THEATRE ROYAL.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11495, 30 January 1903, Page 6

THEATRE ROYAL.

The production hzb night by the Anderson Dramatic Company of "The Mariners »>f England" wa* an agreeable charge from Iho piece preceding it. Mr Robert Buchanan in the play und(*r notice has given a fine illustration of the epoch in the national life of Enpland Then Nelson fought the batti? of Tra.fii.lgar. If, taking advantage of the licenw* which is always fp-anted to poiii and playwrights, he liae introduced Lord Nelson into scenes which are nob strictly historical, on-e can forgive it for the pretty love taie -which is interwoven in them. Mr Direr is entitled to credit for bis excellent chnractet acting in th-e part of Lord Nelson, it ■was a carefully studied pourtrayal of a, difficult part, and in no portion of it vrae there the least semblance of exaggeration. Mr PKmmcr was rath-ar inclined to over■do the port of Harry Dell, which would have been more eucceesful if played quieter and lees melodramatically. In tome of the scenes, however, Mr Plimmer was good. Mr George Chalmers made ths em-all pert of Marston etand out prominently, and Mr Stanford gave an excellent representation of the character of Captain Ltbaudy. In the part of Mabel Ta!bot> Mita Helen Burdett •ww at tame inclined , to be too forcible, a defect due, perhaps, to playing in pieces of a more prtmotureed type than the one produced last night. ,»>ue vraa very good, .however, in fno eoencß with Lord Nelson and tfoafc ia the cave in the eecomd act. Mass Ida Gnesttmn has only comparatively « email character as NellM Dell, but dive part -wae exoeUeotlf played, notably th-e eoene (with Captain., Lebaudy, yrhete she ttpbraSd* 'him with hie faithiesenese. Miss Katie Tower* mrpplied the comedy as PoJQy Applewood and did *o greatly to the apfireeiatdoo of the audienw. All the oheractew in ft long cast, were capitally filled, and tie piftoe mw tcry finely put on. T'be eoene of tfoe Victory Jα action, with the varioiw ehipe engaged tacking, and the rionny even*» of :*he figit, was' admirably given. "The Masi&en of England* will be repeated to-night.'