JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM COMEDY OPERA CO.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10314, 25 January 1927, Page 9

JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM COMEDY OPERA CO.

COMMENCING NEXT SATURDAY “Eliza. Comes to Stay” to be presented next Monday by the new English • Comedy Company _is full or subtle satire and clever dialogue, aim lias a tilt at t-lie proneness of society to judge by appearances. The story describes the horror of a young bachelor, when he discovers that a girl, well described as a perfect fright, has been willed on to lum and is coming to stay. After a week the bachelor can “stick it” no longer, and flees to Paris. Eliza then undergoes a decided change for the better; and when her guardian returns from abroad, lie decides that the best tiling to do is to marry Eliza;. Miss Zillali Bateman is at her best as Eliza, and Mr Vopelin is perfect as “Sandy” the carefree bachelor. Miss Henrietta Cavendish takes the part of Lady Pennybroke, and Miss Sly via Clifton is well suited as' the designing actress. As Monty Jordan, the music-teacher who also succumbs to the charms of' Eliza, Mr Frank Bradley gives ail outstanding performance. The tour of this English Comedy Company completely caught" Wellington napping, but as the ’ season progressed theatre-goers of the capital, city woke up to the fact that something par excellence was in. their midst and from then onwards crowded houses greeted the talented company of comedians ana so on a triumphal tour in the principal towns of the Dominion. During the Gisborne season of four nights will be presented the following latest London successes: Next Saturday Eric Hudson’s sparkling comedy £< Tho Unfair Sex”; next Tuesday Tan Hay’s thrilling sporting comedy “The Sport of Kings”, on Wednesday, the last night of the season the dating allegorical play “Outward Bound” will lie staged. Patrons are advised to tbok their seats early when the plan opens at Tattersall and Bayly’s to-morrow morning. Telephone and letter communications will receive prompt attention. '