PLAZA THEATRE.
"Charley's (Big-hearted) Aunt."
"Charley's (Big-hearted) Aunt." ' a G.B.D. attraction, which opens tomorrow at the Plaza Theatre, is a grand, slapstick farce. Arthur Askey as the aunt puts over a commendable performance, his resource is unbounded, and his ability to put over a female impersonation side-splitting. Richard Murdoch is, of course, Stinker; Graham Moffatt is Albert, and Moore Marriott is Jerry, and all three give the star tireless support. J. H. Roberts and Felix Aylmer are Dean and Proctor, respectively, and each acts with a seriousness that gives excellent contrast to the fooling. Wally Patch, Phyllis Calvert, Jeanne de Casalis, and Elliot Mason" are others who thoroughly enter into the spirit of the play. There is very little connection between this farce and the original ."Charley's Aunt," but the new version more than competes with the . old. Askey's impersonation of a visiting aunt by a scallywag Oxford undergraduate to prevent expulsion, causes endless mirth, while the flirtation in a punt by the said aunt with the unsuspecting Proctor, a midstream upset," the rescue of Askey by a bevy of girls and risque complications when they try to tend and redress him, provides a climax to this riotous and hilarious comedy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 130, 28 November 1940, Page 14
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201PLAZA THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 130, 28 November 1940, Page 14
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