“THE GREAT BROXOPP”

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 433, 14 May 1937, Page 4

“THE GREAT BROXOPP”

Drama League In Milne Comedy The first four.act play to be staged for some considerable time in Stratford will be presented to-morrow evening in the Town Hall. The play chosen is A. A. Milne’s “The Great Broxopp,” an excellentlywritten comedy. It portrays the rise from poverty to wealth of Jim and Nancy Broxopp, the engagement of their son Jack to Iris, the daughter of a local baronet, Sir Roger Tenterden, and the latter’s stipulation that Broxopp’s method of advertising his famous “Beans for Babies” by displaying a poster of his son as a Broxopp baby must cease. Sir Roger is something of a swindler, and taking charge of Broxopp’s investments, after the latter has sold out his lucrative business, manages to lose all his money for him. The fest act depicts Jim and Nancy beginning lite again at fifty—but the magic of Broxopp’s touch has failed. Jack, however, has inherited his. 1 father's artistic and advef ising genius, and the lest scene shows him rushing off to make the family fortunes again. Plans are available at Clarke’q.