HIS MAJESTY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 35, 4 May 1927, Page 15

HIS MAJESTY’S

“THE BEST PEOPLE” The box plans for “The Best People” season, which commences at His Majesty’s Theatre next Saturday week under the direction of Mr. E. J. Carroll, will be opened at Lewis R. Eady and Sons, Ltd., on Wednesday next, at 9 a.m., and when one remembers the success which this very brilliant comedy has met with in London, New York and Australia it would be an act of prudence to reserve one’s seat. A London critic wrote: “One does not know who Avery Hopwood (the author) is, but one raises his hat to him and likewise bows. Any man who can make the hardened critic laugh heartily is deserving of the warmest thanks. Therefore let us thank Avery Hopwood for conceiving so absolutely joyous and amusing a comedy. He has an amazing talent for writing crisp dialogue and creating situations. This is truly a wonderful comedy on modern conditions. Oh! it is all uproariously funny.”

The comedy deals principally with the escapades of Marion Lenox (Miss Helen Audiffred) and Bertie Lenox (Mr. Richard Ehlers), who are advance specimens of the younger generation. In spite of the wealth and social position this graceless son and daughter flaunt all restraint and convention. Bertie, a headstrong, yet essentially decent son, becomes engaged to a chorus girl, Alice O’Neill (Miss Marion Sterly). Of course there follows a scene in Bertie’s home between his mother (Miss Beatrice Day) and his uncle, Grafton (Mr. William Macauley). Bertie’s father (Mr. J. B. Rowe), being a sensible father, tries to reason with his son, but all of no avail. Scarcely has this storm subsided when Marion informs her father and uncle that she is engaged to her mother’s chauffeur (Mr. Robert Adams). This is too much for the poor mother and uncle, but the father sees that there is nothing that can be done to make his children give up the idea of marrying beneath them, thinks only of his children’s happiness, and being good-natured and tolerant, does his best to understand. Miss Marion Lord, as Millie Montgomery, a friend of Alice O’Neill, is responsible for most of the comedy and is most amusing in the supper scene.