" London Ehapsody," which opened at the London Palladium on September 1, is undoubtedly the peak production of the G.T.C. at their ace house, and is so good in every respect that it at once thoroughly justified all the eulogies that had been written about it during its pre-run at the Brighton Hippodrome. It has everything a successful production needs : comedy, action, colour, superb costuming and a brilliance in stage decor that surpasses all previous Palladium standards. Some scenes are of the glittering type, while others, such as Henley, have an equally fine appeal with a range of softer shades and coloration. When seen the curtain rang down just on 8.55, which looks as if, even with a 6.15 start, something will have to be lopped out of the show, although, as everything is so good, it will present no little problem as to where excisions should be made.

The famed team of funsters—Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, Bud Flanagan, Chesney Alien, Charlie Naughton and Jimmie Gold—have many great moments in the show; the highlights of the comedy department being " Whitehall," in which Nervo and Knox as the long-suffering Guardsmen, on two gorgeous prop horses, are roped into service by Flanagan and Gold, surveyors for the L.C.C.—" very short-handed "— a tag line that gets a gust of laughter every time it is tittered, and equalled only in that direction, by the apt appearances of the gentleman with the shovel and bucket and a hopeful look. It is obvious from the opening scene, " Mayfair," which introduces various types of Londoner as the great city awakes to another day, that meticulous care has been exercised— the stage is gradually peopled with workers, from the before-dawn street washers to Lord Lonsdale with inevitable cigar and that young man with flowing .hair and umbrella who is to be seen walking quickly around the streets of the West End in all weathers. The scene gives Raymond Newell, as the 'bus conductor, his first chance*'?!! the show to show his ability as a vow»Hst. Comedy follows quickly with the appearance of the Gang in a street auction in the Old Kent Eoad, in which they indulge in that popular gag of guessing what London plays various pictures put up for sale represent. " St. James " reintroduces Cardmi to an admiring audience, for who can be other than warmly appreciative of his skill in superb sleight-of-hand work with playing cards and cigarettes presented with nonchalant showmanship. Teddy Knox oomes to the fore in Bond Street—a Mayfair Salon, in which, as the dress designer, he describes and demonstrates ancient and^ modern versions of Cleopatra, Nell Gwynne^md Catherine of Russia, and although the g^igs are nn,t. consistent in annpal t.Tio™ -- -