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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1933.

Art and Drama

HONG KONG

GIRL JOINS

CHARLOT REVUE

Success Of Wendy Barrie's Sister.

CONTENTED CHORINES

Chariot la a big, kind-faced man who treats his girls like dear little children.

With his enormous hound, Girlie, he pads about near the footlights while the chorines do their setting- up exercises.

about him.

THE CHINA MAIL

Dion Boucicault The SHOW-CLOSING PANIC

Elder

The Biggest Plagiarist Of

A

His

Time

MAN OF THE THEATRE

(By SYDNEY W. CARROLL)

IN BERLIN

Nazi Activities Hit Theatres.

FREE HITLER ENTERTAINMENT-

There are currently 13 “Megiti- mate" shows open in Berlin, and two music-halls.

The two music-balls and the two leading musical showa "Bell Um Savoy""" and “Gluckliche Reise,” are doing well. On most of the others tact demands that a veil should be drawn.

A panic of show-closing swept Now that "The Streets. of Lon-engaged carpenters and painters, over Berlin when Hitler declared Girlie is a proud beast who re-don," in its burlesque versios, has given them a general ides of his war on the Jews and Communists. fuses to be photographed with the celebrated its hundredth perfor-plot, and set to work writing an act Only one or two theatres are now young ladies for publicity purposes.mance at the Ambassadors, I may, a day. He supervised in person the timidly trying to reopen

But the Hitler tornado was only There is rather a Garbo touch perhaps, with propriety, say a few machinery and scenery, super-

words about the author of the play intended all the rehearsals, and the second of two wallops that the There is always a distinctive (Dion Boucicault, the elder), as three days later he produced upon Berlin show business has received something about the girls in a well as about melodrama and its the stage "Colleen Bawn," which in the midriff during recent weeks.

He does not choose offspring-burlesque.

proved his greatest pecuniary suc-

the collapse them merely for ga-ga prettiness, There has just come inte mycess, bringing him in hundreds of of the Rotters, Berlin's big-] but for beauty through which a cer-possesalon a letter dated Monday, thousands of dollars. At one time gest

operators—an.... in- tain amount of intelligence shyly April 11 (year not specified-circa he declared that America alone cident which bas been but 1864), and written from Gresham's his pieces had brought him In over barely reported in England and Hotel, Dublin.

It runs:

two milion dollars in royalties and the extent of which we do not "My dear Mr. Vining-In reply profits.

appreciate. to your letter I beg to send you a

The Rotters had eight theatrės,

charlot show.

peeps.

They look like the sort of girls whom you could ask what they thought of Stalin without being afraid that they would timidly reply that they never did any.

Contended

The present set of girls, chosen from some 1,200 who turned up at the auditions, come up to a high Charlot standard.

Each of them has a real interest in the show by being given the! chance to qualify for understudy work in the sketches.

M. Charlot, you see, beliqves that the best work comes from content- ed chorinca.

Among them are the twin grand- daughters of Letty Lind, and a particularly beautiful specimen is the young sister by Wendy Films) Barrie.

PAUL BOBESON FOR RUSSIA,

May Play Nameless Part "In Emperor Jones.”

London.

Christina Foyle, whose father owns one of the largest bookshops in London, and who, at 22 is famous for the "Literary Lunches" which she gives, recently included: Paul Robeson at her luncheon to Emmaj Goldman, the anarchist.

A "Stage Carpenter."

The Arst

show

WAS

private copy of Drama, I need He was an actor of ability. Hej all of which are now closed except not observe that it requires to knew his theatre backwards. He the Grosse Schauspielhaus, where be localised for you and to be was the biggest plagiarist of his "Ball Um Savoy" is playing. called The Streets of London.' time, and imitated by force of habit.

Quite Happy, There are not three scenes in the All his plays were made up of ex-] For a time after the collapse of entire play which can resemble travagances and

their enterprises the Improbabilities,

Rotter 'Fraud and its Victims'

taken from whatever souroc was

brethren disappeared from sight, The Important Part.

handlest. He lit up his romances but recently their Berlin friends "The effect of the plece depends with a sympathetic and human have begun to receive "wish you on the part of Badger. If you colour that made an Irresistible ap-were here" and "X marks our room" can feel that you can make a hit peal to the masses,

picture-postcards from them, with

in that character do the piece, but And if we may accept the verdict the postmark of the Principality of

I am

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Judging by the postcards the

if you don't feel it, don't do it on of the celebrated French critic, Lichtenstein. any account. The fifth act, to- Augustia Filon, the taste, the rage, gether with House on Fire scene, for Burlesque in England dated Rotters are having a very happy 1, of course, entirely original in from almost the same moment as time, but the same cannot be said incidents and character and the introduction of the Boudicault of their brother impresarios who dialogue.

idrama. The two things have says:

are left behind trying to keep the "I am not anxious to have the, Filon, in his interesting volume on

ship afloat. piece done in London as I wish to the English stage, nothing else in

With conditions in Berlin as they reappear with a work of more common unless it be that neither are, millions of people are afraid to originality and power. I know one nor the other pertains to litera- go out at all after dark. that I have only to give the pre- ture.

Nor can one exactly blame them sent attractions in London rope! Burlesque is the kind of musical when twenty Communists were said after the incident the other day, enough and they will clear the parody of which the operetta was field of themselves. There is not born. To it we owe in an indirect to have been beaten up in the one of any legitimate merit or way the modern English comedy defended themselves."

streets because they "provocatively capable of sustaining itself.

