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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1977, 12 January 1907, Page 2

THE BROUGH-FLEMMING COMPANY. The reappearance of the BroughPloniming Company is sure to be welcome, and ,wc hope that their forthcoming season here will furnish testimony of the strength of the public appreciation, for the style of entertainment is one which deserves support. In the repertoire we are given comedy, which requires artistic skill and refinement for its interpretation, and demands in tile delineation of character a .higher quality than mere facility in humorous action. A company which includes Mrs. Brough, Miss Beatrice Day, and Mr. Herbert Flemming is not deficient in these qualifications. “Mrs. Gorringe’s Necklace.” though not strong in situations, has much to recommend it to popular favor. The dialogue is bright, and very often witty: the plot not unattractive, and there is good diversity in the personnel. The vain and vacuous owner of the stolen necklace is brought into contrast with the selfish, irritable hostess who is more concerned about her own comfort than that of her guests. Tlic. colonel, her husband, is a good-humored, fidgety soul, who does harm without any evil intention, and who is ready with equal willingness to do a good turn for a friend or to throw him over. The comedy is principally dependent on these, three, but there is a serious aspect in the play presented by the chivalrous hero, who sacrifices himself to save the woman lie laves from disillusionment, the girl who bestows her affections on a degenerate, and the wastrel who appropriates the necklace, and is anxious to shift the penalty of discovery on to other shoulders. The story helps to keep tho interest alive through the, three acts, but the attractiveness lies in the comedy, and especially in tho feline amenities which pass between the two ladies. This piece will be reserved for the third night of the season,, being preceded on the two previous nights by “Dr. Walie’s Patient” anti • “The Walls of Jericho,” both of which have been pronounced successes throughout Australia,.