WILLIAMSON COMPANY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 108, 8 May 1936, Page 10

WILLIAMSON COMPANY

TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND. i The J. C. Williamson New Drama* lie, Company opens its New Zealand jtour in the Wellington New Opera I House tomorrow, with the first profes- | sional presentation of Ivor Novello’s (diverting comedy, if Fresh Fields,” that ■ ran for many months in London and was as popular in Australia. Its audacions dialogue and amusing misunder* | standings make it hilarious entertain* ! ment. The story centres round two irnI poverished daughters of a duke, who struggle to keep the mansion going by I taking in paying guests and writing to [the newspapers. The arr.val of a party of guests from Sydney cause a | clash between aristocracy and demo* ] cracv, Mr. Novello has chosen his characters with discretion, and the battle of Mayfair provides uncommon entertainment. It was much discussed when fust produced and created almost a storm of controversy until it was realised that the purpose of the comedy was satire, with the aim of bringing about a better understanding between English people and those “down under.” Miss Ethel Morrison, ■ the clever New Zealand actress, plays the role of Lady Mary Crabbe in “Fresh Fields,” that of a widow whose deceased husband’s Australian friends, a warm-hearted innkeeping family, come to London and take up residence in the Belgravian mansion.