THE NEW PLAYS.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17976, 22 March 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE NEW PLAYS.

SOME WiTTV LINES. “ SYMPHONY IN TWO FLATS.” Here are some of the lines from Ivor Novello’s play, “A Symphony in Two Flats,” one of the hits of the Loudon season:— “Have you ever made love to a madman ?” “Yes —invariably.” » ? * * “I used to stay at the Ritz.” “Why did you leave?" “Well, there was a very curious management there—they want people to pay for their rooms." » » * • “Nothing kills love like poverty,” , » * w * “When shall we be married? I can

manage any day but Thursday.” “What a pity! Thursday's my only free day!” * * 31 * “I should want a reference.” “You shall have it, if I have to write it myself.” $ $ $ $ “I shall never believe a word he says I” “But that’s a splendid start for your married life!" * * * * “You’ve changed your mind." “Well, what’s a mind for?” * * * * “It’s so unfashionable to be well these days." * * * * “He’s got seventy thousand acres.” “What of?" "Frozen meat.” * * * » “One bit of sentiment in a waltz and he’s sopping wet 1" * * * * “Cook says chicken casserole’s off!” “Why?" “Because the chicken hasn’t come, and we haven’t got a casserole.” * * * ,» “Do you doubt me?" “Why, no. I disbelieve you.” *•* * * “Where’s she taking him to?” “Richmond.” “Well, that’s not far.” “Ah, but where does it lead to?”

“THE SILVER TASSIE.”

The following lines are from “The Silver Tassie,” by the Irish dramatist Sean O’Casey:—

“A half-crown wife is usually the

most expensive in the end." # * * # “He travels a great deal.” “In what?” “Foreign countries.” * * 5? # “Are you going to lecture me?” “A ruined man needs no lecture. He’s a lecture to look at.” * # * * "My only crime is poverty. It arises from having no money in one’s pocket.” * * If * “He always was one for fun. He put a sheet over himself once and spent a whole night in a churchyard.” # “You must think me green! It’s a wonder goats don’t take me for Brussels sprouts!” w * & * “The porter w»ants a tip.” “He’s got a sense of humour.” * $ * * “There’s many a time I wash I’d been born an orphan!” * * * # “I never yet heard of a man marrying a girl for her shorthand.” * T * * “It is my rule never to lose my temper till it, would be detrimental to keep it.” # * * n “Isn’t he a funny little man? Something you’d like to pick off a Christmas-tree." “When 1 look at a kilt. I hardly know whether the costume is making fun of the man or whether the matt.. is making fun oi.ilfe .co.sturned'