HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1599, 16 December 1920, Page 34

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

THE LATEST MUSICAL COMEDY,

“IRENE.”

Playgoers can look forward to a fascinating Christinas attraction in the* musical comedy “Irene,” which will be presented at His Majesty’s Theatre on Wednesday, December 22, under the J. and N. Tait management. The plot of the comedy is said to be so cleverly constructed, interesting and humorous as to ensure its success without the aid of any music, but the melodies running through it are delightfully tuneful and fascinating. The success of “Irene'’ in Australia was due in no small measure to the fact that each artist has been specially selected for his or her part, and the company is said to be one of the best which has been seen, in this part of the world for a considerable period. The management was fortunate in being able to secure the services of Miss Dorothy South for the part of Irene, for it is said she has by her delightful impersonation won for herself a name second to none in Australia. “Irene” is brimful of unexpected comedy that always gets the melancholy citizen laughing in spite of himself. Those who have read Bernard Shaw’s delightful play of the girl Eliza Doolittle, who was turned into a lady by the simple process of improving her Cockney accent, will recall the sudden exclamation that Eliza, makes when it is proposed that she should walk heme after a party. There is a similar great moment in “Irene,” .where the shop-girl heroine is asked by the young millionaire to marry him. The answer that this girl gives to the proposal gets one of the biggest laughs in the play. In support of the star are Chester Clute, Robert Jewett, Thomas Pauncefort, Henry Gordon. Rawdon Blandford, Milton Owen, Peggy Maloney, Marion Earle, Alice Bentley, Velma Hinkle, Georgia Harvey, and Grayce Connell.