AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 95, 28 April 1927, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE. “INTO HER KINGDOM. - ’ Peculiar as it may seem it is nevertheless true that when casting characters for Corimio GriffUii’s most recent First National picture, “Into Her Kingdom,” being presented as the feature of the current King's 'theatre progaimnc. Production Manager Scott if. Beal found more difficulty in getting a typical young man to play an unpoitant bit than he did to find any other typeAfter having but to list the names of the number of Russian types required for the big Russian court and. county fair .scenes, Beal was required to personally interview no loss than twenty .young men before lie could find one, who might be said to bo typically American in features and gestures. _ Allan Sears, a. former stage loading man, was finally grven the part. “Into Her Kingdom” presents Miss Griffith in her most dramatic role, that of the late Grand Duchess Tatiana. of Russia. It lias for its locale Russia.’ prior to and during the Bolshevik revolution and a small New •Jersey town. Einar Hanson, Claude 1 Gillingwatcr,' Charles Crockett, Evelyn Sol hie, 'Coin Murray, and Marcel Cord ay are important 'members of the supporting cast. SVena Glide directed “Into Her Kingdom. “ABIE’S IRISH ROSE.” The Stratford visit of the world’s famous comedy “Abie’s Irish Bose” ait the Town Hull is for one night only on Wednesday next. May I. “Abie’s Irish Rose” has achieved a popularity never before equalled by any place in any country. Five consecutive.years it has been a leading, theatrical attraction in New York, where it: is still playing. Its amazing popularity with theatregoers has also been strikingly demonstrated in Chicago, Sail Francisco, Montreal, Toronto, and scores of other cities in America and Canada. Described as a Niagara of laughs, “Abie’s Irish Bose” is a. comedy which appeals by it s humanity and its clean invigorating perspective ot lile. It will introduce to local playgoers a. complete cast of New York artists, all of whom ha to played their respective roles more than a thousand times. The company was specially selected and engaged by the auth-oress-producer. Miss Anne Njcholls herself, who,, writing” to J- C. William,soil Ltd. said; “I am sending yon the best east that has even appeared in iny comedy. They are all wonderful.” “Most plays are-’ 1 written for the players instead of the public,” said Miss Nieholls, when giving reasons for the success of her play, “This is one written lor the public—just to please and amuse if. This is a show for family people, for men and wives and their in-laws. Tfc is what is contemptuously described; as a clean play- Nobody is injured or sneered at. The main theme is. let there he good nature and tolerance in the world.” After a wonderfully successful tom- of Australia, “Abie’s Irish Bose” is in the Dominion repeating its great triumphs. The, box plans open on Saturday next at Grubb’s. ,