KING’S THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12456, 26 May 1926, Page 4

KING’S THEATRE

“HIS PEOPLE.” “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.” Shakespeare wrote well when he penned these lines. From time immemorial there have been parents who have laboured and slaved their lives away that their children might have advantages and comforts unknown to their fathers; and from time unremembered one of the saddest dramas of human life has been the lament of ingratitude and disdain which has been, too often, the sole -reward of doting parents. “His People,” which is now at the King’s Theatre, and in which Rudolph Schildkraut, renowned actor of Europe, makes his screen debut, is, in its suhstanoe, the age old, heart-rend-ing story made real by the fine artistry of Schildkraut and brightened by the quaint humour of the New York Ghetto. New York reviewers have been unanimous in declaring that the scenes moved them to scalding tears and quaking laughter. The capable cast, ably directed by Edward Sloman, consists of Rosa Rosanova, Arthur Lubin, George Lewis Kate Price, Blanche Mehaffey, Bertram Marburgh, Virginia Brown Faire Nat Carr, Edgar Kennedy, Marry Tenbrook, Charles Sullivan, Sidney Franklin, and others. A good supporting hill and speciallyselected music bi Mr A. H. Jerome‘’s orchestra compleve the programme.