MR ALLAN WILKIE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 827, 4 October 1916, Page 3

MR ALLAN WILKIE.

A SUCCESSFUL CAREER. PERMANENT COMPANY FOR AUSTRALASIA. With a personality as attractive in private life as it is commanding on the stage, Mr Allan Wilkie stands as a striking illustration of the saying that genius and geniality go hand in hand. OfT the stage he is a good fellow, not in any way girt about by self-importance or pomposity. Thus it was that, when a Sun representative bustled into his apartments with

Straits Settlements, and the Philippine Islands. Mr Wilkie then went to South Africa. When the war broke out the bottom fell out of the theatrical kettle, and he came on to Australia, opening in Melbourne in January last. There the present company played to great business for 11 weeks instead of six as was origi- | nally intended. After the completion j of the present tour of the Dominion \ another season of three months will ! be played in Melbourne. i THE FUTURE. As a result of his experiences in Australasia, Mr Wilkie intends to make the present company a permanent one, and to pay annual visits to the various centres. In addition to a wide range of Shakespearean