THEATRE ROYAL.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20736, 22 December 1932, Page 9

THEATRE ROYAL.

"THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13TH." A most impressive cast, including Olive Brook, Charles Ruggles, Lila Lee, Gene Raymond, Frances Dm, and Adrianne Allen, has been assembled in "The Night of June 13th," a powerful drama, ■which will head the new programme opening at the Theatre Eoyal on Ohristma.l Eve. It is a story of four suburban families, ■who, to all outward appearances, live quiet suburban lives. But there ore strange undercurrents which gather force and finally burst on thq night ot June 13th, and tKb four families, living in four adjoining bonsee, find that fate mingle# their lives curiously. Clive Brook has the role of a young husband, whose 'wife (Adrlanne Allen) is hysterically jealous of him. When Bhe suspects him of an affair with their next-door neighbour (Lila Jjco) , she commits suicide. Brook finds a note from his 'wife, who places the responsibility for her action upon their neighbour. To protect the girl Brook destroys the note, with thet result that he is charged with murder. At the trial all the neighbours lie to protect their own reputations. They put their own problems before the life of Brook because they believe him guilty in any case. The" events leading up to a dramatic climax are calculated to sustain the interest of the audience. Olive Brook, wild is one of the most polished actors on the screen, gives a fine portrayal as the -wronged husband. Beautiful Lila Lec is back again' on the screen after a two years' rest. Illness forced her retirement for a period at a time when she was well on the road to stardom. Other players in the cast are Mary Boland, Helen Jerome Eddy, Edward Le Saint, Helen Ware, Richard Carle, and Charles Grftpewin.