Plays Of The Moment 1923
No.XXX “Battling Butler” (plus Bonzo).
Battling Butler finds that Bonzo brings
him good luck: Mr. Jack Buchanan (centre) with Miss Sydney
Fairbrother (left), and Miss Phyllis Titmuss (right).
"Battling Butler", which has now moved to the Adelphi, is one of the
most entertaining productions imaginable. Alfred Butler has an
elderly wife - played to perfection by Miss Sydney Fairbrother - and in
order to win himself a little freedom from home ties, he pretneds to be
Battling Butler, the professional boxer. He keeps up the
deception even when he has to face the prospect of a real entry into
the ring; but all is well in the end, for with the help of lucky Bonzo,
of "The Sketch", he gets the credit of winning the fight without having
to knock out an opponent.