“NOBODY’S WIDOW”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 295, 5 March 1928, Page 13

“NOBODY’S WIDOW”

FAMOUS LONDON COMEDY The London Westminster Gazette, speaking of “Nobody’s Widow” which will be presented by W. J. C. Barr (by arrangement with J. C. Williamson Ltd.) at His Majestys Theatre next Saturday, says, “The Plot was cleverly conceived, the interest intensive, with laughter dominant. Mrs. Roxana Clayton, after a romantic marriage, discovers her husband kissing Suzette, one of his old flames, and disillusioned she leaves him and poses as a widow. Meanwhile Jack Clayton has become the Luke of Moreland and he and his wife meet as strangers at the house of Betty Jackson. He sets himself the task of re-winning his wife, and at the end of the week he is scornfully rejected by Roxana. In pique he arranges a quiet supper party With ! his hostess, Betty. Roxana repents and accepts her husband’s proffered love, but returning unexpectedly finds her perfidious husband with Betty. Lisgusted she again spurns him. He, rendered desperate, locks the door and threatens to rouse the household unless she marries him at once. With license in hand he compels her to . re-marry him. On

returning from the ceremony, Betty weepingly confesses to a supper ar- . rangement then fancifully babbles of a locked door etc., Roxana believes him false a third time, but eventually the couple are reconciled and a happy honeymoon begins. The magnetic personality and quiet attractiveness of Miss Sybil Atholwood as Roxana Clayton fascinated the audience. Mr. Eric Harrison gave a sound, natural and refined performance as the Duke of Moreland. Added interest to this production will be in the fact that Mr. Eric Harrison will appear in his original part of the Duke of More- ( land, which he played for more than two hundred performances, during the run of the Piece at the “Lyric Theatre” London. Miss Sybil Atholwood, a daughter of the famous J. B. Atholwood, is the leading lady, and her performance in the name part is thorough and convincing. -Miss Verna Bain, the premiere danseuse of Australia, will be seen in dancing specialities which have j made her famous throughout Austra- I lia. Mr. Ban Flood is also a member j of the company, and is a great favour- j ite with New Zealand audiences. The | comedy will be staged on a scale of . magnificence with the same complete- ; ness which characterised the perform- j ances throughout Australia. “Nobody’s Widow” is described as a whirlwind of fun and frolic, interspersed with a delicate vein of love and romance. The introduced specialities by Verna Bain and Ban Flood lend an additional charm to the performance. Special arrangements have been made to open the plan at Lewis Eady Ltd.’s, next Wednesday at 9 a.m., and as the prices are popular, no doubt a big demand for seats will j eventuate. “Captain Ferreol,” is the temporary title of Adolphe Menjou’s next Paramount Picture, on which production started recently at Paramount’s Hollywood Studio, under the direction cf Lothar Mendes, ~i