THE MONTAGUE SHOW

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 207, 17 September 1937, Page 7

THE MONTAGUE SHOW

One of the most remarkable ballets ever to visit New Zealand will he seen with Sir Benjamin Fuller 's Mqntaguc Show which opens its season at tho Hastings Municipal Theatre on Monday next. It is the Darmora Hungarian HalletA composed pf girla yvhose ages xange from 16 to 20 yeara, Some were resident for as long as ten years at tho Darmora School ox Dancing which ?s situated in Budapest. There they had plenty of ppportunity for sport and whenever they finish reheursing now they are on tour, they continuo with it. Two are keep. ski-ers and, some are skaters. The only sport they do not know is golf, while one of tnein, Miss Rosita Rona, won the 100-metre breaststroke championshjp for Hungary at the Olympic Games in Berlin last year, All have some musical ability on the piano^ or with the violin, and painting and dra-wipg are also amopg thqir accpmpli'shmentg. Miss Unger, in fact, is a caricaturist who provides quite an amount of amusement for the others on their travels. Another, Miss L, Szckeres, has a romantio hackground# for she is tho daughter of a Russian princess and an oliicer of an Hungarian Army. In "Let's Go Places" to be presented by the company pn the opening night, the whole aetion takes place on board an ocean liner on a world holiday cruige, or at the cities or ports wkere tho bpat calls. The passengqre congist of a galaxy of shapely femalqs and clever ^pmedians so that fun. and frivolity feigns supreme. George Doonnn from Londou is comcdian in ckicf, and Barbara Vernon, famous Amorican actress is the principal SQiig and dauce artist. fi^cn there arp Alma Mackie, danccr, Margarct Kelly, hoautiful soprauo, and Katherine Stcwart, comedicnne. The box plan is at Fail's. Tliore will bo no matinocs during the season.