"SEVEN DAYS' LEAVE"

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17324, 25 May 1918, Page 10

"SEVEN DAYS' LEAVE"

TO-NIGHT.

To-night, at His Majesty's Theatre, Messrs Ben and John Fuller's new dramatio company will present the successful spy and submarine drama, "Seven Days' Leave." Based rather upon the insidious dangers that the German spy system brought to England in the early days of the war than the open perijs of warfare, "Seven Days Leave" is said to present nevertheless one unforgettable 6tage picture of war disaster in the wonderful envisagement of the destruction of a German U-boat by British destroyers, which is the sensational climax of the penultimate act. Together with the full cast, the Fullers have sent over the elaborate scenic equipment for thij sensation scene, and patrons are assured a heart-thrilling moment in this picture. The whoje action of the drama takes plac« m a quiet English village on the East Coast, where several English soldiers are having a spell from the trenches. Amongst them is Captain Terenco Fielding, an officer who _ has been a prisoner in a German detention camp, and is now on leave and visiting his fiancee —Lady Mary Heather. To his oonsternation Fielding recognises in two apparently harmless Belgian refugees, who are enjoying the hospitality of the village, a couple of tlio most_ dangerous and trusted German spies He informs only liis superior officer, and many of the events of the piece, the lovo quarrels, etc., ax© caused by Fielding's peculiar behaviour, which, since she has not the key, is particularly exasperating to his sweetheart. After the initial act events act quickly and excitingly, the climax arriving with the attempt of the agents to kidnap Fielding in the submarine, an attempt frustrated by the plucky swim of Ladv Mary out to the buoy, and her signal which brings the U-boat up, not to meet the successful kidnappers and their prisoner, *but to confront the muzzles of the destroyer's guns. Mr Wilkie has a striking part in Captain Fielding, and no ono who saw his magnetic work in Shakespearean parts can doubt that his skill will be a performance rare in the annaJs of melodrama. The box plans will be at the Bristol till noon to-day, and thereafter at Jacobs's, where, also, day sales may bo obtained.