KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume 91, Issue 91, 15 October 1923, Page 3

KING'S THEATRE.

The intriguing title, "Adam's Rib," the leading picture on the change of programme at the King's Theatre, leads one to expect great things, and the story as it develops is by no means a disappointment. The theme is not new, but for all that it is delightfully interesting. The story tells of a woman of forty, who prepares to desert her loyal but commonplace spouse for the romance which she supposes exists for her in the person of the dethroned monarch of one of those nebulous European States first invented by modern authors in their seaich for novelty. This intended indiscretion being known to her daughter, the latter makes a gallant sacrifice to save her parent, and in doing so gets fearfully entangled in her own love affair. Tho problem is solved by the husband and father learning of the whole eilly business, and getting rid of the ex-king by financing his return to the throne, where everyone hopes he will be out of harm's way. The plot is a typical de Mille flight of fancy, as is also the amusing love scene set in a museum devoted to towering skeletons of dinosaurs and other antedeluvian. monsters, and the rather prehistoric dream scene, which is capitally done. Theodore Kosloff as M. Jaromu- (ex-King 1 of Morania) acts very well, and' Elliott Dexter has good points in his role of the young professor of prehistoric fauna. A Pathe Gazette aiso dips into the dim and dusty past by showing views of the entrance to old Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Mr. L. D. Austin's fine orchestra, is an abiding joy at this theatre.