MAURICE MOSCOVITCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 316, 29 March 1928, Page 14

MAURICE MOSCOVITCH

“THE RINGER” AT EASTER It is said that Maurice Moscovitch, the celebrated actor, who with his specially chosen J. C. Williamson Company will appear in the thrilling drama, “The Ringer,” at His Majesty’s Theatre, on Saturday, April 7, has set a new standard in dramatic art.

In two of Edgar Wallace’s now famous dramas “The Ringer” and “The Terror,” Moscovitch surprised even his most ardent admirers by his wonderful characterisation and the general weird impressiveness of his acting throughout. In “The Ringer,” which will be the first of the dramas to be presented in Auckland, there are many highly dramatic incidents. It is one of the most gripping mystery dramas yet presented and it has thrilled even the most stolid London audience as it has seldom before been moved. Throughout the whole drama there is an intriguing vein of mystery—who is “The Ringer”? Moscovitch plays the part of Maurice Meister, a solicitor, who lives a sort of Jekyll and Hyde existence in that he becomes a night prowler, a house-breaker, a burglar, perhaps worse. Through the whole of the play the plot centres round the operations of Meister and over all hangs the shadow of “The Ringer,” ever on the watch, ready to strike and exact his full toll.

That “The Ringer” will hold the interest of New Zealand audiences is a surety, for it has created just as much a sensation in Australia as it did in the great cities of the world. Special scenery and effects have been prepared for the Australian and New Zealand tour, and Mr. Moscovitch will be supported by a particularly strong company, which includes the well-known London actor, Mr. Patric Curwen, who will make his first appearance in New Zealand as Dr. Lomond, Divisional - Police Surgeon, as played by him in the English production; Mr. Nat Madison, who plays the difficult part of Samuel Hacket.t, an ex-convict; Mr. Alexander Sarner, who appears as Central Detective-Inspector Bliss, of Scotland Yard; Miss Mary MacGregor, who gives a striking interpretation of the part of Cora Ann Milton; Miss Bertha Riccardo, who has gained loud praise for her splendid acting as Mary Lenley; Mr. Reginald Newson, who appears as Divisional Detective-Inspec-tor Wembury, D. 5.0.; together with Michael Hogan, George Blunt, Leslie Donaghey, J. B. Atholwood, and Miss Kiore King, a talented New Zealander, who has made rapid strides in the dramatic profession. The season will be a short one and the box plans will open at Lewis Eady, Ltd., on Tuesday morning.