HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 124, 30 May 1927, Page 6

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

_There is quite a little plot to "£IOO.OOO " the new revue presented to a crowded house by the George/Wallace Company on Saturday night. The inimitable comedian who heads the^ast is in his element as the hotel porter who is by a Bhady lawyer to pose as tlie missing 'heir to a fortunes and his efforts to memorise his part, ''Charles Edward Simpson on my aunts side, are,nothing short of ludicrous. Indeed; the chief reason for Mr. Wallaces success as a funmaker is the irrelevancy of liis remarks, ill-timed, nonsensical, ridiculous, but always funny. The plot, of course, includes the presentation of the real heir, who makes a timely appearance at the office of the Public Trustee, just as the pseudo claimant has been warmly embraced by his aunt, only to be denounced as a fraud. However, the "reand offers to support the poor, innocent country boy who lias been the dupe of a rogue, and the revue closes with a family reunion and the offering' of several gifts °f3 n v?» r, ltes .ln *¥ company. The humour of the piece is clean and free from vulgarity, with little asides by the fh°rf funmaker that . convulse even his colleagues. Mr. Wallace's burlesque of an operatic tenor singing a ditty about a Carriage and PaiP' is a thing to laugh vii"" remark* Bot*° voce, to Miss Marie Nyman when they are both singing "All I Want is You" are screamingly-amusmir-' hVmg^Vf "W? >n G0 Down Town' 5 good; and his acrobatic tumbling^ in the bedroom scene must be seen to be pro perly appreciated for its cleverness. The party scene, wherein the heir makes merry m the house of another lawyer, assisted TyJ -b6#sal^ nousenwd. Played by ML* kce y to a^ d6D/ BlVes 'W for Mr! Waiv?- t»-9i ola^Sr a,l. a P'an'st7 while Miss Elsie Dick, a Wellington girl who ii^nl 1 lv Cu^'pve! a dance that appeals. There is any amount of spontaneous fooling in all the scenes, and, in pawng, mention may be made of the charming settings of the Docket* home,'wherein toe heir compromisßslitheviaifcß'of'the H£ X ■««li3w..lite- bedi^>om~o"leep off the effects of the party. The frocking, too is a dehght, an/the dancing of «» f B MW^tr*?. 1"- . ABsißtinß Mr. Wallace' hLJr? Crosby, who is always, at home in any part, and who sings "The Floral Dance" with good effect, ifr! Mr T« Tlnlng i 18-;t-k e- "doming lawyer lZ' T mcoln wDockett, another lawyer, who has a penchant for the ladies, despite a nagging wife; Miss Nyman v fails; Mi«s M'Gifi is firstly a bibulous vi° I"?e. c?o«'e..an<l later the forgiving auntj Hyjton Osborn does sterling wlrk al through; Les Daley » the real heir; Mfss Daley w the lady who comes between the Docketts, temporarily; and Miss Ada Scad', •den is the virago who is compromised by her unknown guest/ Assisting, again il bSl letß Bf£ *ha *>%?•> Hascalsfwlo later put on their acrobatic act that amazes liil ™k TJ 1' the eldeV fSrb'wallM ttS. wire rope and does a revolving turn ther<* on that i, decided y original and eleven Their dancing, too. is splendid. Altogether' farge Pho a u 8 e 8s hOW *** Wi" *««^^SwTHE ROYAL CHORAL UNION. Tomorrow morning, at 9 o'clock, the Ihe Bristol. It is something like e\a\l teen years since Mendelssohn's "St Paul'? was Performed in this cUy by a Choral * ?£ y ' mnd the Performance to be given at the Town Hall on Saturday eveninit nest by the Royal Wellington Choral Union will give that body another oppor^ tunity of proving iU prowess in what may be termed the dramatic field of music 1 Excellent Boloists have been secured in Miss Naomi Whalley, soprano, of Palm"erston North, Miss Nora Greene, contralto, a recent arrival from London, who has made numerous appearances at the famous Queen's Hall. Mr. Edwin Dennis will be the tenor, whilst the baritone role will be undertaken by Mr. William Watters, of Palmerston North. A full rehearsal will be held to-night at 8 o'clock in St. John's Schoolroom, and the final li\. the Town Hall on Thursday, at 7.45 Ihe whole performance will be under the conductorship of Mr. H. Temple White.