HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19066, 11 January 1924, Page 8

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

The delightful comedy “Ambrose Ap■pleiohn’s Adventure” attracted a good audience to His Majesty’s Theatre last night Mr Lawrence Grossmith as Ambrose Applojohn has ample opportunities to display his capabilities as a comedian, and he makes the most of his part. Miss Diana Wilson as the alleged Russian refugee, Miss Dorothy Soacombe as Poppy Faire, and the other supporting characters leave nothing to bo desired inAheir portrayal of the parts allotted to them. Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure” will no staged for the last time to-night. “QUARANTINE.” Fryn Xennyson-Jesse, the authoress of “Quarantine,” which will be staged at His Majesty’s Theatre for the first tune in Dunedin to-morrow night by the Lawrence Grossmith Company, is the daughter of a clergyman and the sister of Stella. Jesse, an actress well known in London. “Quarantine” is a typically Grossmith play of the humorous type. Breezy, witty, and subtle in parts, the play is of Mr Grossmith’s own choosing. In London the play has proved one of the most genuine successes of the comedy stage. In its notice of the opening performance at the Court Theatre, the London Daily Mail said: “Its situations are daring, but are bandied with humour and restraint, and the richest comedy pervades the whole of the seven scenes in the four acts. The first night verdict was unhesitating, and the authoress, after Joud and persistent calls, appeared and bowed voiceless with stage fright until the National Anthem came to her rescue.” The basis of the story is taken from the old triangle—a man and two women, a little < French bedroom farce, and compromising situations with the ingredients so skilfully mixed that the completed article offers something- new and different without objectionable rtsquenoss. The box plans are now open at the Bristol.