HIS MAJESTY’S
“THE SILENT HOUSE” Even the clash of the cymbals in the orchestra had the audience “on the jump” at His Majesty’s Theatre last evening when the Moscovitch Company produced that thrilling drama, “The Silent House,” to a well-filled house. The foundation of the piece is the hate of a Chinese, Ur. Chan Fu (Maurice Moscovitch) toward the family of Winsford, and his attempts to retrieve a quarter of a million pounds in bonds and a jewelled star, which he insists were stolen from him. Chan Fu has a gang of ruffiians of different nationalities, who encircle the heir to the Winsford estate. Captain George (Reginald Newson), and stop at nothing to get the fortune. Nat Madison carries a big part as Ho Fang, the mysterious retainer of the Winsfords, who always turns up when the hero and the heroine (Bertha Riccardo) are in dire peril. A remarkable mixture of thrills and comedy is offered in “The Silent House.” It is seldom that the Dominion is selected as the starting point of a new play, and. for that reason, theatregoers should appreciate the fact that Mr. Maurice Moscovitch and his company have given them the opportunity of seeing a production before it has been rendered stale by familiarity, and while it is still one of the foremost theatrical attraction of the Northern Hemisphere. “The Silent House” is an intensely exciting comedy-clrama in four acts, Written by John G. Brandon and George Pickett. It is an up-to-date “thriller.” “The Silent House” will be presented again this evening.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 16
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257HIS MAJESTY’S Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 16
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