FALSE COLORS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1446, 3 January 1887, Page 2

FALSE COLORS

On Friday evening the draint of " F^lsf Oolor', or the Freetrader," vrn* r-rnduoed by th» Aahburton Musical and D-am^t-c Society. The a : tendance w.hs v«ry (n>;n^e, and tie fvot proluoed m nou«l U'p.'e stng effjot upon the p'^yari m t.ho ' ft(Bt ac". I ■ the aec >nd, howevor, tna'ter* «*ro materially improvnd, aad aided by the rcenio eflfeots recom tensed for the l^feoit there may have been In the flrßfc mrt-MThe following waa thec^t:— O+p<s»in Vtard^ntit (captain of the tfarerpris") Mr J M.--:Ht 1 ; Lanj;f <H (»a old tan- iv.i er) Vlr W. 0 Davla ; Mick (hi* e !d*r nephew") vlr Ef. Peate; P»ul Penlmn (mite of the Hn^;DriHO, Mr H. Gntas ; Hawks-! (comnvtnder of the F«ee Trader), Mr J i. Pauling ; Barnes (hie lieutenant), Mr f£. Vinten ; Gabriel ( angf »rd's servant), >Ir L F. Andrawos ; Tom (a smugiilor), Mr 0. Andrewos ; Dentatua (a nagro), Mr 0, Moss ; Boatswain, Mr G W. .Smith; Piioobe Langford, Misa "Ada Vincent"; Landlady, Mies I. R*xter. The lady who aus'ained the rih of Phoaie Langford acqaltted herself very woll of the part. Mr Ga>es may be conerntulated nn thv< reodltion he Ravoof Paul Pe-iloue. Oaptfiin the pirate, or " freetrader" ai be preferred to be called, rebel ved justice at she hands of Mr PaulIng, Rud the pourtrayal of the oharaoter of Laugfocd, the old te»-dealw, Althoasjh o>mefthat stiff at the beginning of the piece was by no means bad. The other part* were mostly minor ones. A number of saior's dances were introdacad with good effect by Messrs Vinton and Peate, and were well received

On Saturday the piece w<*s repeated, with tb« addition of thj farce :i The Beoruitlng office." There w*« a somewhat better house, but still the attendanoa wai only moderate The certain roue to the faroe, la which Mr Vintea's drollery pub everyono m ;?ood humor. The otiwr parts ware oredttaMy fihad by Messrs Sawtwll, Pdirt«, E<<' •*> m! J Pauling. Th^se who h»d h.*,u V !re«;ent oa the previous eveaiug must hay.i been agreeably aurpris«d to a c tha decided improTjraeat shown all rou »d by the innteur I rin^. The diffircn I.1 '. parts were taken wito more confidence, and iha Tcice <>f the prompter wa» never d btingnishable More life was thr xrn into the piece, and the heart? applause beHtowed at intervals mast have convinced the pa y era U.at In the opinion of their audieoee at any rate they bad ?iven a creditable performance. The mechanist, Mr EUton we believe, wai honored with a call for a very pretty i'lanlnated river scene, and the ao^nery and stage r ff.aoti deserved recogni'l.n. Dnrinst «ln proxrea* of the pieoe some O'pital step dancing wa« «;ivea by Meisrs Vmten and P sate, and Mies " Vincent " «ang a very pretty ballad with sacceis c insider Ing the disadvantage under which hHo Inborod, a disadvattige that Mr Brooks was retponiible f.>r.

Tho farce and the drama will be repeated thia evening for tho Ust time m A-thburtm, and we hope to see the Dramatic Club make up-lhe leeway by aeouclng a bat r house. To nisjht Mr Pea o, whoso neat .^ancict»greatlv p eased us, will give a sand ji«j or ol'-pj dane«, and aiao, m oonjuncMm wlh Mr B. Ou'len, a double song and dance -l<>ng p.hoos <f course he en's lainmunt win probably be giv< n ehor ly at Scuth Rukaia.