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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 17

“JOURNEY’S END" FIRST N.Z. PRODUCTION. TONIGHT AT 8.15 IMPORTANT! The only occasion in Melbourne when there were any Vacant Seats was on the Opening Night and this has heen th» Experience wherever •‘Journey s End ' has been produced. “ JOURNEY’S END ” WONDERFUL REALISM. GREAT DRAMA. GENUINE COMEDY. Each of the officers R. C. Sheriff has created in “Journey's End’’ stands for something individually so fintf that it is difficult to choose among them. For all his hard drinking to steady his shattered nerves Captain Stanhope is a resolute leader of men. sportsmanlike, unassuming. For all his amusing obtuseness the corpulent Lieutenant Trotter is responsible and _ good-natured under trying ordeals. Lieutenant Raleigh becomes a hero by i nsti nctively following the rules of fair play he has learned on the playfields of England And Lieutenant Osborne is a schoolboy, enriched, sweetened and exalted by maturity, gentle and wise—a rare figure in the byways of universal life. Though a play of the war. “JOURNEY S END’’ has nothing of the horrors or bit terness of war. Moreover, it contains a genuine comedy that brings countless laughs. His Majesty’s Theatre THE “ JOURNEY S END " PLAY THE WHOLE WORLD FLOCKING TO SEE. IS TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) AT 8.15 FOR A BRIEF SEASON. MATINEE NEXT SATURDAY J. C. WILLIAMSON, LTD., Present the Worlds Most Famous Dramatic Success. ‘Journey’s End’ By R. C. Sheriff. Produced in Conjunction with Maurice Browne, Ltd. Cast of Characters: Captain Hardy - - - Ambrose Flower (First Appearance Here.) Lieutenant Osborne - - Harvey Adams Private Mason John Fernside Second Lieut. Raleigh - - Lewis Sk%w Captain Stanhope .... Reginald Tae (First Appearance Here.) Second Lieut. Trotter - Vincent Lawson (First Appearance Here.) Second Lieut. Hibbert - - Alan Lawrence (First Appearance Here.) The Sergt.-Major - Reginald Wykeham The Colonel Reginald Dane (First Appearance Here.) A German Soldier - - - - Redge Carey Corporal Broughton - • George JenmngPlay Produced by George D Parker Stage Manager, Redge Carey. The whole of the action of “ Journey End " takes place in a dugout n the trenches before St. Quentin in Ma ' • 1918. Plans at Lewis Eady. Ltd. Day Sales at H.M. Theatre Confectionery. PRICES—D.C. and R.S., 7»; Stalls. 4.; Gallery. 1s 6d. Early Door. Ga»?-> 1s sxtra. All prices plus tax. Manage JOHN FARREI