ELLA SHIELDS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18511, 23 March 1922, Page 2

ELLA SHIELDS

Arrangements have been made with Mr .Harry G. Musgrove for a tour of New Zealand of Miss Ella Shields, England’s celebrated male impersonator, which will commence at His Majesty’s Theatre next Wednesday. Miss Shields has won high favour in London and the big Australian cities. She does not exactly impersonate men in any of her artistic turns, but rather select* a series tf types picturing men and poking fun at them in one act. One might take her turn as the text for a discussion as to which < of the two sexes has more successfully impersonated the other on the stage. Her famous "Burlington Bertie of Bow,” it is stated, deserves all the good things said of it. It is a study of genteel vagabondage from its best angle. She is said to be young and pretty, with a lad-like figure modestly controlled, and yet quite boyishly virile, a sense of appropriate gesture and mime, and sparkling humour delicately conveyed. x urther, it is stated that she dances with the grace and lightness of a fairy. Miss Shields’s principal items are three types of men—viz.: a young swaggering naval officer, a typital English Johnny, and a millionaire ‘‘hobo. Miss Shields will be supported by her own company of vaudeville artists. Tire box plan will open rt -the Bristol to-morrow (Friday) morning. Miss shield has recently finished most successful seasons in Auckland and Wellington, where the critics spoke of her performance in glowing terms. The season in Dunedin is limited to four nights.