AMUSEMENTS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11111, 28 November 1914, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

“BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS”

The production of Mr Graham Moffat’s successful Scotch Comedy “Bunty Pulls the Strings” in Marton on Wednesday next, will add to the list of world-famous plays which have been seen here. Although the action takes place in the Scotch village of Lintiehaugh, and the characters played by Scotch bred actors and actiesses, it is claimed that it appeals alike to"the Englishman as to the Scot, and its ringing note of genuiness is a clarion cry to the masses as well as to the dilettante. ‘‘Wherever the English language is spoken--not omitting America”— says the Sydney Referee, ‘‘Bunty Pulls the Brings’ by reason of its bxoad humanity, must find a sympathetic echo with all classes of playgoers, and in so doing it fulfills the sovereign duty of all plays. When Bunty Palls the Strings she sets in motion as artistically moulded a specimen of whimsical old ‘‘comedy of manners” as has graced the contemporary’ stage. Not since ‘‘Milestones” burst like a comet on the local theatrical firmament has anything been seen in Sydney to rival the play. Eraferant with the breath of ‘auld Scotland,’ and pulsating with the warm red blood of vital human naturalism. The simple humanity, the innate reality of every action and word in ‘‘Bunty Pulls the Strings” gives it.a pulsing, joyous spirit of life that flows unchecked across the footlights and touches a reverb?rating chord in the hearts of the audience. It is in this respect —its appealing simplicity of atmosphere—that it reaches the highest pinnacle of art, and by the very force of its vibrant humanness, takes precedence to “Milestones.” The box plans for the Mar ton performance open at Mogndge and Sons to-day.