MAJESTIC THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 464, 23 February 1933, Page 3

MAJESTIC THEATRE

TO-NIGHT. It has frequently been said that the Devil finds evil work for idle hands to do, and this is foreefully demon(Strated in Edgar Middleton's provocative play> "Potiphar's Wife," which opens at the Majestic Theatre tonight. - In filming this dramatic story of a woman's folly and her fury when scorned, British International Pietures have called upon the serviees of many of the most prominent figures in the present London theati*ical season. Laurence Olivier, generally regarded as the leadinig juvenile lead of the day, is seen as the recusant lover. Nora Swinburne is the woman scorned, and the supporting cast includes Ronald Frankau, the famous comedian and wireless artist, Guy Newall, and Norman McKinnell.

The play is a modernised version of the -ancient story of an idle woman who seeks to malce a plaything of her husband's servant. When she finds that even the lower classes have respect for themselves, and for those to whom they owe allegiance, her fury knows no bounds. In Mr. Middleton's version the woman causes the man to he arrested on a sha-meful charge, but she breaks down in the witness box under severe cross-examination. "Potiphar's Wife" is an intriguing and powerful story, screened in a masterful fashion and offering very acceptahle entertainment. The second feature is "Mighty London," a living, throhbing epic of the hub of our Empire. Here is depicted the many-sights and scenes of this old and interesting city.