"Facing the Music

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 697, 13 October 1909, Page 5

"Facing the Music

If there is one combination more than another that has won for itself the cdniidence of the local public that distinction certainly belongs to the Alexandra Dramatic Society. . Its prowess is now known tp> ey;ery lover of drama and comedy in our midst, for the honors of past productions have won for the members the,, highest of encomiums: On Friday evening local playgoers will have another opportunity of witnessing the most humorous and amusing comedy ever produced by the local society,.and a perusal of the synopsis bears 1 testimony to its mir th- provoking situations. The merriment it provides never ceases for a moment from the rise to the fall of the curtain, and is amply sullijieut to-move the most staid. The title of the comedy —"Facing the Music " —-is fully borne out as tjiej.phiy proceeds. ;The story goes to show that there are three Smiths —the Rev. John Smith, John Smith, and Colonel Duncan Smith—all of whom are connected with a mansion of flats in Kensington. The wife of John, Smith has gone away for a holiday,.and at the same time the wife of the Rev. John Smith also happens to be absent from home on a holiday. It is duriug his wife's absence that the Rev. John Smith has changed his residence and taken a suite of furnished rooms in the same flat as that in which John Smith resides. It has als0;: by "circumstance happened that John Smith has changed his housekeeper, and on the arrival of the Rev. John Smith's wife, who by mistake finds; her way into : Jobu-Smith's apartments, is admitted by the housekeeper as John Smith's wife/- On the return of Mr John Smith he finds a strange lady in charge of his apartments, and he is put to his wit's end how to remove the intruder before the arrival of his own wife. Notwithstanding his numerous attempts, he is unsuccessful, aud complications of a very strained domesticated order arise, in which John Smith is in every instance called upon to " face the music." The stage effect is in keeping with the comedy's smartly-written composition, and the nine characters have all important parts allotted to them. The proceeds, are in aid of the local volunteer fund, and we bespeak for the society a packed house when the curtain rises on Friday night.