J. C. WILLIAMSON'S "MIDNIGHT FROLICS" TOMORROW NIGHT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 71, 26 April 1929, Page 2

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S "MIDNIGHT FROLICS" TOMORROW NIGHT.

"It. is indi ed pleasing"' w rote the musieal and drainatii- eritic oi an Auckland ]iaj».-r "to see a vaiicty pro-m-amnie so fn-e f';nni the. taiiu otten iinniiedately coupied with sueh entcrtainnients ;is that of Tlie Midnight Erolies Conqianv, Jrd hy Eric Edgle.v and Clem Dawe. Tliere i-, not thc slightest traee oi vuigarity, the jokes 1 are not even hroad, but good ch-an tun. There are over twcnty Jrolics 011 tlie j hill, and thev have heen arranged witn • an ohvioiis atteiition to w ell-balanced variety." This is wiiat tlie Napier : pnhiie will l>e give 11 the opportunity ot seeing tor a short season. coinmcnc- 1 ing at ihe Muuicipal Theatre to- • morrow night. uuder -I C. Villiamson , f'oiupaiiy management.. "Of course, i i> is Mr Dawe." cnnlinues tlie eritic, j "to whnm the iionours for tlu* succe.-h , of the eutcrtainmcnt niust he giveu. ! W'het In r dressed in his out size hoois, ' haggy trotisers and coat that reaches j nearly to tlie cround, or in a sinarf j diniK-r siiit he seeins to liold over liis iiudic nce that- power which makes; tlicin e.xpcct. a good laugh overy other j lninuie. And thev are .scidom disap- , jiointed. Jt- is vciy noticcahlc that he ; does not rely 011 trifling patter for j his hui, liis drolleries are clcver and | greater eiijoyment is got l'roni them j heeause he lisually lauglis himself And | when Cleni Dawe. lauglis even the most dour aiidienee must, laugh witli ltiin. But while so much could lio said of

this comcdian, there are others who must not ho i'orgottou. Tlio voeal strength of tlie coinpany is unusually high. tlianks to Villiatn Porrvman and Oscar Beek. The compauy carries a good violinist in Alr Grcgovy IvanofF, who must aKo he oongratulated 011 his eoiiductorship of the orchcslra of fourtecn instruments. Alany of the turns are jiarticularly well mounied. Mona Magnet. of "Peep Sltow" fame, is a great acquisition to the conijjauy. Her songs and oceeiitrie drolleries are a special feature of tlio progranime. The box plan is now rapidly iiiling at Howe Bros' for tlie' tliree niglu's scasolt.