HARRY LAUDER'S RETURN

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 164, 1 April 1918, Page 8

HARRY LAUDER'S RETURN

E. J. Tait (of J. and N. Taifc), "I saw over one. hundred plays of all descriptions, but tho most important feature of my trip was tho securing of Mr. Guy Bates Pose, the supporting members of his company, and the play entitled 'The Masquerader. , The drama is taken from the popular novel 'John Chilcofce, M.P.' "The play was first produced, in Bos"I have also secured an English play by Walter Hackett, entitled 'The Invisible Foe, , in which Mr. H B. Irving starred for tho whole of last season in London. Other acquisitions includo two Sunshine comedies 'Mother Carey s Chickens' and 'Old Lady 31.' I have also arranged for Harry Lander to revisit Australia next year The popular singer remembers with pleasure the groat buccoss ho achieved here. "Generally speaking, the plays that aro successful in America take well here, out it is surprising to see some very high-class productions fail. Iho vaudeville business is tremendous. I had the pleasure of soeing Mme. Sarah Bernhardt at tho Palace, and our old friend Margaret Angliu in an English comedy drama, 'Billeted,' in which she made a big success. Mme. Alda, an Australian, is one of the leading sopranos at the' Metropolitan Opera House, and has a remarkable voice. She is now the wife of Mr Gatti-Gazza, the director of the theatre. I_ mot a number of actors who had visited or lived in Australia at some time or other, and all seemed to want to come back. That was my own feeling over there, and now that I'm back I'm