Theatrical Talk

NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 2

Theatrical Talk

ON TOUR MURIEL STARR, and her company at the. termination of the Wellington season will make. a comprehensive tour of the Dominion. A repertoire of modern dramas and "comedies should appeal to the tastes , of all theatrical .«» lovers. ■ * ;.•'■• I" j CHANGES' nUS NEVILLE, at present m New Zealand with Muriel Starr's company, must surely hold the record, of hay- . ing "appeared with the least number of companies. For years he was Dampier's leading man, and as.; soon ' as Allan Wilkie started producing his plays m Australia, Gus joined up with the company and stayed with It until last December, when he left ... to play the leading part m Ray Lrongfdrd's new film. Gus, by the way, was born m Wellington (N.Z.). • * '• THE ANTHEM "MOT SO LONG „ X1 AGO" is the of an Ameri.cajn picture recently a shown m New Zea- ., land, and it recalls that "not so long v,,,, „ „,„„„„„ „,„„„„„ ago" all sorts oC ' things- were done that aren't' done no.w; one of the things being the strict standing to attention and the ' wholesouled concentration on the complete verse of "God Save the King" after shows. . ■ - As it is, m the Year of Our LiOi;d ' 1926 the orchestra scrambles through a couple of bars, the audience "scramble under the seats for > hats,, and: inobody ■ shows' any conoernibf the -saving -,of His Majesty. -v v Perhaps it would be better to drop a .custom Avhich has got swamped m our Irush of artificial speed. I •■•;; There's not much dignity left in' iit anyhow. •' . . . > ;, ,