“THREE WISE FOOLS”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21980, 15 June 1933, Page 5

“THREE WISE FOOLS”

Commencing at 8 o’clock this evening and to-morrow and on Saturday the Dunedin Strolling Rlayer® will present the charming comedy-drama “ Three Wise Fools in the Town Hall Concert Chanx!)Cr - The play js a delightful one, aiid includes scenes of laughter and tense dramatic episodes, while through it all is a winsome love story. The plot deals with three old friends~a banker, a judge, and a doctor (“Three Wise Fools ") who have lived together for many-years and who were all in lov* with the same girl m their youth. They suddenly receive word that she has died in abject poverty, leaving her child, Sidney, to their care, Expecting a baby boy, they are very much astonished and dismayed when a. girl of about 20 presents herself. The banker’s nephew, Gordon, immediately falls in love with her, but affairs are complicated by the appearance of an escaped criminal, Benny Surat, who has sworn to kill the judge. From then on the movement of the play is fast and humorous, and dramatic incidents follow in quick succession. Mr Richard White is the prt* ducer, and the cast, which is a strong one, includes Anita Winkel, Elsie M'Peak, Russell Napier, Douglas Dali, George Salmond, Angus Gorrie, Douglas Skene, E. W. Griffiths, Charles Smith, Bert Jones; Gordon Niven, and Roland Watson. Begg’s Orchestra will supply musical numbers for the overture and the entr’actes. The box plan is at the Bristol, and patrons are advised to reserve their seats, a s the plan is filling rapidly. The whole of the proceeds are in aid of the Y.M.C.A.’a work amongst the boys of the city.