Of The Old School

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 6

Of The Old School

7"«HARLES ARCHER, of •' Auckland, V> Thespian of the ' old school, is a figure well, known throughout the Dominion. . I He has been so long 1 m the. theatrical game that one. would not be surprised ,to hear that he was the original "Little Willie" ,ih East Lynne. ■ ' He has played everything from. Shakespeare to burlesque. , Sometimes he essayed the stellar rples, and on other occasions he acted only those parts known as "the sleeve links' of the drama." / ; „ He essayed many parts with Bland Holt, J. C. .Williamson, and Anderson's productions. , .: - .'/ Archer is the type of actor; who survives m spite of movies, talkies, or 1 the cabaret vogue; T' ■: . ■>■..-. .. . _■ l