KEYED UP

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 804, 26 October 1929, Page 26

KEYED UP

No Monotony in London Long-Run Shows

“Approaching the 250th performance is anything but monotonous,” said Madge Elliott, the Australian actress, one evening, during a “wait” at the Gaiety Theatre, where she and Cyril Ritchard are the star dancers in “Love Lies.”

The principal man is another Australian, Stanley, the brother of Barry Lupino. “We have practically a different audience every night in London, .so we are constantly keyed up,” said Miss Elliott.

“My first show in London was called ‘Better Days,’ but it wasn’t. It ran for only three months at the Hippodrome. ‘Love Lies’ has been running for over 30 weeks, and is still going strong.”

Allan Wilkie bought the costumes j for his forthcoming season of old English comedies front Her Majesty’s J Theatre wardrobe in London, on his j last visit there. They are said to be j unusually lovely, says an Australian ; scribe. We seem to remember watch- j _ing these lovely clothes being made j in Auckland. Gus Bluett has joined a J.C.W. No. j 2 Musical Comedy Company and is | playing a season in Perth and those towns that lead to and from Perth, in the pieces in which he had good parts during the last year. “The Girl j Friend” and “Hit the Deck” will be 1 included in 1 the repertory.