ALLAN WILKIE SEASON

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17823, 3 January 1920, Page 11

ALLAN WILKIE SEASON

"Tho Midnight Wedding" will bo presented for the last timo at llis Majesty's Theatre to-night. It drew a larg-u house last night, and those who like romance, coloured with light comedy, should not miss tho last opportunity of seeing what is in every way a most enjoyable performance. Tho story will appeal to all. for what could be more interesting to human hearts than the tale of a clandestine marriage between a princess and her lover, and whon both como safely through the awkward experiences that would naturally follow, and ho turns out to bo tho heir to a throne? Three merry soldiers and a girl in tho genial atmosphere of an inn provide the comody. The acting is sufficiently good to satisfy oven a critical theatre lover, tho principal parts being skilfully played by Mr Allan Wilkie himself and Miss Hunter-Watts (the princess). "The Midnight Wedding" is sure to win approval to-night. "Sue Stoops to Conquee."

On Monday night Mr Wilkie will present Oliver Goldsmith's rollicking comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer." There is no doubt that the people of to-day dearly love tho_ Georgian period, with its silks and satins, and brocades, its frills and furbelows, its wigs and powder and lace, its elaborate gallantry, its courtly grace, its quaint, vanities, and conceits, and its thorough-going sportsmanship. Bravo days. they were not yet disturbed by mechanical inventions and freinxied rush of life. Such was tho setting in whioh Goldsmith spun his web of mirth. Tho fabric of wit and brain alone depended on nothing external or incidental to achieve its end. The comedy, which has been described as an incomparable farce, is based upon a series of misunderstandings which are multiplied by the hand of intrigue, aided by the hand of tho practical joker. There is little doubt

that theatregoers will greatly appreciate this opportunity of renewing their acquaintance with one of the greatest and most amusing plays in tho language.