THE STAGE

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1439, 22 November 1917, Page 32

THE STAGE

with her electric personal ty and sang with charming vivacity “The Picture Palace Queen” and “Oh, Louisa,” with Mr. Phil Smith. The latter was perfectly equipped for the role of Clutterbuck, and was the main pivot for a round of hilar’.ties arising from a series of helpless situations. Miss Minnie Love was sweetly saucy as Cissie, a film actress, and she made a big appeal with her sympathetic singing of the much-hackneyed ditty “A Broken Doll.” Mr. Reg’nald Roberts, as Victor de Brette, a picture hero, and Miss Gladys Moncrieff as Phyllis Clutterbuck provided the lighter sentiment of the play, their song, “Love’s Dream/’ being a fine achievement. ' Mr. Leslie Holland gave one of his cameo studies as Billy, the stutter ng stage manager of the film company, and Miss Addie Lennard was safely entrusted to the part of Mrs. Clutterbuck. A distinct feature of the performance was the brilliant eccentric dancing of Mr. Clyde Cook, his nimble gyrations arousing sensational interest, while another thrlling dance exposition was given by Mr. Leslie Holland and Miss Minnie Baird in a weird apache conception called “Stop Thief.” The play is handsomely set and there is

a luxuriousness in dressing and an artistry in the colour scheme that is most satisfying.

Clyde Cook should be excellent as Nisch, the part originally portrayed here by Mr. Wille Percy.