ST. JAMES
“WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD”
Saturday’s crowded house at the St. James Theatre gave another hearty reception to George Wallace’s latest venture in the realm of entertainment, a comedv in three acts, entitled “When Knights Were Bold.” The principal role, that of Sir Guy de Vere, is most ably filled by Wallace. In the first act he appeared as a young English nobleman with little respect for tradition, and no sympathy with the legends of how nobly his forefathers had lived. In a dream he is transported back 700 years to the days when knights wore clanking armour and rode forth to do mighty battle for the fair ladv of his dreams. He acquitted himseif right nobly, but learned that those days were not all they could be. On his return to modern life he disposed of the old ancestor-worship tradition in a way as novel as it was interesting.
Marie Nyman has also a leading rule in the production in the part of Lady Rowena. Marshall Crosby is Sir Brian Ballymote, a bogus Irish knight with a delightful brogue, and all the other members of the company play their roles as easily as they appeared in revue.
The humour throughout is irresist lble, and a gay and careful air per vades the whole piece.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 15
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216ST. JAMES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 15
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