KING’S THEATRE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1420, 12 July 1917, Page 31

KING’S THEATRE.

With the romantic note strongly pronounced, the latest BrandonCremer production, “The Little Church Around the Corner,” commends itself favourably to patrons of King’s Theatre. The play concerns the domestic troubles of Harry and Agnes Grey, who, after being divorced, are reunited at the famous “Little Church” through the pleadings of their little daughter Jean. Mollie Cremer (Mr. Cremer’s youngest daughter) as Jean Grey made her biggest hit so far, displaying her instinct for acting in the

natural way she handled the various situations, and the audience gave her many rounds of applause. The other main parts were taken by Mr. Ronald Riley, Miss Clarice Warner, Mr. Kenneth Carlisle, Miss Beatrice Esmond, Messrs. Fred. Coape and Harry Hill. Mr. N. L. Eaird’s scenic work was particularly good, notably the “Little Church.” “My Rosary” was effectively sung by the New Zealand Vocal Quartette.

The next play is “The Ticket-of-Leave Man,” that favourite detective drama which can be revived over and over again with success. Mr. Bran-don-Cremer himself will take the title role, his characterisation of the hapless Bob Brierly having won for him

great kudos in other parts of the world. Crooks, detectives, sensational arrests and escapes, are just a few of the incidents comprised in this drama, and the cast has been discriminatingly selected to interpret it.