ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144711, 21 June 1915, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

‘THE CHAPERON.’

On Thursday, Juno 24, Miss Ethel Dam* anrj all iho established favourites of tho famous Clad Eve Company will once more appear at the Theatre Royal. Now Plymouth, under the direction of Mr. Beaumont Smith and Leslie Hoskin?:. nnil their reappearance will bo signaiis’Ml bv tho modm-lion of ‘‘The Chaperon.” a farce which ho:; met with unqualified success wherever il has boon presented. A quaint idea forms tho foundation of tho fun. At the Restaurant Royal, London, the proprietor finds it convenient and profitable to have a stall’ of young presentable men who act as chaperons to fair young indies pf the singe who are invited to dinner by benedicts in search of a merry night. !n an emergency tercainmem for the evening wishes to cover up his little peccadillo, be makes discovering friend. T am dining with Mr. and Mrs. Jones.” When Christopher Pottinger. M.P.. turns up to dine with his pretty actress protege. Rosamund C.’ayihorne. chaperons havo run out. and in the dilemma Hilary Chester, an enterprising attache, is pressed dun iho servdee. As a good joke. In obligingly takes command of tiie dinner and the lady. The M.P’s. wife making an appearance, the usual formula is followed, and she is introduced by her husband to “Mr. and .Mrs. Wellington Jones.” She is so charmed with the couple that she insists that they shall visit her country house on the following Sunday. The arrangement duly roues off. But when motor-cars disappoint end a thunderstorm rages furiously there is mulling for it but preparation'- lo provide for the supposed Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Jones until the morning. The situation can be readily imagined. It is delicately treated, however. and there is any amount of humour provided without, tho affair becoming too suggestive. Tho box plan is at Collier’s. On Wednesday Inglewood will be visited by the company, who will produce there their original success. “The (Rad Eyed’