PRINCESS THEATRE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3315, 26 September 1917, Page 46

PRINCESS THEATRE.

Tho Bunty Comedy Company presented a delightful little playlet at the Princess Theatre on the 24th entitled "Sandv's Dilemma." Sandy M'Pheo (Mr Abie Barker) has come to .town on the eve of tho wedding to be tho best man to his cousin, John M'Pheo (Mr David Urquhart). Sandy, however, is unable to discover the whereabouts of his cousin, but as he is in possession of tho address of tho fiancee (Miss Jean -Clyde), ho calls there, and is mistaken by tho young lady for tho chiropodist for whom she is anxiously waiting. Willynilly Sandy has to perform the operation of removing a corn from the fiancee's little too. Each of the three artists has a fine conception of tho humorous possibilities of their _ respective parts, and the house 'was especially convulsed with laughter at the whimsicalities of Sandy. It is clean, clever comedy from start to finish. Milner and Storey made a reappearance in a burlesque drawing-room scena, in which tho cccentrio love-making of the male performer proved so ludici-ous as to quite carry the audience along on a ripple of merriment. Tho pair also engaged m song and patter, and they saw to it that their performance went with plenty of verve throughout. Taylor and M'Quoin, whoso entry on the stage was greeted with applause, again proved that they have found a warm spot in the hearts of Dunedin audiences, and they had to respond with several encores. The male member has a well-trained baritone voice, excellently controlled, and as Kg chooses, well-known and popular songs as tho medium of his entertainment, he has, as it were, a double claim to the success which he again scored last evening. The remaining performers in the first half were Ford and Perrin, who were loudly applauded' for their neat solo and concerted dancing. In the second part of the programme Los Bates's Follies of Pleasure presented " Fun In a Studio." The stage was set to more or less take on the likeness of a studio, but the title was quickly left to take caro of itself, _ and the members carried on with musical numbers, dialogue, and choruses.