THE THEATRE
Kiss and Tell." At the Phcenix.—" Me and My Girl" At the Victoria Palace.
Tins frail, light-hearted comedy is not decidedly worse than others which have been recently successful. Its American provenance boded ill, however, and the shadow of that deplorable balderdash Chicken Every Sunday threatened in the opening scene rising upon a comic House Painter ; but our worst fears were not realised and those who can endure half-hours of tedium for the sake of moments of amusement will find a scanty ration of contentment in this play. It will not be the adolescent caperings of the lovers—I hope— that will entertain them, but the clever acting and apt biting juvenile cynicism of Master Tony Stockman as Raymond Pringle. This child is made sufficiently horrible and real to be truly diverting. All the other characters are so pleasantly normal as to fade into the personal charms of the actors who impersonate them. The revival of that extremely successful musical comedy Ma and My Girl at the Victoria Palace was greeted with uproarious delight by a large audience. It is not for sophisticated palates, but nobody could fail to enjoy that truly brilliant song "Lambeth Walk" or Mr. Lupin() Lane's effective production of it as the final scene with which the first act is brought to a lively climax. In the revival the clever clowning of Lupino Lane himself never fails to please his faithful audience, and he is more than assisted by the piquant verve of Valerie Tandy as Sally. The veteran Mr. George Graves does his best with a barren part, but I doubt if, notwithstanding the irresistible "Lambeth Walk," this musical play will quite repeat
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