MARIE TEMPEST'S FAREWELL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15773, 14 March 1922, Page 5

MARIE TEMPEST'S FAREWELL

At the Opera House on' Saturday ,next,;J. ! O. Williamson, Ltd., announce a three"nights''- Tempest and Graham Browne season—with- "Mr. Pinr Passes By:" ■ ' ,','"'.,. i "(iive me a plank and two' 'pasiions, fuid I'will'make a play';" once send a successful'dramatist. "Give nie two men

and a woman-,) and"l: will construct a comedy," says A. Milne," the author of "Mr. Pirn Passes By," the-vivacious three act play which, according to' coirteniptoraries, is superbly interpreted; b$ M i»s Marie ; Tempest and Mil'' Graham Browne. The scheme of the comedy is prolKibh>—"uncommonly* eo, arid is broadly based .-on b u man.> nature, and fuTl of wittily observed it' I'eveals a specialist's -knowledge of stage/ craft and the essentials'of comejly; the centra! role -(Olivia Harden) being by Miss Marie Tempest with a skill that is well nigh perfection. . •Writes a"leading Sydney critic: "Arfi easy chaim and- an assumption of probability in the acting of both' Miss Tempest and!; Mr Grahtini Browne dc' a great deal to cany an entirely interesting to sarceess. .Ai 'Oliviai' Miss;, Tempest, tjO all appeaij ancesi, >has a'part after her own heart j glimpses of sunshine and shadow, flashes of emotion and hilarity, are shown -with, fascinating" grace and', agility : wfwitj with at' times a note of unexpected.ser■ioushoss. Hardly less important is Mr!, Graham Browne's share, in the' artistry of the performance. The actor's study is admiYably tempered to the text, liei sides these"brilliant' principals a cast of unusual eXcellehce" ' has been secured.; This; coming season of perfolinanqes will constitute thei farewell appearances Miss. Marie Tempest, and Mi-. Graham Browne in this city". The box plans will he opened at Miller's to-morrow morning] On' Monday next will be presented a much 'discussed comedy' in "Tea' foi* Three"-—a- new phase' or the' eternal; triangle.'. Marie Tempest, the wife who "mothered'' her jealous husband*,'' has rarely appeared) to greater advantage.'; Always she is the artist- in deportment"; and action; and the deftness with -whiclij. she parried the boisterous verbal ~ on-; slaughts on her at times ' ill-tempered 8 lord and master are delightful" Mr. Graham Browne, too, is .character--i-stically sound, as the friend who caused? all The trouble, but- who •' was sport enough **to take his l chance with Fate when the demand was made. . "PENELOPE." '

For Tuesday next, the last nigjit of the season, has been selected "Penelope," one'of the most brilliant, of all the bril-: liant plays, in Miss Tempe'it-'s big repertoire. . '.