“THE MERRY WIDOW” AT AUCKLAND
Aucklanders broke one of their chief rules at His Majesty’s Theatre this wee>k/, when practically a full house welcomed the Williamson Company’s opening of its opera season • with, a revival of “The Merry Widow.” | They were demonstrative. An ovation greeted the advent at the footlights of the title character, to be repeated at the final fall of the curtain, with the addition of many floral tributes. Andi by there presents knew all men (hat Auckland playgoers were undeniably glad to have with them again Gladys Moncrieff, the Australian songbird so beloved of New Zealanders, perhaps because her melodic charm has the elusive but fascinating quality of our own grey warbI ler.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 445, 29 May 1937, Page 3
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116“THE MERRY WIDOW” AT AUCKLAND Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 445, 29 May 1937, Page 3
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