ABSORBING POLINI PLAY.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17810, 9 July 1923, Page 14

ABSORBING POLINI PLAY.

"THE LIE-" Of "The Lie," the second production of the present J. C."Waii»mßon-Polini season, to be seen here on Saturday next, a prominent critic write*:—"There ia exquisite intellectual literary art in "The Lie," one of the beat examples ot the method and mentality of Henry Arthur Jones. Nothing cou-i be better suited to tne remaikab.e capacuy, the intelligent charm, cud U«e cuamaue expression' 01 Emeue JM-mi. »*-« expresses an exceeding!/ character with a simpncitv una beauuy wuciy uanuraDie. ine .Ue' u oirxer c uir-it * uove.. uuconvenUoual, cxean, wiwiewine, A ruuie ana Lnpovei.taned sqiur* uut beueved uiat Guiana died in the thirties, hae two daughters, une ia devottd, unseihsh, instinctively maternal, doomed to respectable obscurity, the oilier inhumaii, aelicately and beautifully selnsh. Her nance Has dieu ba»ate.ie!j There is no melodramatic remorse about the subsequent baby but this wonderful woman seeks wealth conquest, affection—all that ia best in life as her right. She permits it to be believed that it is her sister who had become a mother; »he intrigues brilliantly for her sister's wealthy lover, securing nun. By mere coincidence, believing fcer lormer lover to have been bruta.ly untrue and se-nah, Elinor Shale hears oi her sisters lie. It is at this point that the gifted Emelie ia most profoundly impressive and tremendously dramatic, rinding that her intolerably selfish sister has robbed her oi husband and ol honour. Also will be presented for the last six nights, "French Leave," and "The Flaw.'