‘FAIR AND WARMER.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20648, 24 June 1935, Page 12

‘FAIR AND WARMER.”

Meliie Bramley Presents an Old Favourite. Every once in a while a plav comes long that can enjpv. “ Fair nd Warmer ” is one of them. This Id favourite is being presented at the t Jzmes’ Theatre by the Nellie BrainCompany. It i« the fourth change f programme and perhaps the best, n it Nellie Bramley is seen at her jest, and ceriainlv at her brightest. There is nothing staid or forced about t, and the spontaneity with which ne company treats it makes the whole h’ng a great success. -•ellie Bramley seems to enjoy it as ruch as an vane. She has that way. she cannot help pleasing people, and 'hen she is ,on the stage she comnancs the situation. ~ Fair and ' armor seems written for her. rt oncerns two couples whose matrimona. arrangements become gloriously angled. One husband is too staid and ndulgent, and the other is indulgent -ut certainly not staid. When divorce fems to be looming tip in one case, he- advice of the second husband >nngs about some amusing situations. Jnder the influence of deceptive mixures contained in bottles of every 7\ n f tyof ' shape and colour, the plot hickens rapidly. The play lends it?eli to broad treatment, and gets it rom ' the Nellie Bramley Company. It ® on % of the most delightful comedies :hat have come to Christchurch tor a png tinte. . Owen Ainley, seen already in some never characterisations, gains further honours for his performance as the Staid husband*, and Noel Bovd makes m excellent Laura Bartlett, the wife ' ,s annoyed because no other vomen seem to be attracted by him, »nd secondly more annoyed to find hat perhaps she was mistaken. John ameron, as the husband of Blanny \ heeler (Nellie Bjamleyj gives an n gaging and convincing performance. c y Langridge plays the maid’s part xcellently. " iJson Ewart sings three good num>ers during the interval. The programme will be repeated nightly until he next change on Saturday.