FAMOUS MYSTERY PLAY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1940, Page 2

FAMOUS MYSTERY PLAY

“I KILLED THE COUNT.” "I Killed the Count,” which is to open al the Regent Theatre on Monday next for one night only with a specially selected cast of J. C. Williamson players. is claimed by the critics to be the best stage thriller since the days of Edgar Wallace. That their views are at least popular is evinced by box office records. And when all is said and done the box office is a pretty good judge of this type of play. “I Killed the Count” is a case of the perfect murder which, for a change, does come off. And as the murdered count is rather a "nasty bit of work,” nobody really cares. The novelty of the play, however, lies in the fact that no less than four persons, breaking down under police examination, confess to a murder which, obviously, has only been committed once. What is intriguing is that the evidence against each appears to be well nigh conclusive. How this works out perfectly logically is an ingenious bit of stage writing and also denotes the hand of the master craftsman. The playwright is Mr Alec Coppel and the producer Mr Rowland Edwards. A play of this kind requires special handling. With scrupulous care and discrimination the experienced directors of J. C. Williamson, Ltd, have brought together a cast of international players which is credited with giving a flawless representation of this now famous play. The box plan is at W. G. Perry’s, Queen Street.