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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1416, 14 June 1917, Page 30

The Dandies change their programme every Wednesday. * * * * Mr. W. F. Russell is business manager for the “Daddy Long Legs” New Zealand tour. * * * * The “Daddy Long Legs” Company will be visiting only two towns outside the centres, viz., Wanganui, June 20, and Nap er, June 22 and 23. Mr. A. Brandon-Cremer left for Dunedin on Monday to arrange for a short season of his original dramatic company in the South Island. * ❖ ❖ * Gaston Mervale, the brilliant producer of “Turn to the Right,” which J. and N. Tait are presenting with great success in Sydney, is a remarkable linguist, who is often calle 1 upon to show his knowledge of foreign tongues. The other day in Sydney the French Colonial contingent which was returning to Noumea for a short furlough expressed a desire to see, “Turn to the Right.” Mr. Mervale arranged for their attendance at a matinee, and as few of them understood English, he readily volunteered to explain the plot in French. He was such a great success that they wanted to appoint him their official interpreter for the remainder of their stay in Sydney.