"SEVENTH HEAVEN."

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 75, 29 March 1926, Page 4

"SEVENTH HEAVEN."

One o£ tile outstanding theatrical events for many years past will be the first production in New Zealand or Australia at the Grand Opera House next '• Saturday evening of the famous dramatic production, "Seventh Heaven," which ran for upwards of three seasons in New York, and which is at present being toured through th; States of America by twelve distinct companies. The occasion will be doubly noteworthy from the fact that ib will signalise the first appearance in either New Zealand or Australia of the brilliant'young French actress, Miss Remy Carpen, who studied under the late Madame Sarah Bcrnhardt. "Seventh Heaven," which was written by Austin Strong, is a drama of the Parisian underworld. It is writte.. around the life of Chico, a sewer rat (Frank Harvey) and Diane, a waif of the slums (Miss Remy Carpen). There is both pathos and laughter throughout the drama, and the audience is, it is said held in suspense throughout the play. The Williamson management is sending a very powerful dramatic organisation to interpret the new production, and the cast to present "Seventh Heaven" Vre will be the same as will appear in its initial production in Sydney, which happens at the termination of the present New Zealand tour. Apart from the two stars mentioned, the company includes Miss Gwen Burroughs and Miss Marion Marcus Clarke, Messrs. George Blunt, Mayne Lynton, "Vivian Edwardes, George Conyngham, John Fernside, George Willoiighby, Kay Souper, and Miss Nancy Stewart. The box plans will be opened at The Bristol on Wednesday morning. Only-a limited number of performances can be staged of "Se\~'ith Heaven," as during the brief season "Secrets" will also be staged here for the first time.