HIS MAJESTY’S
“THE GHOST TRAIN” To-night will be the last opportunity of playgoers to witness at His Majests the mystery of “The Ghost Train,” which rushes through a little wayside station, whistles, and brakes screaming, on the anniversary of the smash. “The Ghost Train” is most admirably staged throughout. Just when the sensations begin to flag, the story goes off at a tangent, and something quite unexpected happens to sustain the interest. “The noises “off” are masterpieces in stage mechanism, and are responsible for some of the most thrilling moments of the play. An express arrives and departs with grinding brakes and the sizzle of escaping steam; the “ghost” train itself roars through the station with realistic thunder. No author of stage thrills ever wrote one without introducing a character who possessed a perpetual and at times irritating laugh. “The Ghost Train” is no exception to this rule. Apart from this, there is an eccentric lady, with a parrot. Add a newly-married couple, both anxious to reach their hotel; another couple whose marital happiness has worn considerably; a superstitious stationmaster; a girl who appears to be mentally unbalanced; a few suspicious characters—and there you have the folk who figure in “The Ghost Train.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 197, 9 November 1927, Page 16
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203HIS MAJESTY’S Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 197, 9 November 1927, Page 16
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