For it was Marie Wilton, the Queen "My success in the provinces of Burlesque, who subsequently be and hear Hitler yell his head off in If they do go out, they can go has been so great that so long as came Lady Bancroft, and to whom the Sport Palast or one of the huge. it returns me as at present nowe owe the Robertson comedies of auditoriums in which hela holding London theatre could pay me a real life that brought about such a almost nightly meetings. well.

sharing the revolution, in theatrical methods of now houses in Dublin, Liverpool, Matplaywriting.

This is as good as any show in chester, and Birmingham, Liver- The Taste for Burlesque.

town, and costs nothing. pool alone (Mr. Copeland) has]

The sacred lamp of Burlesque still get the free Hitler entertain. If they stay at home they can paid me £914 for nine week's run burnt at its brightest, perhaps, in ment over. the radio, a far more It was learned that Mr. Robeson was planning a visit to Russia. At of the Port of Liverpool on my the days of Fred Leslie and Nellie stimulating evening in the average first he will probably act and sign

sharing terms.-Dion Boucicault." Farren at the old Galety, which in Berliner's eyes than going out to a in English, but later he may essay Mr. Vining was well-known those days was one of the largest the name-part in Eugene O'Neill's actor of the period and the original and most luxurious of fashionable theatre, play "Emperor Jones." In Rusian "Badger" in the London production theatrical resorts. But with the night for two hours. He already has a very fair mastery Fraud and its Victims" was the loss of those two very popular of that language.

first version to be performed in One result of his Russian studies, England of the French play, "Te not held in much esteem

players the skill of the parodist was

The big swastika man has closed is that Mr. Robeson is now an en-Pauvres de Paris,"

until the origin of thusiastic admirer of the works of "The Streets of London."

Pelissier, brilliantly

fup all the queer"night clubs for alded by Arthur Wimperis with his Potted since the war. Thirty-three of which Berlin has become famous Dostoievfsky and Pushkin.--Reuter. A Rival to Edgar Wallace

The writer of the letter was one favour for a brief spell.

Plays, brought it back to temporary them were recently raided in one of the most remarkable men ever associated with the theatre. The fo mirth in a well-aranged and well- not Berlin, to see men and women

The man who cannot find food night.

You have to go to Hollywood now, late Edgar Wallace was not half so acted burlesque is usually a heavy attired in costumes designated by prolific nor a quarter as rapid in his brained fellow method of working.

who takes himself tradition for the opposite sex. Once being comissioned by an

and life au grand serieux. It must Berlin show-people have timidly actress to write a play for her, he forms of dramatic entertainment killing their business by stopping conceded, however, that few objected that all these activities are North-Eastern went home cogitating over what on can be stodgier ur more indigestible foreigners coming in Railway's eleventh exhibition of earth he should manufacture a play than that, of the burlesque badly poster art was opened at the New about. On his way he saw a book brought off or taken with a conant cry. "We don't want

"That's due!" is Hitler's triumph Burlington Galleries' recently,

Sir Ralph Wedgwood, chief gen Gerald Griffin's "Collegians." This Intense seriousness, paradoxically, is there is no answer, N

stall, bought from it an old novelscious humour that betrays itself foreignera!" To which, of course, the eral manager of the L.N.E.R., said: he took to his room and based the best foundation for the parody "These are supposed to be bad play upon it before he retired that in all its forms and variations. times for advertising, but the man night.

SIR R. WEDGWOOD AND POSTER ART

"Give Up Advertising, Give Up Hope"

The London and

who gives up advertising gives up

hope. In times of depression there

is more need than ever

Early the next morning he has

for the presented to Mr. Frank Newbould

stimulus which good advertising a golden plaquette from the Hun-

gives:"

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garian Government for a poster

be

BRINGING MAGIC UP-TO-DATE.

Hitler grabs the radio every

Not Wanted

2.

The Jew Shaw,

The wave of nationalistic senti- ment that has swept over Germany is strongly felt, in the show busi- neas. The greatest: film success : of the moment is, of course, "Mor genrot"—the U-boat picture glorify.

The Minister of Transport; Major which had been shown at the recent Ambition Of Doorkeeper in German Stameni.

the Hon. Oliver Stanley, performed exhibition of international tourist the opening ceremony. He later lart at Budapest.

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The height of the Hitlerite na tionalist wave was reached when, The atmosphere of jealously the other day, according to reports, guarded tradition is everywhere at Nazis stopped the performance of Maskelyne's, both In front and "Too True to be Good" with cries backstage, where a sort of here of "Down with the Jew Shaw!”. ditary stage doorkeeper, shows you. In spite of the "Germany for the with old-world courtesy to the effice Germans!" regime, however, the dressing room of "Mr. Noel." only two shows that are doing busi

But Mr. Noel (whose hobby, by ness have foreign stars--"Ball Um the way, is growing cacti, which he Savoy," for instance, has three keeps in the stage doorman'a cubby- principals, all Hungarian and the den) la a young man with advanced Alm "Morgenrot" was made by an Ideas who is determined, if he can, Austrian. to bring magic up to date.

New Talent.

He does not believe, as many of the performers obviously do, that the tradition for early Victorian humour in conjuring patter is one that should be maintained,

All of which just goes to show

what?

THEATRES PLACE IN

NATIONAL LIFE

Dame Madge Kendal took the

tion "ofi

He is trying to develop new magic chair at a public meeting at the and conjuring talent, people who Garrick Theatre recently will refrain from trying to be funny age, the pre inless they have a really good gag. entertainme What he really wants is a combina, the life of the tion of Houdial's Adil and Groucho The meet | Marx's personality,

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There is a serious shortage of and among fauch new talent, says Mr. Noel, Snell, Sir

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