"CHU CHIN CHOW" TO-NIGHT.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17222, 12 August 1921, Page 10

"CHU CHIN CHOW" TO-NIGHT.

"* I Thero is no standard by which to frftJl the great production of "Chu Chin for it is far beyond Anything ever Mfg'ttl Now Zealand in the way of stagecraft. m|f Bets a standard for itself, It is &W*Ka*«f||fl old story, as told in the Thousand »nd qjM Arabian Nights, unrolled before th* eyetsjl imagination paints it It is, indeed, the &M solute realisation of Shahazatts it*otbfrgJl story, untouied in a scries of won<»etnsf| satisiying pictures of the East. It ha» tSJ halo of lomancc, of poetry, of JHi-»h.m_.|gZg makes it stem like an actual reincatnaSO from the past nn d not modern stage pfcf&Sf enacted by modern artiste. It rolls <*™tf& on with never a jarring note of movement',tf,,! the extraneous comedy interludes—not the jolt of encores to interrupt tie of the delightful series of pirtniw*. Ht'M musical setting is also conceived in the tjgftijl atmosphere, and has • haunting rhjUdfeTj "The Robbers' Chorus," "The Scimitar," and "I Built a Fairy Pal»o» Ml the Sky," are whistled as the audience kMpf the theatre. -Chu Chin Chow" holds onlooker entranced in spirit far away f&et "'A the prosaic ercry-day world cf IWI, back It? *> the land of romance, of poetry, of beawtf, jj where yet human nature is very much tM | snme, "^ The Christchurch senson will open ii s&'s Theatre Royal to-night, at 7.45. The.tat 3 plans for the full season arc on view at Imt Bristol. The 7s 6d and 4s tickets are Attainable at the Tor Cnvo to-day. . ,\T