HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 164, 10 January 1906, Page 2

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE

TO-NIGHT. »THE J.P.” ' His Majesty’s Theatre should present a gay scene this evening, whon Mr J. J. Dallas, Miss FlorencoJOlawd, supported by the famous Strona-'v Theatre Comedy Company, will make their initial bow to Gisborne audiences. The demand for seats at Mr Miller’s has exceeded all records, and housesfilled to capacity should be recordei**”” for each evening of the company’s" - short stay. “The J.P.” is pronounced as one of the greatest farcical hits of the present decade, and is referred to by the Otago Daily Times thusly - “ The comedy produced, ‘ l’h§ ’ \j| J.P.; or, Gay Boulogne,’ came those present with an irresistible seductiveness after a very barren period locally in comedy, and if outward manifestation may be taken as- a guarantee of inward emotion, last ) evening the audience was stirred tj the very depths of its humorous sensibility and expression. To be plain, the comedy caught on from the out- •• sot, and there is not a dull moment in it, and its progress was punctuated with a demonstrative and uncontrollable hilarity on the part of tho """ audience. As an exhilarating and irresistible comedy it takes a high place among such as come in the category, and should on no account be missed by lovers of comedy pure,” Amongst the author’s principals are included such well-known English and Australian names as Misses Manda Chetwynd, Florence Redfern, Madge Herrick, Norah DelaDey, Elsie Austin, Messrs Aubrey Mallalieu, Grogan McMahon, Tom Oannam, Johnson « Weir, etc. /jjj On Friday evening after two run “The J.P,” will give place to an* other even more successful laughter provoking comedy entitled “ There and Back,” which production throughout England and elsewhere has met with unqualified success. U°th Mr J. J Dallas and Miss Florence Lloyd will be seen in another series of their Unique character studies for which they have become world- famous.