Musical Whimsicalities

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 51, 4 July 1930, Page 5

Musical Whimsicalities

Sparkling Comedy From 2Y¥A it oeeneeennteneene ON July 9 "Musical Whimsicalities," a delightful. and original comedy play, will be presented by the Arcadian Musical Comedy Company. Wellington listeners will remember the latter a§ the talented band of players who produced "The Arcadians" from the ‘Opera House recently. The clever dialogue in "Musical Whimsicalities" is original, and is foven around well-known numbers fiom some of the most popular presentday musical comedies... There are two scenes, the first of which depicts an evening in the home of a Mr. and Mrs. Pool, of Ngaio, a suburb of Wellington. Mrs; Pool wishes her better half to ring the theatre and. book seats for the evening, but. he, the typical husband, would rather stay. home with his newspaper, pipe, and fireside armchair. However, the lady is adamant, and . wearily hubby makes his way to the telephone and fulfils orders, . To occupy the, time before leaving, Mr. Pool seats himself in front of the fire with the newspaper. Suddenly he is astounded to observe a figure materialising near him, a figure which takes the form of Father Time. He invites them both to visit Arcadia with him in his aeroplane, and they consent. ‘The second -scene takes place in Areadia, and the adventures and tangles into which the vénturesome couple find themselves implicated provide an excellent scope for the witty dialogue characteristic of the play.