HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 29, 3 August 1926, Page 10

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Another of the well-staged, brightlytaried revues of the Elton Black Company pleased a- large attendance at His Majesty's Theatre last night. A harem scena, in which Percy M'Kay, as the corpulent and fickle Rajah, sang "A Woman Scorned with fine effect, was well put on, and Miss Neva Carr Glynn, in a teasing, tantalising dance, gave a rarely graceful performance, with some original touches. The farce, "A Birthday Gift," gave Elton Black many opportunities for humour as the burglar of two escaped convicts, the' other of whom is the supposedly dead husband of the wife of the governor of the gaol. The burglary of the house during a party leads to wonderful events. One of the best musical numbers of the revue was the duet "Battle Eve." A feature of the dancing was the turn of Ray M'Lean and Curley Sherwood in "The Whirl." Harry North, the concertina swagger, was heartily welcomed back, and played everything ■ from opera to rag, leading a full orchestra accompaniment with ease. Black and White, the first scene last evening, are an original pair. Black, got up as a beggar in black tights, is a spare and apparently boneless grotesque dancer of parts, with whom many comedians would gladly, exchange their faces for parts of has anatomy. Skeletonically meagre, Black does remarkable bends and acrobatic dancing. White's legs are also versatile, ■ but his hands are his chief-asset, and with shoes on them he does a clever clog dance. Keith and Joan Dingley, in brilliant clog-waltzes, Blondi Robinson as a burlesqued conjurer, and Apdale's versatile circus of dogs and monkeys, complete a first-rate show.