"WHO'S WILLIAM"

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 28 June 1912, Page 4

"WHO'S WILLIAM"

WYKBHASr-7NABMf;COIEBD^ : ;C0; -; ■ "Who's in three acts Prank Jack Carruthera '?.:i...:..:'..;.. : Jlax-'Jlontesolo: Poskiiis ;:.v;;:..:...5i: Edwardi,;Nablo; Lieut. Watson ,:.t , : , . , ;.':;?. , .;;;v"Ernest , -iLaehbrook; William Sniitli ;.::.;:.;."; , .;.:;t. , -...: , . Chas.' Tbrbsbyv Jlrs. Hawtrey .v.'.!. , Haud.Qlietwynd: Doris Dent ;:;:;n. ! ..;;.^;;;;,.;:Stella"CazaHa: lira. Smith r.. ,, ."..';;;-..". , ;'. , .: , ; , ::.^ , ' Ida'^lngersoll s Mre. Jack Garruthers ...;.-:; , .. : l'resi.Y;;'lvreston. ; The conieily^Hhermometci'.'r.^has'.v'l , .lieeh; steadily rising as':tho;si?4isoiy > of.:-tlio.;.W.yke; :; hom-Nable Company the Opera House..and it is someyhatjmv eomprelieiisiblc .to'-the. regularii.pla'vgpcri why the management 'ha'svnot exactly , re?; versed the order in which Ulurplays-haS-ei been presented, alnrays assniuirifr Ifliah'tlio' principle of producing the bestsfirafcas-; a sound one. . ."Who's W.HliamP"viss-'oho7 of tlio smartest, of its kind soen f |ih.'Wei,-; lington for a long'time.'i;,There.-arc-'many-good comedies whose authors find it.rathcr' difficult to avoid , * dullyesplniip-toiy/ipas- 5 sages, these usually .'occurring; iiv..tho;..)irst :; and last acts, and 'others'-.again'""--:.only; manage to pJarit an ■ oasis.': of'"real "comefi.K. in a desert of. .verbosity. , ? "Whp'e'ivAViH: lia'in?" rMlly.:(a^sh'nck ; ,.almpst.; : from the rise of the curtain! "nhd it'does not let.up until the tag-is spokon:,and'.tbeaudienco begins to feel foiVits-.hat.ij'nVil-j liam Smith" i3>:tbp; ;: nanui s ;hssunied.-by: Jack Corruthers ,in ondeavpni'ih|!itoi'eX;i plain to his wife his "absence from home'. a ior a night. . Ho.'has already told'her-the" ■truth, about -his-being stuck' up in', ja , • tube" for the night-owing to.a break-.-.■down in the- service.-.but as iho'-.declines'; to give credence : to : :l;hat storyjie.invents "William," and the'-. coniequciiccs'-. aro.dire. Tho --wife .dispatcher■'■ -.» tele-' ■grante to -tho-- , .. fictitious,-:-Willianv; at a fictitious-address, • and, ;straiißo-ito' relate, it actually■ Smith, «. grocer, who answers to'a'siini-) ,mons to repair to Curzon Street, thinkingthat a "grand lady" has become conscious ,, : of hini and his charms: : In > tlie meantime, Carmther's friend, Frank Hawtrey. ,, appears, and; a3 he i= MrsK Carruthers, Jack passes hinuoff. asf.Sniith'.--. Things aro further.complicateiHby'aJadyJ (>yho had been immured in .tlie' "tube" with -Jack) turning up for4herJ. field--I glasses,, which .Jack had offeredVfovtake. care of, but which, he had; in tf; weak . moment, presented;r ; t0... his ..wife's ..'sister; as a birtliday- presentsKaek'ftastsQthq' lady ,to call again 'for .ttie*.;'g]asses .the: same evening. .On her disappearance,: , the, real Ifrs. Smith , having ,, .fo'uridi'MrshCaiS riithors's telegram.' on . the-yfiooiv'-pf-v.herj: Picklcton residence, ,, rushes.-jnto.-'town.ife llrs. Carruthcrs-)to. denpuhce/her,»in rau-i cus Cockney .tones. ■' ; Ha\vti-e,u.(th;e>:p3omlo , '.. , Smiths is produced ;as.her.■husband,.'and he, with great tact, imanagesf.tp-j-li'oldi-the Smith, eageiv : f6r ling, and threatens : to dest'roj-v.tho.-'grow-;' ing tower of'fabrieatibnj'lbntnhe.jsi'dealt' with as a , coarso' : -intriider, ,, ..': : iind jeje'pted, into the street;/;Finally' .th^lady^pf Jthp; field-glasses,;. ; .''prbyes'itp.ibe; Mrs. Hawtrey; ;-.There.';isS>nother. ; :mix;up;; explanations, finally peaceyaiid. , a;' , .quick,':curtain;, ; . . o'; : : The farco ,,: rollicks'. along'SiOn/bali-'bcar.-;. 1 ings, thanks to the'spontanoityVand-'Verye , ; yliicli the members..of tlieVc6inpany;.thrp.w.: into their w6rk;iaii(V:tlicfa,udiencei"(ricji'cuV' loualy re3tricted;,^in : ..;i]ui.mbers;;{co|ripar<!d: to tho quality;' pftthe/yarcß'nnd-J.itsjip'pr.-, , formauce)

Jfossrs. I?fjiii;ild 'l.lVylceliamsthrs.w ■,;Ui'8 v ! weight of lsis the part pt::il"raiik.i.i][a\v.|rey/':'nirid>;wit!l :: ,| his explosive; i'spliittcrjiijf.o (which <lo .iiot/explaiiii^iiiulMiKooirriitii?^ , of lively spring of v o .tno!\iyhi rri njr'': hetion^-of piece. He atlmiraljiyMseoonde'di'fbyt Mr. Max ;J[wLt«sblc.^iUSJaclco!C!a!Tiithers, f i lvhoso nnietcr :i .'andssubycij;*;m(!tliods ; Ji!:e; ; in excellent,./eontrasi-.;4o?.- thosa.'i"-rf ; : Jlv.JWykeham.i. ■/.'.'.Miss(' : ■iPrSsjvsylPrpstou' r>.is.?i quite ,S[rs;>; , vivacious, ■■ i elever,; ; ;:aiid;" , ;int ! each of the}; moods. ''WaitiiiV'-O'vani "Jlary," were^Jptl!;:,pncoml; , ?3Mfe;;!P L resv; ton frocks l her^paVts? : iiii:tlie;;bKft'of^tiist«; ; ; and al\vayst;-lqokssivelliy,;vJ[r; , i: ; :E(]\vhr(l: Kable pi , esehte?a;'-clcJsr i iyuirac.terystTidyjsj «.s Poskiiis;! ; tl!fd?butl€i louq, ancient,;:;witK ; a coHcction^pvf : In?erso_ll ~is'i.'-unoanniJ.T; 'nxiiiiraV-Vaif'' JSIuC nastv Httls Cockney. and "Jrr. Chnrle^TliroSbvSf ns Sniith.%Miw;.Mhii(l"iO]ietivv)id/'npp¥arpf ed to advantfiK9'';!.s.: ; .;\rr.s : .'"Jla'wt'rovi , 'and Mr. Cazalla importancpV"^i?i¥ : .''f. :, 'V' i :. , :'.,'',V'-'';■■-'..'' ', ' : ' "Who'sV.iWiljiarh'.SAV'apjill' .-b'eJplnyipi this; and jvhp , ' cold, '. "iiirce/'-pjio'iilil:. make a sJTong.'.'^"?^.^!-/''^'./.^ ,,, '