“ALL AT SEA.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1425, 6 December 1886, Page 2

“ALL AT SEA.”

It will be obucived that, the Mallaby Comedy Company, who p rformed here In “ Thu Great Pink Pearl ” and “ Castt ” recently, havi left Mr M .:laby in consequence of his informing them that he could no longer continue K s tout owing to want of funds. Miss Florence Wade, Mr Henry Alleyne, Mr Harry Power, and others of the Company, ace announced to appear here on the two race nights in “ All at Bta ” *nd “ The Beds.” “ All at 3e. ” is ea<.entia!ly a light laughable play, i here i - a crotchety o:d anc'e, the -‘■••n. Por Oholnehy (Mr Henry Giey ) whi> has .» niece Qusen'e ( lissF mice Wale) li vng » Kto-mg-ibu with hor mo her, sad on no account allowed to see any of the opp eite sex utile,s ’he uncle give, his consent. Of course Qjeeaio does see the other sex, and has a pletb-ra of odmirera. Am og others, an adv-aturona Irishman (Mr Harry Power) who prett oda to be a sec -nd Mozart, and a young clerk of the Admiralty, Allan irmitage(Mt Beautnont) with whom she is realty in love, Tha first Act is taken up ith receiving her admirers, and hoodwinking her avuncular

relative, wn 1. pat off in. t ack by a very ingenious contrivance of Qaesnie. set 3 takes p’.ca on t oard the twin .teamb >at “Calais Douvres” where Queenie (pursue i by the amorous Irishman), her mother. Peter, and moat of 'he other characters meet. How the old gentleman—ao»«e as :o matrimony—gets entangled t <roa h the wiles of a fair Ameron (Vli-a By«r), how he so far forg'ts his stiffness as to undertake to esc rt her to a oal masque at Bou ogne, how the aes passage is tuh of ooutretemps fir most of tae paaamgers, must, as novelists say, be seen t > be understood Act 3 shows uj a fh e at the Boulogne Gardens, where fancy dr.sses, suppers, music, and dancing prevail Queenie treats the company to an imitation of the K* e Van ban style of danomg. The Irishman gets up a tree in a dual sense, and, io pursuing Qoeeuie, meets someone who proves one too many for him, and spoils bis matrimonial scheme. The gtl ant Peter takes too muco champagne a d gets into several very awkward P' b tions, out of which he is rescued by Q teeuie, conditi > ally upon his promising to reco,,ni«e the man of her choice.