"CHU CHIN CHOW."

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 11

"CHU CHIN CHOW. "

REVIVAL NEXT WEEK. , When . the phenominally. successful . ijsasop ,x of "Cairo" i ends X: •('(."'.Tuesday,/'//( night, Mr. Oscar Asche will stage, for ■.; four nights and one matinee his i record ; ~ London production, "Chu Chin Chow." s That the revival of "Chu Chin Chow? I is being looked forward to eagerly by: Elaygoerß has been demonstrated at the ; , s ox office, where attendants t are all, day • long besieged with inquiries regarding the i booking i arrangements, -.;./ and. the, chances -\ are ■ ( that it:' wilt ;, - prove,.''. even i more popular than ..V,when ' lit broke . all.-; records, h«rey . two. ears " ago. On -that ■■_• occasion Aback- ; and did not have the; opportunity to .'./, I enjoy Oscar Asche , himself in the name > [part. of " Cha Chin Chow," r which is considered to rank with the best things :/-•'■:: Mr. Asche has yet- done. (p In addition // i to being one of the most gorgeous speci tacles i the stage has', known, .' "Chu Chiii, Chow'* is noted /for|;soma wry " pretty ';■;■'; > musical •'/ numbers, including :■' "Kissing ■ Tima,"; " Oh, ;for; aa Hour -with Thee,' ■■'■/'■;/ "The Prayer in the Desert," " Mahbubah Trio," "The Cobler"s Song," and -// "I am 1^ Chin Chow of China." The part of Zabrat wi)i be .' portrayed and;-, sung Miss Doris Champion, who has V}:; scored a triumph as Sharazad in "Cairo," : - (:•'",;; and Wensley Russell will appear as Ali x Baba, which he played ,with success in England and Australia. The matinee, ■ . win be ; given on ; Saturday, August 11.;.'::