"SCANDAL."

Otaki Mail, 23 July 1923, Page 2

"SCANDAL."

OTAKI—TO-NIGHT. Adapted from Iho novel by Cusnw Hamilton, a brother by the way to the well known war correspondent, sji r Phillip Gibbs, Scandal is a comedy that has created discussion in ail part? of the English speaking world. Virile with a strength of realism in its plot. dialogues and situations, it i- free from gestiveaes! of much that is presented lor the enterlaii'.metit ol' theatre-goer*. in Mi,-s Doris Duaaue, who play.- irvi in rio- forthcoming preswntal ion. Outki will have the opportunity of becoming acquainted with a yon-.- actress wlu.« and whoso limess i"r Ihe d-ifiUult rc-le in which she i> cm-t have been rt'coj? nisud by pre-- and public wherever she has play,.!. Scandal has aroused much controversy in Sydney air! t!,o foui New Zealand towns in which il L.u hecu played: .Nothing so romantic aj scandal, according to oui playwright!, occurs in the lives of those uli hearts have never (robbed beneath the polished surface of thai insignia of birth ami breeding, the boded shin. The story of the play develops from this incident: Heatrice Vanderdyko, an Ammicrii heiress, go.-.- to the studio of an artist after his working hours—a thing that no girl brought up under "the bot conventions" would ever do. The young heiress rises to the occasion, announcing to !or relatives a* they como in that she really came to see the »iBU who lives in the apartment opposite, :i very rich y uug mun who spend" hi» 'lire- in huaiing big game or riding '.:■'■.' i : - hi:- pii viitc yacht. He playl li.e (b.'i.nii hush: ml before tli« faaiilj; ami althovgli he loesn 'i care U<r her I'.-aliy, in the I'll- 1 both In- am! Beatrice find Ih ■' dies are mad about one another. Mr. Idic Harrison, playing !hc !• ad (o Doris Mini iie in "Sen mlal." i« noted for ether accomplishments 'lnn lho»« of the stage. Mr. Harrison has I n associated with some of the mofi famous V.m//i'h comedy drama*, "Three Weeks," 'The Merry Widow,'* and many others of equal note, lie u east h-re a« I'elham Frankl.Tß, th« charming lover—the rich man liTing over the road ami it is with him that Doris Dunne >• concerned ift the famous "bodroom scene" of "-Scandal," The bo.v plan is at Lowry's,