GRAND THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19450, 25 October 1928, Page 6

GRAND THEATRE.

It is generally agreed that Pucoini's "La Bobeme," invariably known in these parts as "The Bohemian Girl," tells the eweeteßt love story of the grand opei'a stage. It has an element of pathos so indissolubly woven amongst 'its lightness, romance, and typically Bohemian atmosphere, that the bouquet that it offers has every flower in the garden 6f romance. Such is "La Boheme,' which this week is being shown at the Gfana Theatre. The story is well known to all. Its setting is in Paris, amongst those delightful artists and writers who so cheerfully eke out an existence in the Latin quarter. Mimi ia a frail and affectionate seamstress, who lives amongst this band of artists. She falls in love with the robust Rodolphe, who only too willingly returns her affectioa Rodolphe is a young journalist struggling .to prove his worth as a writer of plays. Mimi invariably" takes the articles' to the newspaper office, and when a particularly poor one is sent, ehe is told that her lover can receive no more work from the paper. Mimi, however struggles to provide a living for them both, eo that Rudolph can complete .his great play. There is a dramatic ending when Rudolph snspecte Mimi of being unfaithful and she flees to the slums. The climax is rather unusual.