“OLD MOTHER HUBBARD” PANTOMIME.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2398, 28 February 1922, Page 3

“OLD MOTHER HUBBARD” PANTOMIME.

Nothing on such an elaborate scale has yet been attempted in the country as the record-breaking pantomime, “Old Mother Hubbard,” fresh from an Auckland season of 22 consecutive performances, five more than the famous “Chu Chin Chow.” A pantomime that can run so strongly in a city the size of Auckland must he possessed of great merit. The Auckland dailies and weeklies cannot speak 100 highly of the production, so country theatre-goers arc in for a special treat at the Town Hall on Friday, March 3rd. Evidently no expense has been spared in bringing the pantomime right up to date. One striking novelty is the jazz scene, painted by one of Sydney’s well-known artists from designs taken from a recent big London revue. Another series of scenes which form a beautiful transformation representing spring, summer, autumn, and winter*, is-a. triumph of the scenic-puint-er’s art. The costumes worn in the production, of which there are some hundreds, also calls for special mention, and are from the parlours of the well-known Mascottes, Sydney. vThe specialities by Mr Fred White, the talking violinist, Arthur and Ruby Bertram, in their latest dance creations, Miss Laurie MacLeod, of the perfect figure, in her beautiful Eastern dance, and Miss Ethel Osborn, the golden-voiced lyric soprano in gems from opera, are worth going a long way to see and hear. The ,hox plan is at Heath’s, where seats may he reserved without extra charge.