Opera House, Dunfermline

The Stage, 11 September 1919, listed For Sweethearts and Wives as On Tour from 8 September at the O.H., Dunfermline.

‘Last night’s performance of the Dunfermline Amateur Dramatic Society in the Opera House was perhaps the biggest task of their week’s work, and the magnificent reception which the players received at the close was no more than deserved. In selecting “ Searchlights,” Mr Robert M. Dalziel, the society’s coach and producer, made a bold choice, but it was not perhaps so daring it would seem; he knew the capabilities of his players, and his confidence was not misplaced. The performance was noteworthy for the general high standard of the acting, a standard of which not one player fell in any way short. The emotional acting was largely in the hands of Mr and Mrs T. O. Paterson, as Mr and Mrs Robert Blaine respectively, but to those experienced players it presented no difficulties. Their work was as convincing as it possibly could be. Mr W. Henderson, their son, Harry, had just as complete a success, while not having the same burden to bear, and all he did was done with effortless ease. Miss D. Sclare, as Phoebe Schmaltz, captivated with her natural grace; and Miss Ada Irvine, as Lady Schmaltz, did all that was asked in an excellent manner. As Sir Adalbert Schmaltz, Mr Bert Wilson provided the little flashes of humour which were so necessary, and he, too, never faltered in his stride. The cast was completed by Miss P. Ruddick and Messrs J. Dick and P. Weir’. Dundee Evening Telegraph, 20 March 1930.