"THE POOR MAN'S PARSON"

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 55, 7 March 1922, Page 3

"THE POOR MAN'S PARSON"

Fullers' Dramatic Players provided a. change of programme at His Majesty's Theatre last night, when they produced "A Poor Man's Parson," a typical piece of melodrama. All the characters one expected to see were there—the wronged heroine, supported by the faithful hero, the villain dressed for the part, and the female villain who repents and confesses in the closing ecene. There were, too 1, the comic reliefs necessary to make the heavier items' palatable. It is unnecessary to go into the plot of the story, except to say that while the,, sinning man and woman were in it they fortunately were not made so obvious as in last week's programme. / . The company knows its • work thoroughly, and makes the most of the material given it. Mr. Frank Gorman was, of course, absolutely at home in hi& part as the Rev. Harold Pelham, the "poor man's parson." Quite natural, and apparently enjoying every,moment of his work, he was an undoubted success. Incidentally, he found opportunity to give two of the songs which have earned for him the title of "The Singing Parson." Miss Leslie Adrienne had the heaviest burden to carry last night, but she made a quite satisfactory , Sylvia, the self-sacrificing heroine. As the villain, Mr. Austin Milroy achieved success —he made himself thoroughly detested by his audience. The other members of the company played up to the principals ably, and, as for instance was specially so with Miss Ida Grafiam and Mr. Frank Mills,' gave some,fine character acting. The melo-drama will be staged again to-night.