"IS ZAT SO?”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20004, 22 January 1927, Page 4

"IS ZAT SO?”

In “Is Zat So?” which will be played for the first time at His Majesty’s Theatre on Tuesday next. Chick Cowan, a romantic pugilist, lost a fight by dreaming about a girl’s ankle in the middle of it! There is, | also, Happy Hurley) his trainer, to whom all girls are poison, until a pert young lypiste, with the liquidest eves you ever saw, looks him in the face. Then Hap. falls so heavily that vou almost have to plane him off the floor. Chick and Hap. are principals in “Is Zat a comedy that tickled London and New York, and is to bo played hero by J. C. Williamson (Ltd.), with most of the actors who plaved in the original productions- in the roles. “Is Zat So?” is described as uproariously tunny—a laughing play of the ring, with Cupid as referee. Three love affairs run side by side, and there is an actual prize light on the stage in the second —t. that provides excitement for the men and both excitement and novelty for the women folk. Richard Taber, who wrote the play, will appear in the principal role, and Hale Norcross will be the friend-manager. Others who make their first appearance in Dunedin arc Daphne Baird. Marv Ellen Hamer. Maude Carroll, Virginia Norton, and Bruce Walker. The box plans are open, and show heavy bookings.