HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE
Seldom dors such a crowd reward the enterprise 0 f any thcairieal company as that, which packed His Majesty's Theatre last evening to witness the final production of oeven Days' Leave." f HE Story ok the Rosary." J oinight Messrs Ben and John Fuller will present for tbo first time in Dunodin Walter Howard s sensational melodrama, "The btory of tho Rosary." This play, it is said, nas been a very groat success m Sydney, Melbourne Auckland, Wellington, and Chnstchurch during the present tour. It is said to be a play that appeals to all classes. Xhe. story us that the Princess Venetia Mario Ney), daughter of a bankrupt., finds herself alone and unprotected just as her lover has been ordered to the front. Iji order to shelter her with his name, tho soldier. Paul Romam (Allan Wilkie) marries the princess at midnight, and the ceremony is carried out in a diinly-lightedvchurch, to the accompaniment of the sound of troops marching outside A touching episode is the farewell immediately after the ceremony. After many adventures Paul is able to saw the princess and. to return to find happiness after the war. Allan Wilkie is said to invest the part with a wealth of understandmg. Tlie Story of the Rosary" must not be confused with auy other play of similar title. _ 111 ere are four acts and 11 scenes, and a feature of the production is stated to bo the scenery and the beautiful dressing wjll be held on Monday next at
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17328, 30 May 1918, Page 8
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