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THE THEATRE

.(By Sylviuß.) "Seven Days' Leave." Mr. Allan VVitkie and ills company, who last year revived a number of Shakespcreaii plajs quite successfully; returns | to. the Grand Opera Housu this evening i with a Waller Howard drama, entitled' "Seven Bays' Leave," a play which has run over 550 nights in London, and is now running in the provinces and in New York (where it was staged for J. C. Williamson, Ltd., by Mr. Hugh J. Ward). Tho play ran six weeks in Sydney, and for a long run in Melbourne, so the assumption is that its many thrilling incidents—which includes the blowing up of a German submar'ne—spells grip. The company includes Miss Marie Ncy (formerly Fix), of Wellington, Mr. Vivian Edwards, Mr. Jrerbert Leigh, Mr. Henri Dore, and Mr. Walter Hunt. Mr. Allan Wilkio was last-in .Wellington in September, 191 fi. Ada Reevo Next Month. ■ ; Following Hie Allan Wilkio season comes Miss Ada. Jieeve, most brilliant and volatile of all singing comediennes, who, oh her last appearance in Wellington, left an indelible impression on the minds of theatre-goers. Miss Jfeeve, who was' tho leading lady with George Edwards's London Gaiely Company for a number of years, created iii the metropolis such roles as 0 Mimosa San in "The Geisha," "San Toy," Julie, Bon Bon, in "The Frencn 'laid," and many other parts, her vivacious acting and magnetic, singing making her London's prime favourite. Then the music-hall managers templed tier with huge salaries, she yielded, and lias been earning them ever since, for thu last ten or fifteen years under her '?wn direction for the most part. Miss Iteevo probably ranks with Harry Lander as one of the two biggest' successes in vavidovillo ■ which Australia and New Zealand have known. A New Play and Player. The play "DC Luxe Annie," to. be staged in Sydney by the Tait management this evening, is described us • a mystery cbniedy-drarim by Edward Clark. The American critic, Fred J. M'lsaac, writing his impression of the play, says; "There is more ,'ction in 'Annie' than in anything I have seen sirico the days' of the real old melodrama in seven acts mid forty-three scenes, with a. peril for the heroine In every 6ccne. There is something going on all the time, ami if you turn your eyes away for a second you miss a thrill." In addition to Miss l'plinj, two other members of the cast are making, their first appearance iu Australia—Miss Georgia llnrvey, a Canadian character actress, and Mr. Harmon Lee, an American actor well known on Broadway. Other members of .the company aro Cyril Mackay, Clarence Blakiston; Maurice Dudley, G. Kay Suuper, Charles Pope, .Tolin Fern3ide,.Chns. Lawrence. John do Lacoy, Alfred Harford, and Miss Olive Wilton. "The Lilac Domino." Tho now. comic opera, "The Lilac Domino," by the French soldier Cavillier, seems to have created a sensational surprise cm its first production by Mr. .Sachs, the :'iew lessee of tho Empire Theatre, London. Mr. Harry Cohen, an old Dnnedin boy (Mr. Sachs's mannger) forwards a sheaf of notices, all couched ,in tho most laudatory terms. One writer states: "Not.for years have I-seen the like of this success of real comic opera. We wero all carried away and charmed"; while another records that "it is the nearest thing wo have had in merit, as well as method., to the Viennese operettas at Daly's, tho tradition of v;hich is still so charming a memory." Moreover, the papers record that this initial venture of the new management is something more than a success d'estime, being, indeed, tho best box-offico magnet in London. Sydney James's Strollers will commence it tour of New Zealand in Christchurch on Thursday evening next; in tho topical revue, "Como Inside." Miss Madeline liossitor is still a member of the Strollers. Notes. *-. • Signor Cappclli's beautiful voice, combined with his evident popularity, threatened, to do alt but wreck the popular concert arranged by the Royal Philharmonic Society and held in the Town Hall, Sydney, .on. Saturday, April 10. After his first number, Sigjjor. Cappetii explained as best he could, with gracious gestures and a.pathetic gfiiriaee, that he was quite willing to sing ah' encore, hut that the management behind were nhwilling to allow; their strict rule of "No encores" to be broken. The audience went wild after this, and behaved with all the irresponsibility of a mob, there being nearly twenty minutes continuous applauding. But tho management .remained adamant, and won tho day;. Signer Ce.ppelli was not allowed to sing an encore.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 11

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THE THEATRE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 11

THE THEATRE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 187, 27 April 1918, Page 11

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