The Theatre: New Plays: Jun. 28, 1926

The Man from Toronto. Ten

years ago England chuckled happily at this comedy and about eight years ago Manhattan rejected it. In the latter case it was played by the late Henry Miller under the title of Perkins. It has this season been revived in London and the revival was a signal for a second American experiment. Again the play fails to fit the cranky native fancy.

The traditional North American invades England with his five gallon hat and blundering manners. He has arrived to marry an English widow whom he has never seen....

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