ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 103, 17 September 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

"WHO'S WILLIAM?" The Hawke's Bay Herald has the following criticism on the Wykehim-Nable Company; which appears in Nefr. Ply-' mouth on Thursday evening next in the' •farcical comedy fi'om the pen' of Harvey Carver, entitled "Who's William?" Many, similar pieces 'have been produced here in past years, but few, if any,' have fulfilled their, object-t-namely,' to Amuse — better than this one, and tile audience was not slow in showing,its,.appreciation and' delight. The comedy is- well constructed, and therefore easy to follow. Moreover, the various incidents are cleverly strung together, so that, though the;ending is more'p'r les& till the ! last scene of all, the story unfolds itself naturally and without that, jerkiand need for padding that is usually present in pieces of ;a isi.milaJ i :,<!haiacter. In iliort, it provides a.light yet bright andi sparkling entertainment,:and; it con-; tains a humbier of clever, .situations. The storiy is, however, somewhat ; ordinary. A married man returns homer la,te. at nigfyt, and in a strangely truthful,way, tells his wife that owing to a ; breakdown on the "two-penny tube," whicl} detained, him. in the tunnel for some hours, <jie'was ■ unable to return before. Tj'lie [husband. Jack Carruthers, makes his explanation hrij whisky-laden voice, ,'jhis, gait suggests that 7ie has been jl coii-j nivial evening).* and 'his Iwite '<jisfoi{^Ve4. himj Finding that t'h»""truff' J is frot effective, Carruthers decides to.' inVeiit a story and states that die nrissMth'e tVaiii and'stayed out with Woliii\ Smith,' 'of 1 Piclfleton. The wife alio' 'll oiibtsi'this excuse, and telegraphs, to' WlUiftm Siiiith. Carjrutb'ers reads the" itti-fwesfci <tti : oV the telegram on the blotting, his j friend, Frank Hiawtrey, 1 tflrf>, 'of' course, arrives oil the-scene iri the hick of time, to pose as the now 'indispensable' William Smith. The complications mul--1 tiplV with each succeeding move. Abreab Mr and Mrs William Smith,-who live'at Pickleton—a place 'Cami'thersv had named en the spur of tlie moment, and did ; not really believe to exist—appear on ! tlie scene. ;Ultimately, seeing that' there is no escape, CarruWiers; makes a clean breast of everything, and is forgiven. The box; plan ; will be opened at. Collier's to-morrow. 1