HILARIOUS EFFTEE BURLESQUE

Evening Star, Issue 21290, 20 December 1932, Page 11

HILARIOUS EFFTEE BURLESQUE

GEORGE WALLACE'S FIRST TALKIE Hilarious burlesque, catchy music, mirth-provoking jokes, and an excellent cast of actors and actresses all wellknown on the New Zealand stage. _ Mix all these together and flavour with a sprinkling of romance and pretty girls, and the result is a palatable cocktail which will bo served up to a pleasurequaffing public at the St. _ James Theatre under the name of ‘ His Royal Highness.’ The first helping of this mixture will be given on Friday. ‘ His Royal Highness,’ which features the popular revue star, George Wallace, in the title role, is an Efftee all-Aus-tralian show which compares more than favourably with any imported production and which is a greatly-improved and strengthened version of the one-act farce that George Wallace played on several occasions when on the Fuller circuit. The comedian is the mainstay of the whole production. Wallace is seldom absent from the stage,. and the whole time he is in evidence the audience is kept in shrieks of laughter. Of course, he does some dancing in his own peculiar style. He also, to the intense amusement of the audience, careers about the stage on skates. He has the able assistance throughout the show of Marshall Crosby, a wellknown favourite; Byrl Walkley, who has made numerous appearances in New Zealand: Donalda Warne; Frank Tarrant, Lou Vernon, and Field Fisher. The show is filmed almost entirely with stage sets.