TAIT COMEDY COMPANY

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 126, 28 May 1920, Page 11

TAIT COMEDY COMPANY

"THE LITTLE DAMOZEL."

Julie Aku'dy is part of tlie musical, department of the Cafe Angelique., which is situc-t«l i;i the vicinity of Soho; also.. £iio is tb'd dr.riiug of the, baud oi that est:ib''Kt:neiit. and the special favourite of X^Kpa' BflJ'lholdy. tlis conductor. S!ie is-brigbt, f .Vi alld free-hearted, and the Ju'e oi the place, even when hunt the ulippe. is ptu-yed a'; o in t'le morninK, leaves her 1 sinrble-piii'c. Comes to the cafe, a:nnns '*s rsgul?;;' frequenters, Captain ■ NpiJ-Pa-vtinKtoi>, ths Hon. .fHtzroy-Looke, f,nd .^eck'av.- Poole, three choice spirits, r.'l vtry- nerry after the theatres are out. Inevitiibly, all Jove .Julie. Partin^ton so far ooiD'.nits himself as to v;rite many letters fco her and, in short, to promise to iaaiT.y Its'. 1: Julie lows them all in v, platniic- toll of way. bui with a. decided prnfevease tc~ Ponle. I-ie is likeable c.'. oua'i, l;i't poo:-, liitrefore imjKssible. But. lie'/^Di! lv. ~xi'in pR-rtington's e:s;^tis'iy carldi'h uhi- or vn.-.rryms' Julis-, and so re-te'sinK him—fcr'acancidcv-'atioh. The. price named w fiIO,COO. Poole '.n----3i3ts o~i PXfi.OOO. This is agreed' co, after a liit'ie- hapjrliiif.;. .He mavriss Julie-. When $he f:ntU it ont ihsre is a ssene, trd .a _p>rti«:?; jft tkh'fnivd act. its picV jier place, buers is ;;• reconyiliatioii. It is noi a..conj.plioatej, t'va,ior.i3 zott of p;oti fiat, neecs much Uftvevsliiiis; it :n all prfectly 6)m})k, and easily' EEaimiiatad: Miss I^spe'les, who is caai for JVi;e. it -heard beiove ihe apper.rs sinking the old rhyrao:

"A'i c!.,tii' de la'lu/.a." Sfce recalls" Trilby, cs sh& enters in lipi . militariiy-cut tunic and ■ cap, JE^r-tily worn ove.r to tiwi left. All through elie domir.atss the Ts'ay. fc en in. every scene. Atch.' witty, joyoqs [rr.tner mqrfc in .tli« Eneiish than ihe French inwiner, for sh? is En^lishl. r.iid -v* times powfirfully •clraniaiic. SJie rose to high level indeed in the second ac:, -wiiEti Julie lesrnid that sfta-'has beeft sold in a double sense, bought for ess!.. It is a terrible i-aveltv tio'i, aßd M/ss Lar-ceiier. did not jr. the least overdo it., o No:- did she forget tliat Jnlie war, a worcm, reoallins in lli e end the words of Beatrice: "I would net deny yov ; bat, fey this r-xiod day. 1 yield upon fticat p«rsuaoioi;; and partly to save your lifo. . . ." She 'a^ain proved tl'-at f.He i^ a highly capable and trr.ly wcicanly prtist.

Mr,' Herbert .:_lar:son f-.rrniahed additional proof of ripe psperieiuie 3.id rare intelligence in this pr.rf p.s in raiothei-; and rtther oissir.-.ila: 1, part en a nreviori occasiop: Mr. Raptor; je ".vork" cai'i'iecl con.v!ct.ior, for he r.ctcd -In a perfectly natural Tia-iiriar. -Mr. George Bryant, as Pai-tin^toi; was f;ast for a- nrirb that did nnt quits ftt.- ant, sonietimes it nr>pefcrer' to irk. Bui lip made ths bek of it, on tha sound prii-ciple that a ?ood workman r.evor quarrels ."ir/ith' hiss too'is. The other; characters, were sustained' by Messrs. Charles Lawrence, as Angel; F. Morris,, as, BprfficMy; ,H. Moran, as Fihroy Lncte: and' Mie« Williams, as' Sybil Craven, with, great credit to them! The ra;i!or parts were ontrusted in the safe keeping of Mins S. Maxwell, and ivresws. . L. Machiitqn and William Buclsley. ''The LMs Damosel" is short, in parts rcovr-ng, in parts amusing, and as a whole very entertaining. It was well produced and ran smoothly last night. The si3ge management is excellent. The cpmsdv -fjll be repep.tec]■" thfs evening. "Caddies," a. priced success, follows next \vcek;