ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

" SEVEN DAYS." Mr. Hugh J. Ward and his company of comedians make a farewell visit to New Plymouth on Monday next with the j farce "Seven Days." Part of the riotous fun of this play comes from the allotment of housework to a dinner party of fashionable folk, who are quarantined in a Riverside Drive house. The servants have fled, and so the running of the ■ house falls upon men and women who have never had to do it, and know nothing about it. They draw lots to see who shall be butler, cooker, laundress, lady's maid, and so on. A girl who hai never cooked anything except fudge wins the breakfasts, and a policeman draws the lady's maid slip. But the fun and laughter have started long before this. Mr. Ward, who is bidding farewell as an actor to Australasian theatre-goers, recently staged this play in Sydney for the latter half of his season there at the Palace Theatre. It followed "The Girl from Rector's." The Sydney press and public were unanimous in their plaudits, and both agreed that in "Seven Days" Mr. Ward has secured a play not before equalled in farcical comedy as a laughtermaker, and also one in which his com : pact company are seen to the utmost advantage. The company's appearance here is a farewell one to all its members. Mr. Ward retires from acting in June next to enter into a partnership with J. C. Williamson, Ltd. Miss Grace Palotta returns to Europe and the other artists to their various headquarters. The season is for one night only, and a bumper house is assured. The box plan opens at Collier's to-morrow morning. ' THE WHIP. The Dominion is to have "The Whip" at Easter. Mr. .1. ('. Williamson is sending the play in its entirety. There can be little doubt that the bringing of "'The "Whip" to New Zealand is the most exIciiMve thing in the way of high-class drama ever contemplated by any theatrical manager in Australia, Loth from a scenic and an artistic point. The play will be staged at New Plymouth on Sth May.