AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19748, 22 January 1927, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, ETC.

JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM’S ENGLISH COMEDY ‘‘THE SPORT OF KINGS” I I Of Air Joseph Cunningham’s English ! Comedy Company a Melbourne critic . writes:— | The run of success Mr E. J. Carroll i has had with his comedy productions at | the new Athenaeum Theatre, is likely to continue. Jan Hay’s “The Sport of Kings, ’’ stag'd for the first time on Saturday night, certainly is one of tin brighest comedies seen in Melbourne I for years. Full of the rich, spontan eous humour that has gained Mr Hay a foremost place among modern authors and playwrights, it cannot fail to appeal to the great majority of playgoers. Anyone who docs not find amusement in the adventures of the wowser “converted” to bookmaking must be strangely lacking in sense of .our. Amos Purdie, J.P., a midVictorian figure in his long coat and muton-chop whiskers, decides to take in a couple of paying guests. They must be young men with serious inclination for study. In return for a somewhat exorbitant fee they are to enjoy the “stimulating atmosphere of a Christian (!) household.” Purdie’s advertisement is seen by Algernon Sprigge and his friend, Sir Reginald Toothill, who have struck a loan period in their racecourse speculations. Sprigge suggests they call on Purdie and bets Toothill that within a week he will convert the old gentleman into a keen follower of the turf, Tho season commences at tho Opera House next Tuesday and on Wednesday next the daring and beautiful play “Outward Bound” will bp presented. Miss Zillah Bateman, the charming English actress is seen to great advantage in both plays. Tho box plan opens at H. I. Jones and Son’s to-morrow at 9 a.m.