AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19828, 30 April 1927, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS AND MEETINGS

“THE BEST PEOPLE” ■ i Described as a cluster of brilliaait 1 ; stars, “The Best People” Company, J i which is to pre-sent two famous modern. * • in ‘ 1 The Best People ’ ’ and 3 1 “'Meet The Wife,” at the Wanganui ’ Opera House, on Monday and Tuesday, May 9 and 10, has won the highest s i recognition in competition with the 1 1 best of the world’s comcrly artists. It ' is common knowledge throughout AusI tralia that Melbourne audiences are • the most idsffieult to please, and this company had no dificulty m negotiating there a record continuous season of three and a-half months. Of course, :t must bo remembered that “The Best People” is a comedy far above the average, with its long Broa/lway and Shaftslmry Avenue seasons. One London critic wrote: “Clean and clever humour is a scarce commodity in mai- ‘ rn comedies, but ‘The Best People’ is a really clean and elever comedy—one of those smart, well-written, well-con-structed comedies that provoke spontaneous laughter like the rapid recurring barks of a quick-firing gun. It gurgles and dances and prances with frolicsome fun and at. the same time delicious sentiment is delightfully interwoven through the story which runs coherently and joyously through the three acts.” “Meet the Wife.” Although Mr E. J. Carroll has decided that “The Best People” shall be the opening play on the New Zealand tour there is a difference of opinion, - ■ and certainly little to choose, as to I which is really the better comedy. ’ However, most people see both, bej cause once having seen this brilliant company in “The Best People,” the i appetite is whetted to “Meet the iWife.” Tn reviewing this comedy in Melbourne the Argus wrote: 1 ‘ Miss ; Lord, as Gertrude, keeps the play going at a fast pace, and faints with the l same tremendous energy as she does everything else. She fascinates everybody with a chihi’ish dlight in her own powers. To say that the play was a triumph for her is not to detract from The work of any other member of the < onpany. and her spontaniety was so apparently real that the audience was in a simmer of mirth the whole time she was on the stage, which was practically throughout the evening.” The box plans for both productions will be opened at H. I. Jones and .Son’s oft Thursday next. PIPE BAND AT CASTLECLIFF If the weather is fine, the. Pipe Band - ..ill play a programme of music at ' ’rstlecliff to-night in the vicinity of the kiosk