“MOTHER MACHREE”

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 42, 4 November 1925, Page 43

“MOTHER MACHREE”

A GREAT PLAY AND A GREAT COMPANY

Opening at His Majesty’s Theatre on next Saturday evening for a season of 7 nights the Denis Kehoe Company will afford the citizens of Dunedin an opportunity of witnessing one of the most’ appealing and human plays that it is possible to stage. The New Zealand Times in a recent issue writing of “Mother Machree” said: —“The appreciation it received at the hands of a particularly large audience served to show, as Mr. Denis Kelioe pointed out in a brief speech at the conclusion of the play, that the unpretentious folk-story of wholesome aims and emo-

tions can hold its own with the flood of problem and sex dramas, to which the public is often imagined to confine its demands.” Literary pundits may argue as to which school of writers—Yeats. Synge, Lady Gregory, Dion Boucicault, Bernard Shaw, or Charles Lever —best expresses the stage sentiment of the Irish people, but there is no gainsaying that Maurice Weldon, author of “Mother Machrec,” has written a. thoroughly interesting and humorous play, which intrigues the interest of the auditor ami leaves him or her the better for seeing it. His characters are racy, full of the saving grace of humor, and the love interest is piquant. Music both incidental and vocal punctuates the action and enlivens the dialogue. Denis Kehoe’s contribution in this respect is several tuneful ballads, of which he possesses a goodly store, and a couple of Moore’s best-known melodies sung to the accompaniment of the Irish harp. His supporting company is versatile and well graced. Frances Kayher comes with a reputation as one of the best-favored comedy actresses of the younger school. Helen Fergus lias made countless friends in the character from which the play takes its name, and Ronald Riley is a light comedian of outstanding ability. Their efforts, added to the valuable support afforded by the other principals Tom Buckley, Lester Carey, Maurice Lynch, Gwen Dorise, Aline Dunn, Charles Keegan, and Bernard —complete a cast' which gives a well-balanced performance in every respect. Plans for “Mother Machree” will be opened at the Bristol on Thursday morning.

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