Ernest F. Young

Slapstick comedy with St. John and Jimmy Aubrey dropping dishes in a restaurant with two patrons, one boss and a floor show of eight. There's singing and dancing too. (imdb)

Mr. Young introduces the sketch in an appropriately melodramatic fashion, wearing an opera cape and a glowering expression. He recites a bit of doggerel about the current popularity of mystery plays ("full of thrills and sighing moans, slamming doors and ringing phones") and then slinks away. Eerie music, thunder, and sinister lighting set the scene. Vivien enters, frightened, and then John, ditto. They tiptoe about, and exchange ridiculous quips about how terrible it all is.