MR R. G. KNOWLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1732, 25 April 1906, Page 3

MR R. G. KNOWLES.

| A CELEBRATED ENTERTAINER. Mr E. G. Knowloa will open his Gig. homo season on Saturday night noxl Reeouliy a contemporary wrote of this doJ/ghtful entertainment :—The professional humorist is orodited with being in private life as sorioui as a judgo. Nnturo must have made n mistake in tbo ' case ot B. G. Knowles, for on and oil tbo s?Hge ho is nn entertainment in himself. Ho possesses just those g fls of wit and humor which Mr T. H. Orosland insists on deny ng tbo Irish ; displaying thoso characteristics in private life which distinguish him on the stage. In speaking ho rattles along, introducing dry humorism, without the least apparenl traeo of ocmcious effort to be funny. It w ill be surprising fer many to know that Mr Knowles was intended for the ministry. His rnothor, somewhat of Puritan, thought him out out for a clergyman, The son tells of her intentions as to bis oareor, with a merry little twinkle. , " Tea 1 My mother was rathor strict, and would have nothing to do with the stage. She wanted to make a olergyman of me. I was intended for the ministry—in fact, I m intondod for tho ministry yet. My Imoshtr oannot unders and how I caire to escape tho ohurob. She’s a long liver, and she says she is go : ng ro live to seo mo in tho pulpit yet. Sbo hasn't picked out the pulpit yet, ihougb.” On the occ sion of his mother’s first witnessing her son’s ontertainment in New Yotk she started in blank amazement, fir.-t at everyone in the house, then at the stag", when tho audience broke into laughter. Subsequently she was pressed for an opinion on Riohard. Hor reply wes brief: She looked iu contempt and I said; “ Why, they do nothing but laugh at him.” |

Another time,” RG. goes on, "my sister announced that she was going on tho stage. My mother said that no | daughter of hers was going to rnako a fool of herself. My sister retaliated that I had gone on the stage. Mother replied, 1 He's only a quiet fool anyhow.’ ” The length of some of the oomedian’s runs is the best ovidence of his great popularity. He figured in the programme of the Tivoli, London, for two years and ten months. He appeared at the Trooadero for 68 weeks ; at the Empire he put up a record—be ren for 47 weeks, being 36 weeks longer thsn anyone had ever done before His season in South Afrioa, recently terminated, he remarks, was unparalleled even in that oountry. Mr Knowles describes his new entertainment as between tho tnusio hall and the lecture platform, and bridging the ohasm bi tween the two. It will lake the form of humorous sketches of travels around the world, illustrated by biograph pictures, and assisted by Mrs R. G. Knowles. Mr Knowles promises to take his audienos through familiar and unfamiliar lands, remarking on and illustrating interesting and humorous sights and local characteristics. Under any circumstance, such trips would be interesting; it is difficult to say what they must be with the added a’tractions of the humors of R. G. Knowles. One thing is certain where R.G. is concerned ; that a moment of dulness need not he apprehended. We must not forget to add that the comedian wi l sing nnd dance, introducing some of bis latest and greatest successes. The box plan is now on view at Mr Miller’s. There is no 6xtra booking fee