THEATRE ROYAL.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19757, 23 October 1929, Page 7

THEATRE ROYAL.

''The Desert Song,'" cow bains; presented at tba Theatre Royal, leads rtssif t« tae apeetaenlar. Iu eolourtal aferoeeaa *«•***. ceaspicooas emon£ which arc tfcs) •rillisat robing cf the East, gay l*r*aca •aifaraa. awarthy sheiks, an* dark-eyed hojr:s combine to produce a desert atmosphere tfctt \ri:i b« locs remembered. The i'.ory n cl a young frenchman. Pierre Birabeaa. sob of a Moroeesn fOTesnor, and b»*d o( a band of Kiffiaa brigands. The airs "!" 'The DeserT Sob?"' are n« so easy to r*ck up aa i* usual with amb pieces. but tbey ara tor that very reason the mora kk°!y to be tens em bared and played when the other* a*e |om "The Desert Sob*" iteeli ia perhaps tba ban number, but othtra which wake a vide appeal are tba Riding Song of the R.ffs, "It," and "One Alone." At the head of the east i» Mr Lancelot Fairfax, who ia a New Zaelacder. claiming Wellington aa his home town. He ia in the dial rote of the Hed Shadow end Pierre Birebeau. and gi*** • great performance. He has a voice of excel,ent quaiitr. look* well, and acta well. Vf.ee Remit Hansen aa Uargot ehova herself to be as artiat of rare accomplishment With Mr Fairfax aha takes part is aoma of the biggest aceoea in the pity, and to all appearances leave* nothing to be desired, A new comedian and oae who will be welcome on asry srohsequent riait ia Mr Herbert Mundin aa Benjamin Kidd.