“THE GHOST TRAIN”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 15

“THE GHOST TRAIN”

OPENING ON SATURDAY “The Ghost Train,” described as one of the most remarkable plays ever presented on the stage, is coming to Auckland, opening on Saturday next at His Majesty’s Theatre. “The Ghost Train,” which created a sensation when produced in London ad Australia, will be produced by J. C. Williamson, Ltd., by special arrangement with E. J. Carroll. One of the most thrilling scenes of this fascinating comedy-drama takes place in the dimly-lighted waiting room of a lonely railway station, where several shivering passengers, who have lost their train connection, are huddled together. The tragic story of the ghost train is told to them by the stationmaster, who departs. Many exciting incidents occur. A faint sound is heard in the distance. Nearer and nearer it comes, until the affrighted men and women can distinguish the phantom train. There is a far-off scream of whistles, a clatter and a rattle of swift-moving machinery; then, with hissing steam, screeching brakes, a roar like thunder, with the red glare from the open firebox, the ghost train rushes headlong past the station, and follows the denouement, one of the most remarkable and unexpected ever presented on the stage. When the comedy-drama is presented here a number of new English artists will apear. Miss Betty KossClarke, said to be one of the most beautiful actresses in England, will play the leading role: Miss Laura Smithson, a leading English character actress, plays a comedy part; Mr. Hugh E. Wright, an English comedian, takes a leading part, and is also producer; and Mr. Basil Radford, a well-known young English juvenile, appears also. Others in the cast are Miss Jean Bailey, Mr. Mayne Lynton, Air. Reger Barry, Mr. Leslie Gordon, Mr. Edgar Warwick, and Mr. Reginald Roberts. The box plans for the season will open on Thursday at Lewis R. Eady and Son, Ltd.