RENEE KELLY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 15 (Supplement)

RENEE KELLY

THE COMPANY’S ITINERARY. The details of the itinerary of the Renee Kelly Comedy Company which comes to New Zealand under the J. C. Williamson regime, have now been completed by Mr. Bert Royle, the New Zealand represntative of the firm. The repertoire, which includes the latest London and New York successes, 'consists of “Polly with a Past,” the sensational Frederick Lonsdale comedy “The Last of Mrs. Cheney,” “Daddy Longlegs” (Miss Kelly created the part of Judy in the London production), and “Brown Sugar,” another comedy which created quite a stir when presented in London and New York. The company opened ’ its New Zealand season at Wellington on Wednesday, May .18, with “Polly with a Past,” the season ending on June 4. The company then journeys to the South Island, Timaru being played on June 7 and 8, prior to the Dunedin season which opens on June 9 and concludes on June 18. Invercargill will be played on June 20, 21 and 22, Oamaru on June 23, and the Christchurch season will extend from June 24 to July 9. Then the company will return to the North Island and tour the provincial districts as under:—Masterton, July 12; Hastings, July 13 and 14; Napier, July 15 and 16; Palmerston North, July 18 and 19; Wanganui, July 20 and 21; Hawera, July 22; New Plymouth, July 23 and 25, and Hamilton, July 27. The Auckland season commences on July 28 and concludes on August .18, after which the company will return to Australia.