THE THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 270, 3 August 1918, Page 11

THE THEATRE

(By "Sylvius.")ho Best Actor. Miss Sara Allgooil is said to have iho lost delightful Jrish wit, apart nltoother from lip.f unquestioned histrionic bility, as evidenced in "Peg o' My leart." When recently interviewed in iydney, the reporter asked ouito c-asual-y who was the best actor eho had ever icen associated with. "Tlio best actor!" aid Jliss Allgood. "That's an easy one. ■J ioliaol in Iho best actor that ovar Fas. He has never been known to miss i, cue or forget his lines. lie never ipoiiks out of his turn, is always bright ithl convincing, and the heart of liim is ihviiys in his work. I think, that those inalities inako the rood actor all over :ho world, and JticTiaol lias thein in ibiuidance." . "Hut," asked the puzzled •oportor, "Michael who?" "Michael Nowdv," answered Mi" Allgood; "just Uiuhnel—that's nio dog. you know!" H Stylist Actor. Guy Bates l'ost, whom an enthusiastic Sydney paper describes as a "superactor," continues his triumphs in the J. iiid N. 'i'ait production of "The Masluerader" at the Sydney Palace Theatre. Uritics in expressing their appreciation rf his histrionic achievement in tho play are immensely struck with tho air of sentlenmnly dignity which is manifest throughout tho doublo portrayal. It may bo said at once that this is distinctive of Post, the actor, aud instinctive in Post, tho man. Many who liavo met him privately have been impressed "with a ll elegance of bearing which one lady declared must bo surely Virginian. l>ut tho fact that one doesn't need to bo born in Virginia to bo a gentleman is proved in tho caso of Guy Bates Post., lie was irarn in Seattle, 011 the other Bide 01 UlO American continent, and his gentlemanly l>earing is entirely a personal characteristic.

Tivoli Revues Cominu. Theatregoers will bo interested to learn that Mr. Hugh 1). M'liitosh. hes arranged I'm- his big revue successes to visit Aew Zealand. At present Harry Richards Tivoli Theatres, Ltd., have four flioivs ready for tour. Theao include •June, Please," "I'ho Million Dollar Girl, "Bits and Pieces," and "Samples." J.no last-named has lx'en a tremendous success, having broken all financial records. Among tho many artists appearing in "Samples" aro Beatrice Holloivay, Barry Lupino, Charles Workman, CcliaGliiloni, Ethel Vaugn, Frank Greene, Eileen Boyd, Joan Keith, Elsie I'arkes, Hugh Huntlev, Harold Neiman, Bert Kennedy, and Mile Rence Adore and Guy Magloy (brilliant Frcnch-American dancew).

Mile Renee Adore. Mllo Reneo Adore, tlio charming Pnrisionne, whoso dancing with Guy Magloy is one of the outstanding features of "Samples," tlio big revuo success irhioli hns been running for tlio past six months between Melbourne and Sydney, at the Tivoli,Theatres, is one of thu most beautiful girls ever seen on tho Australian stage. Mile Adore was .in Belgium when war broke out. "The effect of the war," slio says, "Ims liardly been felt in the Commonwealth. One has to face tho torriblo disaster which befell Belgium to realise what war is." Mllo Adore is to visit the Dominion with tho "Samples."

A Plothora of Attractions, That Now Zenland is n happy liiintiuyRvo'ind for theatrical maiiacera at present canliot be doubted iu view of the number of attractions that are novr touring, the country. Probably never beforn lias tlicro been so ninuy important attractions assembled within our much-

blessed demesne as to-dav. Tho J. .C. Williamson lii'ni lias the pantomime "Dick Whittington" in the smith (as .1. write), and tho "Bing Boys" revue is playing at the Grand Opera House, whilst arrangement* are being mado for ICathlene M'Donell to carry on with such elegant t»lajT3 .is "Roiuanco," "The Kainbow," "Tlio Cinderella Man," and "Daddy Long Logs." In tho north Allen Tlooin'has commenced a season ill Auckland with "Lucky O'Shea," whilst the I'inglisli Pierrots are scoring at the Auckland Concert Chamber. "Peg o' -Mv Heart" is changing audiences in the Fouth, and tliere are also the Cuppolli Concert Company, "Look Who's Hero,' and the Scarlet Troubadours on tour. Malini the Marvellous is somewhere in tlio north, and the Fuller .organisation has its permanent vaudeville theatres open continuously in tho lour centres. All the managers report healthy business. Like tho poor, the pictures are always with us. Notes. "Cloody Two-Shoes" will "bo tlio subject of J. C. Williamson's noxt pantomime, Mr. Georgo Tallia in America, and jtfr. Clyde M'eynell in England, are on the look-out for novel eft'euts for the new pniitoiiume. , Mr. Maurice Hulph writes from Dunedin advising that "Peg o' My Heart" opened to. a big house, and a very tine performance was given by the new com-' paily of the pretty comcdy. Miss Sara Allgood is said to be belter than ever as the forlorn little Irish girl who is cast up on tlio barren rocks of the aristocratic Chiehesters by tlio waves of fate. The pHpers are giviug Miss Allgood praise for ber delicate treatment of the Tom Moore ballad.