HIS MAJESTY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 738, 10 August 1929, Page 17

HIS MAJESTY’S

“APPLE SAUCE” NEXT SATURDAY

The J. C. Williamson, Ltd., management -will re open His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday night next, when Miss Ruth Nugent and Mr. Alan Bunce, two of America’s foremost

comedy artists, together with a bril--lia n t supporting company, will make their first appearance here. This will be in the initial representation of the successful comedy, “ Apple Sauce,” which was written by Barry Conners, who also gave the public “The Patsy.” It has been generally conceded by critics that his latest effort is his best. It is certainly a fact that “Apple Sauce” proved even more successful in Australia than “The Patsy,” and it is still one of the outstanding successes in America. The characters

in “Apple Sauce” include a sweet girl, whose delicious confusion of manner hides the cunning of the astutest of Eve’s daughters; a lover whose Bohemian attitude to life, the scandal of his family, is the mask to commercial ambitions which earn their eventual reward in a commodious “det. res,” equipped with central heating, a vacuum-cleaner, a double garage, a tesselated bathroom, membership of the Elks and a partnership in a rising coal business.

Then there are the nagging parents who cloak their affection by barking at each other like a pair of terriers; and the rival for the affections of the girl who hasn’t a hope •in the contest because the playwright has saddled him with all the most unprepossessing human feelings, such as avarice, obtuseness and vanity, and lastly there is the loquacious neighbour who never stops talking and giving advice when he is not called upon to do so. . During the approaching season, which is limited to 10 nights, the company will also stage “Laugh That Off” and “Pigs,” comedies which attracted large audiences in Sydney and Melbourne. The company includes, in addition to Ruth Nugent and Alan Bunce, George Henry Trader, Gertrude Augarde, Reginald Newson, George Blunt, Sydney Stirling, Sadie Bedford, and others. The plans will be opened at Lewis Eady’s on Thursday morning.