Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-07 | Page 8 | Double for 'Wales' in Stage Show Cast

Double for for- Wales Wales' I In Tn Stage Show Cast Certain of oC aro arousing ing comment at every performance of As Thousands Cheer the Broadway musical revue opening Friday May 10 10 at the Capitol Capitol Capi Capi- tol theater is the striking resemblance of ot Thomas Hamilton to his highness the prince of Wales Hamilton is featured fea In the star 80 cast which is headed headed headed head head- ed b by p Dorothy Stone and Ethel Waters Wa tens The sketch on the Br British ish r royal yal f family is one of ot the ma many y hilarious lampoons on the great and near great that are woven in into o. o the rollicking retIe re re- tIe vue Porter Hall Margaret Irving Hal Bal Forde and John Perkins are featured lea fea ea tuned in the laugh filled number Summoned from his bath by Queen Mary to take part in a family conference conference confer confer- ence ence Hamilton Hammon makes his first entrance entrance en en- tr trance nce In a dressing gown The surprising sur sur- ur aspect o of his impersonation of Britain's eldest prince is th the fact that he be uses no rio makeup whatever The likeness is so striking that he is always always al al- al ways gr greeted ted by a round of applause Hamilton n also mimics the princes prince's voice and mannerisms and it has been said laid that if ie his highness ever wishes a double the actor will wall get the job Other notables impersonated in the revue include de Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr Herbert Hoover Hoo Hoo- ver er Mahatma Gandhi Princess van vani Noel Coward and Lynn Fon Fon- tanne As Thousands Cheer was produced produced produced pro pro- by Sam H. H Harris who has Buch ruch hits as Dinner at Eight The Cocoanuts R Rain in and Of 01 Thee I ISing ISing ISing Sing to his credit The production which will appear on m Capitol theater theaterS S stage Friday evening and Saturday matinee and evening is the identical show that pla played ed for 50 weeks at the Music Box theater on Broadway and has bas since broken all records on its national tour