"Current Cash"

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 77, 29 December 1891, Page 3

"Current Cash "

The; -performance ; of the Wanganui A^iitircvswho;rplftyea to a 1 bumper house on Saturday night, was. one'- of - 'J*h©>6#t ifc has been ;onr good fortune to / V di6tf for a longtinie. fcThe seyeral characters n-j wi^ well [represented.; One great distingtusbing feature iWaa the way the per- • formers -pulled together." This enabled i«ach\actor to imake his points, and the audience to* see. them .when made. This happy' result may .safely hjs attributed to the wetf J skilled and experienced stage ?'- manager^ Mr W.[> J; Blake, of whose --.if courtesy and tact, it is impossible to speak ._. -itoollhighly.:' ;of; the plot in .{' Current :•.,.;■; Cash'^jt is not puriproyince jbb make any Mmar&f/i>u6 we may, say that it afforded ' '^eyeiy' a'dip^.an- op^prhiriity, of displaying '"/ ;^l^s:lspiscial:;,talenti : 'Taking the cast t' > "Mr Remingtbni ' as "Captain .?'55-Mark ; and )•' The Unknown " acted -well, andintheccharacter of "The ■CTnkqdi» r nT l A'w aß .6 B P ec i a Uy "very efiective. - - Mr v tfe ■■'■& . Tiliey as "Major Gordon " ' (Chailis' J ' r was e<Hial_ to the part of an '* ic^Sß^^^'?cpundrel!;' W^ must coni-rr'.-ti'Siimenj'thun' bn^the manner he reprer i s " i aßnteVl iP^arless soldierbefore his temptaiflm^ti^l^nWthe selfish manofrthe world • ■ ''^iftershe^Hid^ived f wayy to 1 At,- arid made l-iMm&ti&*Mw>** theuexpenseiof 'the f ? widow^an4i>Ke orphan; iMr • W. Dayid- ; v aofii as-Pr iVate Bowles," and afterwards

, % o^^e^-Bbwljirei,";. was :qleyer and amusing,; while the i'^snatcbes of the Bong he •ga ; v6 in ,tbe\coiirse qf..,the -piece vwero ,reaijy< gQod,.rHis. Appearance and* " get .tip 'A were'trnl^arKstic.', He 'brought a "good ! 'reputation with ' him and we can l aties£^iat ! He'siistaiiiedit^ r Mr F. Powell, - r as'-"'Golonel Charritfgtdn" and as "Governor of the gaol," had two sniafl parts, to which he dicLfull justice. Miss Delves, as Grace, Milton, was excellent, and showed by^her clever acting; that she had a true conception' of 'th'epart alldtted t6']ier. J Miss Isabel Oliver, as Sybil Milton, in the prologue, acted'her little piece ■: Very nicely .'Mr Ayes, as the " Hon. H. ?Cliafferton,7;also acted. well and carefully. He- made the I ' most, of his opportunities. AYthe Eiey^Lionel Green, Mr W. Pawson wa'slrnmerise, ■'... He delighted' the audieuce' who frequently applauded "him, and for pure iun he certainly diyidecl honors with Mr Davidson, : which is saying a great deal. MrJ. Pawson,: as "Constable" ] and. " of the gaol, showed in many little things, the veteran actor, and although) he had good-naturedly takpn smailYparts "to give the young uns? a 'sHow," we shrewdly suspect his master hand had assisted ,"to, make the play the success it was. ' Mr' Blake was the " M&gistra'e""'arid his decisions were riot likely to bo appealed against. Miss Sybil Milton 'was > nicely ' acted by Miss N. Delves, who is a most promising young actress. Aa .'.'Delia Chains " Miss L. Kitchen -was really charming. Her acting -was .evidently a careful study, while her brightness "arid thorough knowledge "of all the requirements' Of thepart, made ; her'-pfeserice on' the stage a positiye ■pleasured - She is certainly one of the ;best amateur actresses .we have ever seen, for the yery sufficient reason that she acts as though she were not acting. This noticels necessarily, brief in order to make room fo* the "concert the' same company gave last' ldight. ''