"THE TERROR."

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 124, 28 May 1928, Page 5

"THE TERROR."

A crowded audience at the Grand Opera House on Saturday night -thrilled to the sensations of "The Terror," as plstycd by Maurice Jloscovitch and Ills brilliant company. The Edgar Wallace play is lit several acts, and there is a thrill in every scene. The acting of Moscovltch, of course, is outstanding. His is a difficult role to "maintain—that of a perpetual state of maudlin drunkenness—but-one senses the real meaning nf the masquerade. The sensational climax, in which the Terror, a murderer with no claims to humanity, is 'unmasked, leaves the honours, fairly divided. What with murders, strange. gurglings bejind curtains, a ghostly organ that plays to the accompaniment of shuffling feet of monUs, a terrible cowled figure that prowls, bringing tragedy In its wake—there arc all the elements of a mystery play. There is romance, too, and comedy, and "The Terror" is intriguing in all us phases. The final performance Is to-night.