"SCANDAL."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16186, 24 July 1923, Page 5

"SCANDAL."

Adapted from the novel by Cosmo Hamilton, a brother by the .way to the well-known war/correspondent, .Sir Phillip "Uibbs, "Scandal" is a comedy: that has'.created discussion in. all/parts of the Eiiglish-speaking world. Virile with a strength of realism in its plot, dialogues, and situations, it is free from the nasty vulgarisms and cheap suggestiveuess of much that is presented for tho entertainment of theatre-goers, in i Miss Doris Duane, who plays lead in the forthcoming presentation, Gisborne will have the opportunity ot becoming: acquainted with a young actress whose! dramatic abilities are of rare quality! and whose fitness for the difficult role in which she is cast have been recognised by press and public wherever she has played. "Scandal" has aroused much controversy in Sydney and the four New Zealand towns in which it has been played. Nothing so romantic as scandal, according to our playwrights, occurs in the lives of those whose hearts have never throbbed beneath the polished siir- | face of that insignia of birth and breedI ing, the boiled shirt. The story of the | play develops from this incident: i Beatrice Vanderdyke, an American I heiress, goes to the studio of an artist | after his working hours—a thing that no ; girl brought up under "tho best conventions" would ever do. The young heiress rises to the occasion, announcing to her relatives as they come in that; she really came to see the man who lives in the apartment opposite, a very rich young man who spends his time in hunt- j ing big game or sailing around in his i 1 private yacht. He plays the dutiful j | husband before the family and although | he doesn't care for her really, in thoi end both he and Beatrice find that they [ | are mad about one another. Mr. Eric ! Harrison, playing the lead to Dons ! Duane in "Scandal," is noted for other ' accomplishments than those of the stage. Mr. Harrison has been associated with ! some of the most famous English comedy i dramas, "Three Weeks," "The Merry Widow," and many others of equal note. He is cast here as Pelham Franklyn, the charming lover—the rich man living over the road, and it is with him that Doris Duane is concerned in. the famous "bedroom scene" of "Scandal." The box plans are open at 0. W. Muir's. ,