AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 193, 23 September 1909, Page 5

AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME.

Mr Edwin Geache's company appeared at Te Kuiti Town Hall on Tuesday night when they presented the much criticised play "An Englishman's Home," to an excellent house. The chief play was preceded by the laughter provoking comedy "Hector" which caused great amusement and placed the audience in excellent humour to start with.

The "Englishman's Home" has been so widely discussed that to describe it is superfluous. Evidently written with the intention of drawing attention to the unpreparedness of Britain in esse of war, the author endeavours to show the possibility of any of England's neighbours taking advantage of an industrial crisis at Home to encourage strikes. With the telegraph and train services disorganised there would be little difficulty in the way of an enemy to transport an army across the chaanel.and effect a landing on the coast, without the circumstance being widely known for a few days. As to the parts taken by the actors on Tuesday night the character of Mr Brown the typical Englist householder was well sustained by Mr Raymond Longford; that of Geoffrey Smith, a typical middle class Londoner, devoted to sport was well represented by Mr Brandon-Creamer. Adjutant Lindsay the volunteer officer who knew that directions /or all sorts of militiary manoeuvres were "in the book" but could not remember them, was impersonated in a thorough manner by Mr J. C. Deeney; the character of Maggie Brown, the daughter of the bouse, was interpreted excellently by Miss Kathleen Arnold, while the various minor parts were well sustained. The scenery was good and the company most be given credit for a very creditable performance.