DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18874, 18 February 1933, Page 7

DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE

"MADAME PLAYB NAP.” "Madame Plays Nap,” a comedy described as being "happy, Insouciant, and delightfully saucy” having proven in the cities to be the most popular play in Dame Sybil Thorndike’s repertoire, it is only to be expected that the management would select it as the vehicle to introduce the "greatest lady of the English stage” and her distinguished London company to local theatregoers. Miss Thorndike Is no mere "high brow” actress. Her amazing versatility and the extraordinary variety of parts which she has performed with uniform success in London and the leading cities of the English provinces and In the countries of the British Empire and the Continent of Europe, have placed her in an unequalled position in the theatrical world of this century. Her first and only appearance in Hamilton will he an event of the greatest possible importance. Besides bringing out a complete London company, the management arc touring their own scenery and effects, all of which have been specially designed and executed by first-class English artists and theatrical manufacturers. In every wav this appearance of England’s greatest actress and London’s leading producer in Mr Lewis Casson, husband of Miss Thorndike, will provide a unique insight into the finer products of Hie contemporary London stage. The box plan is now open at the Bristol Piano Company.