ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 October 1924, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. £ ‘FLORODORA” PRODUCTION. “Florodora,’’ the Stratford Musical Society’s production for 1924, was first produced in the Lyric Theatre, London, and had an uninterrupted season ol three years. It is a bright, snappy musical comedy, abounding in sparkling scenes and ridiculous • situations.. On the other hand, the musical numbers have a richness and quality seldom found in musical comedy, while the chorus work tests the ability of professional or amateur. The story of the play is as follows:—Florodora, from which, the opera takes its name, is an island famous for the beautiful perfumes which it manufactures. The owner of tire island, Cyrus Gilfain, has stolen the secrets of the manufacture of the perfume from an old friend of his, and now wishes to marry Dolores, the rightful owner, who is working for him as a farm girl. In order that the secret might be his forever, his head clerk, Abercoed, who unexpectedly acquires a title, also in Gilfain’s eyes presents a very suitable match for bis daughter. Angelia. Accordingly, he engages Professor Tw-eedlepimch, a quack fortune teller and phrenologist, to pair the young couples off and marry them as Gilfain desires. In a scene of side-splitting situations and shrieking comedy, Tweedlepuneh examines the bumps of all bis subjects and pairs them off in a most scientific' manner. However, Dan Cupid and a 'scheming society widow -take a. hand, and seriously upset Gilfain’s plan. The second act takes nlace in Wales, at Abercoed Castle. Gilfain’s new English home, with Tweedlepuneh and Dolores, in the role of. strolling musicians, acting the part of amateur detectives. Finally, in the last scene, the most absurd and screamingly funny of the whole play. Tweedlepuneh, as a strolling bard, and Lady HolyPood, as a ghost, terrify Gilfain into a confession of his theft of Florodora, and after he has made full restitution, all. the young couples pair off as their hearts dictate. Florodora will be produced in Hawera on Wednesday and Thursday next. The box plan is now open at Everybody’s Sweet Shop.