HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 151, 30 June 1925, Page 10

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

I The revue, "One: Night," 'brightly''-pre- ■. .sented by; F. GayleWyer'and his Band- | box Company at His Majesty's Theatre ! last night, was a mixrtip story, cleverly \ . conceived:;arid well . produced. ; .Hiram.' , Kpowalrt, a dry and "sassy" old chap, \ )/with; a .''chin v whisker" and • a baleful ' veye, keeps a'hotel where rives-boats dis- '■). ■charge their passengers,; and; the world Vends. „T-wo: honeymoon couples, because all four .are friends, get mixed,' and the wrong'two-arrive at itho, hotel, Mrs: Delmar (iliss Vera Benson), heartbroken :• and chavminc; as the nice- little wrong I wife,'. : and Willie Potts (Mr. .Walter Cori nock), torn by: many 'emotions^ They .I take.rooms.apart as Mr. and Mrs. Some-. , body. Else,<whd/,have quarrelled, and j then everything J goes ludicrously wrong, till the arrival, of the btherhalves of the:

Delmar and Potts's honeymoons in the morning., Sam, Ward as .-.Hiram- is a fine burlesque on-small..hotel managers. Mr. Gayle. Wyer. as an ardent lover in" search of a -wife, Miss /Ethel Hartly asa ma% huntress and busybody, and Marry'Abdy as si- negro porter, fill merry parts', and Miss Elsa Scott and Billy Bovis. are- convincingly irate'■! aa the left-over wedded pair. ..-.The ballets, especially-a crinoline set, ,are very smartly ■' dressed, including, i two pretty pyjaiha: dances. Miss Benson, besides. making; a charming missorted bride, has several .tuneful songs, "The Blue Danube Blues," "I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You," and "Sing Me, an Old Love Song." Miss Diip'n as Elsa, Bob Hall's inamorata, sings several more- | catchy ditties. Castles,.a rich tenor, and Torzillo ,:■ master - harpist, head the vaudeville sido of the entertainment, to which ■WalUr.- Ternop. ventriloquist, Queenie and David Kaili, Hawaiian entertainers, and Buddy/and his concertina add their : chare."'.'A good Gazette allows the efficient orchestra a little preliminary exer- ' cise.' ; .• . : . ■ - ' ■■■ i- -■■■-..-