THEATRE ROYAL.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 129, 8 June 1870, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

jit* ifija It 'is to be regretted that last evening should have been so wet, otherwise we are sure there would have been a capital attendance at this place of amusement, but riotwithstanding this, however, tho lower part of the house was, filled. "The Lady of Lyons" was produced, ' and in it Mr. Rayner, as Claude Melnotte, fairly excelled himself,'- arid, aB we ~predicted, become a great favorite here sT;tac..5 T ;tac.. justly'so; for he is-arifactdr in the truest; _en_e of the word. This he showed him self uto W last night in his impersonation lof Claude', being honoured with several calls during the eveninif.i.M-i'ft-.J^kson. as Pauline, played _!-_)( cellently, as she has done since her arrival. She shared with Mr. Rayner the callsbe_pre,the.cur-j tain. Mrs. Howard and the other members of this, p-qatyrbiit .excellent company, supported Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Rayner very ably. The farce-of- "Did you ever scud your Wife to Camkerwell ? " copcluded the performance, in which Messrs. Simmorids, Joyce, Mrs. Howard, and Miss .Raymond appeared. * -'-To-night the '" Ticket' of Leave Man" will be produced, with Mr. J7 Rayner as> jßpbl '^piS»K»-&_i—. to-morrow Mrs. Jackson appears nS j ■Z./.-Wai.-which is the firiesF piece *of n* I and 'bv'ld up _____;r artiste undertakes.