“THE BELL OF MAYFAIR.”

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 9 July 1908, Page 18

“THE BELL OF MAYFAIR.”

We hear a good deal about art on the stage, but, after all, it is the box office that talks, and with the musical clink of money. “ The Belle of Mayfair ” is apparently going to repeat the success of “ Miss Hook of Holland,” for the Theatre Royal, has been packed since the opening night. The run, however, is limited to only three more weeks, when the season closes. A second visit to “The Belle of Mayfair ” (writes a correspondent), strengthens the first impressions of the piece, and one finds even more attractiveness in this charming musical production than on the inital visit. The music, too, grows on one, so to speak. It is in a refreshingly original view, dainty, and yet catchy. One is struck, too, by the beauty of orchestration, which is certainly the finest that Leslie Stuart has ever wedded to a musical play. There are no less than twentyfour songs in the production, every one of which clings to the memory. So far as the dressing, staging, and the mounting are concerned, Meynell and Gunn have spared no expense to make the production a success, and the result is a magnificent performance. The dresses which were imported from London and Paris, are indescribably beautiful, the second act, which takes place in Sir John Chaldicott’s drawing room, being a glorious aggregation of colour harmonies.