house, at the Theatre Royal to-night (Saturday), when they stage . Baimfather's great cheer-up play, "The Better 'Ol'e." This cheerio* play typifies life in the .trenches during the great war, and Mr Lionel Walsh in the role of Old Bill is a character he portrays to life. "The Better 'Ole" smashed all records in Melbourne and Sydney, and a leading Sydhey daily referring to it, j said:—"Bill, AIT, and Herb—how we loved them— real human beings with good red blood, and' hot, quick-beating hearts. They bring the war back to us, too. That silent mail scene,, -when they get no letters, makes ns sorry "or the ''Diggers" to whom we forgot on occasions to write. It is one of the touches of sadness running like a. veil ■of gold through the glitter of the laughing Bairnsfather comedy. How' we did 1 laugh last night, too!" There is much catchy music and captivating dances, introduced into the comedy, which helps to make for success. The box plan is at The Bristol. . •