"THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY."

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 124, 30 May 1927, Page 4

"THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY."

The final performance of ,"Polly With' a Past," a comedy with many noint. tn a very well.pleaged audi / n 4y eV«W {ore kw c^ a?h of,, Mr»- Cheney" in Melboftrue, the "Age" states: "Judged, by her rapturous reception by a full house at the Km ? 's Theatre on Saturday night, it would appear that it will be.quit! a long E I ft M'^nnie^udiences see thi last of-Mrs. Cheney. The reason is.not far to seek. Frederick Lonsdale's play, •The Last of Mrs. Cheney.' gives all that a modern audience requires—vivacity witty dialogue, epigram, extremely racy language, and a set of improbable characters thrown together into improbable situations from which they extricate themselves in the most improbable manner Since Frederick Lonsdale wrote 'Aren't We All?' he has decidedly moved with the times. Mr. Lonsdale depends for his successes upon the manner in which he can make his audiences think they are shocked. And as each time they take more shocking, one wonders what play of his will be like which v written ten years hence To achieve his ends he brings to bear his full battery of quick-firing wit Epigram fotfows epigram with a rapadity that is staggering. Miss Benee Kelly will be seen in a role that suits her admirably. A new-comer in the person of Mr Ellis Irvine will play a prominent character, whilst the rest of the cast will be well sustained by Miss Kelly's very best supporting company. ' The five nights' season open at the Grand Opera House to-night. . , , — ,