MAURICE MOSCOVITCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 323, 7 April 1928, Page 13

MAURICE MOSCOVITCH

HIS MAJESTY’S TO-NIGHT

At eight o’clock this evening the .f. C. Williamson, Ltd., management will present Mr. Maurice M!oscovitch and. a brilliant company in the first New Zealand production of Edgar Wallace’s enormously successful mystery drama, “The Ringer,” which created a sensation in London, and which has broken all known records in Sydney and Melbourne. The box plans during the holidays will be on view at Mia Majesty's Theatre office and day sale tickets may be purchased at the confectionery store m the theatre arcade. “The Ringer” is said to be a classic when compared with other dramas staged during the past twenty years. The play opens with the proulem as to the identity of “The Ringer.” Nobody knows who or exactly what he is. But certain it is that Scotland Yard would like to know where he is. With the attention of the audience engaged immediately the curtain rises the plot soon unfolds itself, and before the rirst act has closed people in the audience are invariably clinging to their seats like grim death. The story deals with the intriguing identity of “The Ringer,” who vowed he would kill the man who murdered his sister. No matter liow hard one may guess during the performance, the identity of the Ringer is not revealed until a thrilling climax to act IV.. Mr. Moscovitch has presented New Zealanders with a number of brilliant characterisations, but in Australia critics' and public alike agreed that as Maurice Meister he displays his dramatic genius in its highest form. After the thrilling climax to act IV. the audience in Sydney nightly cheered Mr. Moscovitch again and £gain. Mr. Patric Curwen, a noted English actor, will make his first appearance in New Zealand as Dr. Lomond, a character he created in the London production, and in which he appeared with success in Sydney and Melbourne. The part of Samuel Hackitt might have been specially written for Nat MadiMiss Mary MacGregor, it is said, makes the ex-convict a* likeable individual. Miss Mary MacrGegor, it is said, makes a perfectly delightful Cora Ann. and Miss Bertha Riccardo Is said to be excellent as Mary Linlev. Others in the cast are Ashton Jarry. Reginald Newson. George Blunt. Guy Hastings. Jack Dunne. Hal Percy, Leslie Donaghey. Herbert Leigh. Richard Webster. Richard Fair. Carleton Stuart and Miss Tviore King. A full scenery and lighting rehearsal took place on Thursday. Lillian Gish and John Gilbert are starred together for the first time in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s adaptation of the famous opera, “La Bohemc.**