“CHARLEY’S AUNT.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 694, 22 February 1933, Page 3

“CHARLEY’S AUNT.”

Good Comedy at Radiant Hall. “Charley's Aunt,” produced by Use -Marjorie Alexander Committee’s company, in aid of the. Nurse Maude Sick and Distress Fund ami the Marjorie Alexander Fund, is enjoying a successful season at the Radiant Mall. “Charley’s Aunt " is a play the success of which depends on the ability of the person in the title role, and here Hie an'Ti-IKt if the "alibre ’if Mr Berna'rd ! Beeby for the part. Mr Beeby, while I extracting ail the humour from it. succeeds also in making it a sound foundation for the whole of the comedy. A heavy role is allotted to Mr Alan Brown, as Jack Chesney, but as is to be expected, be acquits himself admirably. Mr Brown is always thoroughly at home on the boards, and as the devout college lover, never at a loss to extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless predicament, he is admirably cast. Equal lv good is Mr Harold Shaw, as his friend, Charley Wyekham. The part of Kitty Verdon is played charminglv by Mrs Guy Cotterill, wno adds one more success to her ilrcoly long list. As Amy Spettigue, Miss Pessy Hollander is also happi/y cast, and her singing in the third r,-t is an enjoyable interlude. Miss Agr.es Richardson. as Donna I,ucia D'Aivadoroz, and Miss Mavis Ritchie, as Ella Delahay, invest their acting with grace. As Sir Francis Chesney. Mr Oeorge Worthington impresses favourably, as also does Mr Cyril Collins as Mr Spettigue Mr Claude Davies adds to his laurels by bis clever work as Prassett, the' butler. “Charley’s Aunt” will be repeated to-night.