HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.
MUSICAL COMEDY . COMEDY.
When Mr George Stephenson, a young New Zealander, entered the pceoarious field of theatre management, some three years ago, the wiseacres shook their heads and prophesied a speedy failure. That
their forebodiogi were unfounded is proved by the positoo which he holds in the
theatrical world to day. Ia Sydaey and Melbourno his name stands high, and on first nights he has had invariably to turn people away, and it just rested with tbo success of tho performance whether Ihis happy Btalo of affairs oontinued, Mr Stephenson believes in tho old adage, “If a thing is woith doing it ia worth doing well.” In proof of this he brings bis entire English Mus’cal Oomody Company to Gisborne. The only difference between the performance here and thus at the Princrss Theatre, Melbourne (tho leading tbreatro of tbe colonies), being ten in the orobestra instead of eightern, every soeno dress and property being the sunn as used in Melbourno,
Tbe box plans for tho season were opened yesterday at Miller’s, and judging by the number of seats already booked.the season promises to be even more successful than when Mr Stephenson’s olever oompany visitod Gisborne laat year,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1676, 17 February 1906, Page 2
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200HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1676, 17 February 1906, Page 2
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