NATIONAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1059, 25 August 1930, Page 15

NATIONAL

“JOURNEY’S END” Tho most successful stage play of tho century is without question R. C. Sherriff’s immortal drama, “Journey’s End.” This remarkable play lias met with outstanding successes in all quarters of tho globe, and some 55 companies have presented it in no less than 21 languages. In Great Britain alone it is calculated that over a million people have seen the play and that 3,000,000 have witnessed the play in Canada and the United States, while it ran for over 100 performances in Berlin and several other German towns.

Now this celebrated story has been transferred to the talking screen, and its success has been even greater in this form. Millions of pounds have already been collected as a result of the presentation of the film. Its recent screening at the Regent Theatre was a huge success, a success repeated at the National Theatre on Saturday evening.

The National’s programme also includes a novelty feature about dogs entitled “All Tails.”

A delightful children’s matinee is being presented at the National Theatre every afternoon during the school holidays. It is called “Tom Thumb,” and is given by 40 tiny tots under the direction of Miss Lillian O’Leary. These children sing some of the latest London songs, give ballets and “tap” dances, as well as numerous pantomime and vaudeville novelties.