DENIS KEHOE, SEASON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19040, 10 June 1925, Page 13

DENIS KEHOE, SEASON.

Denis Kcho'e, the young actor-singer, will appear for the first time in Auckland on Saturday evening, when he will commence a season of six nights in His Majesty's Theatre, with " Mother Machree." The work of a thoroughly skilled playwright should make its appeal both to the senses and sentiment of its audience, and' Maurice Wehlen, the author, has used as Jiis keynote the great old theme of mother love, /the primal protective instinct of the mother. In, the role of Dan O'Connor, elder son of Mother Machree, Denis Kehoe is supported by Helen Fergus as the mother, and a strong cast, headed by Frances Kayher, as Rose Blair, Ronald Riley, Gwen Dorise, Maurice Lynch) Lester Carey, Aileen Dunne, Tom Buckley, Bernard Beeby, and others. The Irish harp used has an'interesting history. Documentary evidence identifies it with an .instrument built for the famous Marchioness of Dufferin' and Ava, wife of the celebrated Ambassador, by Terence O'Neill, the elder of Abbey St. Dublin, through whose hands it afterwards passed to Tasmania, through the wife of Sergeant-Major Roger O'Mahony, of His Majesty's 94th Regiment of Foot. The box plans for this " Mother Machree" season open this morning. BOHEMIAN: ORCHESTRA. The Bohemian Orchestra will give the cecond concert of the season in the, Town Hall on Thursday, June 25. After much practice the orchestra is now a fine musical combination and a treat will await all music lovers. * The programme will be a varied one, calculated ■ to meet the demands of all tastes. MUNICIPAL ORGAN RECITAL. The city organist, Mr. Maughan Barnett, will give a recital in the Town Hall next Saturday evening. The Municipal Choir rehearsals will be. resumed tomorrow evening.