HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1651, 18 January 1906, Page 3

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

MISS MAUD JEFFRIES AND MR

JULIUS KNIGHT.

Amongst the many fine artists in Mr Williamson’s English Dramat’c Company, who will be seen here for the last time on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights next week, the two who stand out most prominently are Miss Maud Jeffries and Mr Julius Knight. This is Miss Jeffjies second yisit to New Zealand, but her third to Australia, as she came out as ! oa,olD f lady to Mr Wilson Barrett on his first visit to that country some six years ago. , Though an American by birth, she has >Vi>ent most of her stage life in England, and has for years been recognised as ore of its foremost actresses, having created the priaoipal characters in several of tne most important London productions, the first of whioh was Mercia m '* The Sign ot the Cross." Numbers have played this part since, but in it Miss J< fines has admittedly no equal. Patrons wihave full opportunity of judging bor.abihty m the forthcoming productions, as in Moneieur Baaucaire” she appears as Lady Mary Carlyle, in 11 A Royal Divorce as the Empress Josephine, and in Como V and Tragedy” as Clanoe. This is Mr Knight’s third visit to New Zealand, but on the first occasion he oniy played m the four centres. The success of the first! our in a great measure due to Mr Koight a nowerful pou trayals in “A Royal Divorce,” “The Sign of the Cross, and •• The Prisoner of Zeoda, has up to the nreseot not been beateD, a record having been put up in each city. That was some five years ago, but good as bo was then, the orit : C3 agree that in the interim during which he has been appearing in London, his acting has even improved, and his unequalled popularity is beyond question, as he is the greatest favorite ever asso oioted with the dramatic stage in these nnlnnies The box plan for the eeaeon S bj Mr W. Mill.. » lb. stage of the theatre on Monday morning next.