DISMAL FAILURE.
COUNTEBS AS PLAYWRIGHT. By Cabla—Press Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ' LONDON, March 16. ; The “Daily Mail”’states : “Her Ellis Island advertisement did not save the Copntess of Cathqart’s play, “Ashes,’, which was a dismal , failure at. the Prince of Wales Theatre.
“The story'is of a young married society woman who eloped with a waster to South America. , It had scarcely a line which was not a distinct, echo of better -plays of a similar theme.’’ The “Times” ' extends sympathy to the actors, and cannot guess why the play was produced. i
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 18 March 1926, Page 7
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94DISMAL FAILURE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 18 March 1926, Page 7
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