"ELIZA COMES TO STAY."

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1926, Page 5

"ELIZA COMES TO STAY."

Joseph Cunningham's English Comedy Company's second offering, "Eliza Comes to Stay," at the Grand Opera House last night, pleased everybody, as was shown by the generous applause given by the audience. The story describes the feelings of a young man, the Hon. Sandy Verrall, who has thrust upon him the guardianship of a girl, whom he aptly describes as a "perfect fright." One week of her in his flat is enough, and he flees to the Continent to .escape. The girl, however, develops into something much more presentable, and when her guardian returns from abroad, he decides that the best way to get out of an awkward position is to marry Eliza, who now calls herself Dorothy. This he does, and not reluctantly. Miss Zillah Bateman scores a decided triumph as Eliza, doing full justice to the part, and when she is Dorothy, she can be described by one word, charming. Mr. Copelin was well suited to the character of Sandy, while Miss Henrietta Cavendish as Lady Pennybroke, acted with dignity and grace. Miss Sylvia Clifton as Miss Vera Laurence, a designing actress, and Mr. Frank Bradley as Monty Jordan, the music master and disappointed, lover, gives excellent representations of these characters. "Eliza Comes to Stay" will be repeated to-night.