AMUSEMENTS.
"THE WRONG MR WRIGHT." A COMEDY OF ERRORS. LIBERTY THEATRE, MONDAY. George Broadhurst has written a comedy c! errors that holds just as many laughs, juEt as many complications, and very nearly as much natural wit, as the older play. Moreover, the American product ha 3 the advantage of being modern; it also has Jean Hershult to play the title role. "The Wrong Mr Wright" is the title of the comedy of errors in question, and heads next week s programme at the Liberty Theatre. It is o sad spectacle of a middle-aged man seeking romance under unusual circumstances, and being thwarted by an unkind fate at every lurn. The story is not unlike that brilliant film produced some twelve months ago, "The American Venus." inasmuch that it mainly concerns the fevered attempts of a compnny manager to set his firm on its feet again, and the tricky tactics of his rivals. The aspect which causes the most complications, the most farcical humour; and the most sophisticated order of playing is the confusing of the two Mr Wrights, both so different, and the ways of a woman detective who was seeking which of the Mr Wrights was the right Mr Wright. In this role. Enid Bennett, the Australian actress, does exceptionally good work, and though her comedy acting is most engaging, she never overshadows M. Hersholt. Commies of errors, and comedies of mistaken identity, are among the most popular type of light play before the public at present, and when there is added a flimsy but droll element of farce, the interest is maintained and intensified a hundredfold. Walter Hiers, that very' rotund comedian who has appeared with such success with Reginald Denny, appears in support of the star, while Dorothy Devore and Edgar Kennedy are also in the cast. Milton Sills and Natalie Kingston play the leading parts in "Framed." a First National picture which takes second place nn the programme. The hero, who is dismissed from the French Army and is jin averred woman-hater, succumbs, in graceful style, to the mild manners and blonde charms of the only lady in the diamond settlement in Brazil, and the pair go through many hair-raisiuc adventures together. The Concert Orchestra, under the baton of Mr Ernest Jamieson, will play an appropriate musical programme, including the following numbers: —"E! C-npitan" (Sousa), "Tristan and Isolde" (Wagner), "Marche Militaire" (Schubert), "Gems from Gilbert and Sullivan." "The Mad Major" (Alford), "Ballet. Music" (Ackermanns), "Blue .Skies" (Berlin). "Rose Marie." The box plans are nt The Bristol Piano Company, where seats may be, reserved.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19144, 29 October 1927, Page 8
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428AMUSEMENTS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19144, 29 October 1927, Page 8
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