PRINCESS THEATRE

Evening Star, Issue 18118, 7 November 1922, Page 9

PRINCESS THEATRE

Though no now artists came into tho hilt' at the Princess Theatro last night, the entertainment was right up «> tho mark gud was thoroughly enjoyed by those present. Heading tho vaudeville section was the London comedian Harry Thurston, who commenced hia second and! last week. Of his five items two were new, but neither was of tho kind to bring out lua talent to tho full, being of tho distinctly comic variety. But there, as tho words of his first monologue somewhat pointedly suggested, it ia not always tiic artistic that gotfi thd Many would bo roused to enthusiasm by an elephant walking on its hack legs, and ho left cold by Wilkie Bard, for metarule. However, Harry Thurston appreciated by a large number who haven’t the knack ot whistling through their fingers. ( His second now item wgs a parody oil Bmj Bolt,’ and lie extracted a good deal ot fun out of some poor material. lie repeated his successes of hist week ‘ Old Timer,’ ‘ldo and My Wife,’ and ‘Ole Bill ’—all of which, nro items well worth hearing a second time. The elongated, jovial, chattorboxy trickster Donald Stuart put over an amusing act in which he extracted much out of nothing, tumot\ rice into water, and made things appear and disappear at will, all by magic, of course. Signor and Signora, Mofinari are still with ua, and their popularity continuog. They sang solos a,net ducts in fine style. The Fulleracopo consisted of a number of topical subjects of interest. Tho rovu© staged Uy tho Ruuboam Company was called ‘Potts tho Gardener.’ It concerns a huge fortune which lias been left to tho lowly Potts, but sornoliow becomes temporarily diveitod, to some highbrows. Tho villtun relents before tho curtain falls, however, and Potte becomes possessed of that much rnonev in addition to tho mansion. As tho lucky gardenor, Uoddy Hurl vm at tho top of Ids' form, and created a lot of fun with his coinicaiitiies. Ho was aided and l abetted in his nonsense by his breezy pal Harry Evans. Pntsie Hill, always dainty in her work, was a big factor in the success of the show, Tho other principals—Vernon Sellars, Madeline Dormer, Billie Jones, Victor Dyer, and Dave M/Gill—each did his or her share, too. Almost without exception, the musical numbers were pleasing to listen to, which is something that cannot always be said of musicgl numbers in a revue. .Specially good were ‘All by Myself’ (Vernon Sellars), ‘Jicky’ (Falsie ITrll), ‘How the Workl, was Made' (Da.vo M'Gill), Mid Doddy Hurl’s absurdity ‘llhubarb.’ Tho chorus girls were bright and breezy, and: the specialty ‘ Off to the Hunt ’ by tho Five Georges was tiptop. Some of tho comic inlorludtes in which Doddy Hurl, Harry Evans, and Victor Dyer participated were screamingly funny. To-night Pullers’ Eleven Wonders, a party of clever juveniles who sing, danco, tumble, and do other tilings in a way that has aroused the enthusiasm of tho northern centres, will come into tho bill.

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