EMELIE POLINI RETURNS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17807, 5 July 1923, Page 13

EMELIE POLINI RETURNS.

"MY LADY'S DRESS." "When 2&sb Emelio Polini made her first sppowaaoo b«foro Christohurch audiences over two years ago, sho achieved an inm;ediata success, and a return visit bos b*en eagsrly awaited. Next Saturday a;fht t at the Thoniio Bcyat, this famous actresa, in association with .lit Frank Hoxvey, oom«s back to mass fuithcr conquests, under th? direction all J. C. Williajnson, J-'td. "My Lady's Brsra," tlis pieca chosta as tha iatroauowry ia tUteu 10 give pwitly of ncopo for dr&matio action, in which iai&s Pol im excels. Ih<> piece, from tha clavot pen of Edward Kcobkci, is described efi a, "dxumatio novelty," f«ir, although it is confined to three acts, it juns a varied and fascinating oouite through nine episodes that afford reaJistio glimpses of lifa in "various kada. Tile separata incidents are linked together fey a chain of. sequences which lead to the creaWon of a wonderful and beaatifnl frock—th» typo of hundreds purchased thoughtlessly by "J£y Lady" of tho world of society, Tfitaou* considering the cost la huaisa »Te« and hates and heartbreaks, bound up in its creation. It sb said that Miss Folini displays wonderful clvvernoM and art In her representations of the various charaotera of tb« play. Whether an "My Lady" in tha prologue or tha pretty Italian girl, torn and per» plexed between hat accepted lover and tho tricked and rovenuefnl pedlu, wheoo. favours obo had accepted but Whoso suit she had rejected, she i« equally convincing. Sho 3a * haggard and cawworn French wearer, aa arch and winsome Dutch ,mftid"u, and a oentro_ of deep iiympathy as tho crippied workgirl in Whitechapel, condemned to return to the institution she had loft to maintain and cherish a thankless eister; as the passionate peasant who heartlessly botxays tho "intellectual" sho h»<i married because of tho fascination of & roug* trapper of her own class, sho is partioularly successful; n*d she also fills with appealng pathos tho part of the virtuous dressmaker pursued by a satyr and bulliod by her employer. Tho play gives class ehe is partioularly successful: and aho which Mifia Polini possesses in each a high opportunities for tho display of tho talents degree, and she goes through her "exacting part—there are at least eight complete change* of costeae, to eay nothing of the alternation of tho character—»with great thoroughness and continual fidelity to type. Mr Frank Harvey also cxoels in tho many different and difilculi charaotera ha has to portray during the performance. Tho two principals will bu supported by an exceptionally Btron? J. 0. Williamson company. Tho box plans: :for "Jfy Lady's Dross" will bo opened at The BrintolPiaao Company this morning. "