IN PERSONAL TOUCH.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, 29 May 1913, Page 20

IN PERSONAL TOUCH.

Mr. Stanley Grant, the well-known theatrical manager, is in town heralding the arrival of “The Monk and the Woman” on behalf of George Marlow, Ltd. “It’s one of the mosttalked of plays yet produced in Australasia,” said Mr. Grant to a “Review” representative. “It is full of life and action cemented with an uncommon theme, and it goes big everywhere.”

“The Monk and the Woman” make their first appearance at His Majesty’s on Monday week. “This is not melodrama,” emphasised Mr. Grant. “It’s a real good stirring drama. I shall be along again in August with a dish of sensational melodrama! ‘The Girl who took the Wrong Turning’ will be included in the bill of fare.”

Mr. William Murdoch, the brilliant pianist of the Kirkby Lunn Company, is with Madam e Clara Butt in a similar capacity. A .hearty welcome awaits the Australian artist in New Zealand, where he made so many friends during his recent visit.

The “Dandies” had a < great reception from a packed house on Friday night, every member being vociferously encored. The company are now in the South.

Madame Clara Butt and Mr. Kennerley Rumford achieved an enormous success on the opening night of the Australian season in Melbourne. The receipts were a record amounting to £lO2O.

Nothing less than tremendous is the vogu e of Mr. McCormack in New York. Frequently was it his experience in his recent tour to receive telegrams like this. —“Every ticket for your fifth recital next Sunday sold five days in advance, establishing a New York record ,as fdr as

anyone associated with musical enterprise can remember. A few dollar tickets picked up by speculators are selling at five dollars.”