FOOTLIGHT FLASHES

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18524, 2 January 1932, Page 14

FOOTLIGHT FLASHES

Shades of Gilbert and Sullivan I A production of " H.M.S. Pinafore," with an all-Negro cast, is contemplated in America. $ w f * Kitty Reidy. an Australian, Is principal boy of the'pantomime “Cinderella" at London Lyceum • e « • The principal Melbourne shows—• Gladys Moncrieff in "The Maid of the Mountains," tlie pantomime "Sinbad the Sailor," and the comedy “As Husbands Go," with Ethel .Morrison are drawing large audiences. >;< S' v >:> AVallcr Kingsley, baritone, for so long with the Humphrey Bishop Company, is in the Williamson pantomime, "Sinbad the Sailor,” in Melbourne. » V • * "lie spoke die inimitable lines with splendid clarity and rare unction None nf his predecessors in the rolelias succeeded so imquestionabtV in making every word heard," said an Auckland ppner in referring lo the performance of Ivan Menzies in "The Gondoliers" at Auckland. » w # * diaries Albert, one nf ihe original Pollards and lasi in New Zealand with Ihe Humphrey Bishop Company, is in Ihe pantomime "Babes in llie Wood” at Aberdeen, Scotland. • « • • Leo Damian, who will make ills reappearance in Hamilton in the principal tenor roles of Hie Gilbert and Sullivan op°ras. is a fine all-round athlete. He plays a good game of golf, is a champion swimmer and boxer, and an expert billiardist. » * * » "Autumn Crocus," one of the hits of the London season, recently passed Its 300th performance, with no sign iof its popularity waning, when Fay I Compton left Hie cast to take up u ] pantomime engagement her part as j the middle-aged teacher whose roj malice blossomed late was taken by j isobol Elsotn. I Robert Heberts, a comedian formerly j well known on the New Zealand stage 'with Ihe Humphrey Bishop and Fuii-T | Companies, is the Hold Baron ill the I pantomime "diiderelin" in Sydney. *■■*** i If Marie Bremner pleased in "The ! (inndoliers." said an Auckland paper, i Mic charmed and delighted -ill with i her exquisite perf irmance as Yum h um i in ' The Mikad A demure and lasI ,-inatmg frailly in Ihe " Three. I.illle [ Girls from School " trio blossom.- 1 ’ prettily 111 Ihe Kissing duet and en' mimlcil in as artistic a \cr.-don of The Moon and 1." prettily posed with her fan, as one could wish to hear.