CYRIL MAUDE AS "GRUMPY"

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 49, 21 November 1917, Page 3

CYRIL MAUDE AS "GRUMPY"

The bor plane will open at tho Bristol on Friday morning noit at 9 o'clock in connection with the forthcoming -canon, in which J. 0. Williamson. Limited, will pre6ont Oyrll Jtaudo in "Grumpy," beginning at tho Grand Opera House next Tuesday higrht. No actor on tho Englishspeaking stage to-day haa won greater renown in the interpretation of character parts than Mr. Maude, nor could there te Wghor commendation than that received by this artist concerning hie performance in "Grumpy." The London "Timee said: "His characterisation ol the title role—a type that Oharloa Dickons himself might have created-is worthy to rank"amonE the greatest achievements of the English atage. It will he » lasting monument to the gonius of Oyril Maude." "Grumpy" ie considorod a.s Mr. Maude's most successful achievement. Ho haa played the part in England and America no fewer than 1025 times. Buch was his success in Melbourne and Sydney recently that the presentation ran throughout the entire season in both these c'ties. "Grumpy will bo plavod for the first five nights of a nine nights' season, and will be. interpreted by practically an entirely new Snellen company, the several members of which have been associated with Mr. Maudo in the play for the past two years. _^