"THE SILENT HOUSE"

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 388, 23 June 1928, Page 16

"THE SILENT HOUSE"

MOSCOVITCH NEXT WEEK “The Silent House” is to be the yehide for the return visit commencing j on Thursday next at His Majesty s Theatre of Maurice Moscovitch. and the i brilliant J. C. Williamson supporting company who stage this author for seven nights only. “The Silent House,” described as a “joyous melodrama.” by John G. Brandon and George Pickett. For thrills, sensation, mystery and laughter “The Silent House” is said to fairly outdo “The Ringer” and “The Terror.” The play is one of Oriental mystery, cunning and nitrigue, and deals with the recovery of “The Star of the East, a most valuable jewel stolen from a Chinese temple and taken to London. The scene of the play is Aldgate. the Orient of London, where all the strange happenings of the play take place. Hidden cupboards, sliding panels, Oriental j scheming and cunnning. clutching hands, daggers, etc., are a few of the delights of this sensational story. Maurice Moscovitch is seen in an entirely new role as a dignified Oriental Mandarin, Dr. Chan-fu. Nat Madison also plays an Oriental part, that of Hofan, a wizened little yellow fiend. Ashton Jarry, as Peroda, and Richard Webster, as Mateo, are two of the villains. The hero of the story is Reginald Newson, as Captain George Wainsford. Humour is provided by Roger Barry, as Captain Phillip Barty. This artist is making his first appearance here with the company. George Blunt, Guy Hastings and Patric Curwen all appear in prominent parts. The part of T’Malu is played by Bertha Riccardo. Maurice Moscovitch as Dr. Chan-fu , plays the part of a tall, dignified Oriental, with an acquiline nosed face almost j ascetic in its severity of lines. Yet when > the veil of inscutability lifts, as it ; occasionally does, there is a philosophic { humour to be discerned in them, the j humour of a thinking Oriental to whom this Occidental civilisation of ours is one vast insoluble riddle. This part shows Moscovitch in a part entirely new. The box plans for the season of seven nights open on Monday at Lewis Eady, Ltd.