Wm. FAVERSHAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 25

Wm. FAVERSHAM

“Under the Red Robe ” May be Revived SEASON OF 16 WEEKS William Faversham, who passed through Auckland on the Niagara, will Play a season of 16 weeks in Australia, crowding into that period as m&ny of his successes as circumstances permit. Recognised as one of the best actors ■a America, Faversham, nevertheless, is English, and served in India with a Warwickshire regiment before peratanently settling down into stage life. His debut was in London, but two rears later he went to America, join--IUS E. h. Sothern. One of his early successes was in “Sweet Lavender." •uat famous Pinero comedy which is s, ill played in England. in “Aristocracy,” Faversham first came into “ e same bill as Airs. Fiske. With j-aarles Frohman, he became a big same in New York, in a long series of ways, outstanding among them “Lord Ue Lady Algy,” with Jessie Milward. ® played Romeo to the Juliet of Adams; also, “Under the Red , be '” played here by Julius Knight. Later, with Maxine Elliott, he re “Lord and Lady Algy,” which tn a Brou 6fl success in Australia. He ,ured America as "Othello,” and won accesses with “The Squaw Man,” J r - ji Sheridan,” and “Jim the Pen His latest New York produc "Her Friend the King,” was done 1 the Longaere Theatre, n aTer sham may revive “Under the L j Bobe ” in Australia. A New Zea‘aad tour will follow.