Widely-known Producer at 2YA

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 42, 2 May 1930, Page 3

Widely-known Producer at 2YA

Lew James Presents "Give and Take"

BLL-KNOWN to northern ~~ and Australian listeners is Mr. Lew James, ‘producer and actor. He is probably. the foremost Hebrew comedian that has visited these shores ‘and his appearance before the microphone of 2YA will be welcomed by listeners to the station. Mr. James has had extensive experience in Australia and South Africa; he was the original Abe Potash in "Potash and Perlmutter." He will be assisted by an accomplished actor, Mr. Frevor Spencer. , A short time ago Mr. James_ produced "Sinbad the Sailor" from 2FC, Sydney-some of the owners of powerful sets might remember the occasion -and on his arrival in New Zealand he produced "Give and Take" from 1YA. The production was a great success and the company, under its able director, was made the recipient. of many congratulatory messages. Listeners to 2YA will be pleased to learn that the management has taken advantage of Mr. James’s presence in

the city, with: the result that "Give and Take" will be presented.at 2YA on May 9. It will occupy the whole of the programme from 8 p.m. The play was first produced at the 49th Street Theatre, New York, in January, 1923, the entire action of the production taking place in.the canning factory of John Bauer, located in a small town in Southern California. Things were not going too well with the factory, finances were at a low ebb, and the bank had threatened to foreclose. John Bauer’s son (a modern product of a university) had formed among the workmen in his father’s factory a constitution called "Industrial Democracy." The new regime is not a success, when "out of the blue’ comes Thomas Craig, a millionaire, with a scheme for selling the factory’s products direct to the public by means of a fleet of vans. He offers to take the whole product of the factory. The constitution is swept off its feet (Concluded at foot of next: column.)

by this scheme and Bauer rushes off to the country to buy up the whole output of the orchards in California. While he is away, among some papers left by Thomas Craig, a writ of habeus corpus is found, which proves that he has escaped from an asylum. . Complications ensue, but, of course, the story is brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The whole play is full of delightful comedy and no better characters have ever been depicted than the two old friends, one the owner of the factory, John Bauer, and his foreman, Albert Kruger. Mr. Lew James will play the foreman, Albert Kruger, and the part of John Bauer will be in the hands of the well-known English actor, Mr. R. tT. Spencer.