HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20310, 19 January 1928, Page 3

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

Last evening the final presentation M file farce-comedy “ Up In Mabel’s Room ” was given in His Majesty’s Theatre oy the members of Mr W. J. C. Barr’s Com pany. The attendance was a fairly large one, and gave undeniable proof that those forming it were perfectly satisfied with the performance. “Up In Mabel’s Room ” is decidedly amusing, and the humour of the situations is very well conveyed by the members of the company. Miss Zare Clinton as Mabel Essington is to be specially commended for her presentation of what may be considered the principal character, and she is very ably backed up in her efforts to entertain by Mr Billy O’Hanlon, and those appearing in the cast. The performance met with general favour. Commencing to-night, the W. J. C. Barr Comedy Company will produce the diverting farcical comedy, “ Oh, Richard, How Could You?” for - 'the concluding nights of the season. The story, briefly, concerns the education of Dick Lawrence, played by Billy O’Hanlon, who, to spite his real fiancee for turning him down, proposes to three other girls at once, who all in accepting him, decide to pay him a visit on the same day. The complicated tangle he gets into is made all the worse by the well-intentioned efforts of his friend Dick Ross, played by A. Brandon Cremer, to free him, and the subsequent happenings are full of humorous situations. In the final denouement Miss Zare Clinton as Machette Donee, a famous French dancer, has one of the best roles in her career, and rises to the heights of sublime artistry when sue practices the art of coquetry on the susceptible General Langford Bruchre, played by Eric Harrison. The scenes between these two artists are one of the many gems in a really bright and laughable comedv.