SMITH'S DOINGS

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16231, 29 March 1917, Page 9

SMITH'S DOINGS

A SPARKLING' COMEDY TJiS i-feiisqil ,\vhy Sinitli.. w-sis to leave hpmo was; splendid,y interpreted in the T-heatr-e Royal last-niglfe by.the George AVillough by Conipauy. .Of course the plot is ancient, 'but in capable js always iicw, and Greorp AAillougliby as tlie c-entral John amitn li and sparkle t,o the Wiio.e and made the ualogue aiid ilife situations pi quaint. The stoiy iias ntitliing in it worth recounting, except that it supposes th»b a?most every inan is anibroua and carries liis heart oil his slleevej aiid it also holds that every elderly relative of the gentler sex is necessarily a suspicious cat with claws sharp ai'd willi'rig. Given and that Smitli and his wife on t-lieir lioiiejmo all have their h'o 'use oTer-crowdod with uhihtited relatives, aiid tlierc is enough sedpe to introduce .a- cast as long jus any pay .ro.ll will stand. Of tlic inimitable Mi- AVilloughby, nothing requires to be saiid, but. that he waiTwell up to his old form. Mi- Arthur Albert gave a strong impersonation of president of the Cooks' Union.. Miss Muriel Dale was a dignified Aiid charming wife to Smith and Mrs Florence Deigli hiade an admirable old maid or still marriacable inclinations, and tlie numerous other dramatic personal wore well done by. The singing was gbbd, the da-nc'irig more than good, and many littl© side turns were added that helped to keep the audiemcp' in laugliter from the rise to the fall of the curtain.