BEAUMONT SMITH’S ENTERPRISES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1247, 12 March 1914, Page 40

BEAUMONT SMITH’S ENTERPRISES.

“ONLY THE BEST.”

Beaumont Smith is just now paying New Zealand a hurried visit with his famous lyricscope play “The Miracle,” which is being presented in conjunction with Messrs. Fuller and Hayward. The first of Mr. Smith’s new attractions opens at the Adelphi Theatre, Sydney, on July 11th. This will be the Beaumont Smith and Louis Meyer English Dramatic Company, playing Rex Beach’s famous drama “The Barrier,” and another remarkable Chinese tragedy, entitled “Mr.

Wu,” which is now being produced at the Strand Theatre, London, by Mr. Smith’s partner, Mr. Louis Meyer, and is the greatest of the new season’s successes. The New Zealand tour of this company will commence late in August. The second Louis Meyer-Beaumont Smith company will open in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre on August 22nd. This will be an imported farce-comedy company with a repertoire of the four finest comedies produced in London during the past three years, namely, “The Glad Eye,” “Who’s the Lady,” “The Chaperon,” and “The Real Thing.” Mr. Smith has secured the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, from George Willoughby, Ltd., from August to December, and the plays will be presented by arrangement with that new and important firm.

“Outside this arrangement,” Mr. Smith explains, “the tours are controlled and owned entirely by my partner (Mr. Louis Meyer) and myself. Other companies and other plays will follow. Mr. Meyer controls two London theatres (the Strand and the Garrick), and the best that he produces from time to time will be sent to me for production in New Zealnd and Australia. Our names are

new to New Zealand theatregoers, but. we intend to build up a reputation by offering only the best.” Beaumont Smith, it will be remembered, brought Tiny Town to this country.