HIS MAJESTY'S

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12038, 16 January 1925, Page 6

HIS MAJESTY'S

THE SEYMOUR HICKS COMPANY. SEASON OPENS TO-MORROW. .“There is. only one thing to do—that to see ‘Scrooge’ and ‘Sleeping Partners.’ You will -be delighted with them.” These were the words- with which. a Sydney writer, introduced a glowing critique of the brilliant first night of Mr Seymour Hicks and Miss 'Ellaline Terxiss, the celebrated London stars, who,' under the Hugh J. .Ward will make their debut in Wellington at His Majesty’s Theatre tomorrow night. By repute every playgoer knows the name; of Seymour Hicks.- Mr Hicks and-Miss Terries are supported by their - own London company, and bring a remarkably varied repertoire of plays, including “The Man in Dress Clothes;” “Scrooge,” “Sleeping Partners,” and “Broadway Jones.” For his Wellington premiere, Mr Hicks has arranged to appear in a double bill, which will ' consist of “Scrooge”" and “Sleeping Partners,” and it has -been said that the variety of Mr Hicks’s art will be fully-shown in the dual bill. The actor will appear first as Ebenezer Scrooge, in J. B. Buckston’s adaptation; for the stage of Charles Dickens’s masterpiece, “Christmas Carol,” in which he is stated to give a most vivid impersonation • of - the grasping, sneering, money-grabber who was reformed by a dream. This one-act drama will be followed by a delightful Frenchified threeact comedy entitled “Sleeping Partners,” in which the 6eene is a bachelor’s characters a Parisian philanderer, a'charming-wife, an errant husband, 'and a discreet manservant. The situation and lines will win any audience to hearty -and occasionally to startled laughter., “In this clever play,” says a'Sydney'critic, “one must admire the grace and discretion witli which Miss Ellaline Terries plays the wife, and the humour with which Mr Hicks interprets thebachelor whose blunder - brings the tactics of over a year to nothings” The-play is known in the French as “Faisons un Reve,” and is by Sache». Guitry, the -famous French actor, who,., with his wife, Jerome Printempe, created V sensation in London two-years ago.'; The box plan for the-sea Son is now open at the Bristol. i . . , "ROMANTIC INDIA"', A DELIGHTFUL TRAVEL STORY. A ■ large pontoon bridge, crosses the river , Indus on the north-west frontier - of India. , -When the snows in the Himalayas begin to melt ths river comes down,-in flood inundating the_ country for. miles and rendering the bridge useless. The natives iti order to ,cross use iflflated goatskin * on which-thev 'balance themselves while swimming. . This vis., on«* of -the uncoro • mon shown.-, nightly at .the Town Hall -during,thatj-fascinating entertainment;, “Romantic .India.’! Colonel 'EUJred Pbttinger, D;S.O, TyR.G.S., when huifiourously describing ■ the scene, explains the difficulties he, himself . encountered when he attempted the task. -Owing to other engagements ; “Rpmantio India” must' be ■withdrawn fromWelUngton. after .Saturday’s performance,'", and Vo'one should miss this'opportunity.: of seeing it.