THEATRE ROYAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2426, 14 January 1882, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL.

The bill at the theatre last night was an exceedingly attractive one, comprising rs it did “ Pygma 1; on and Galatea ” and three acts of “ London Aesurance.” The first piece went very well indeed throughout, all tbe points of the comedy being made effectively. As on a former occasion, Miss Pomeroy’s earlier scenes in the piece were to a certain extent deficient in that softness which is so marked a characteristic of the character. The part is evidently yet new to her, and she has not been able to give to it that thought and conception which she has bestowed upon her other pourtrayals bo as to present a perfect dramatic picture. Not that Miss Pomeroy’s Galatea is deficient in artistic beauty; far from it. In parts she is excellent, particularly that scene in which she learns that Pygmalion no longer loves her, and that she must quit the world, of which she has formed such bright anticipations, and resolve once more into cold, insensible stone. This was admirably pourtrayed, and Miss Pomeroy deserves every credit for it. The other parts were well filled. " London Assurance ” went capitally from first to last, Miss Pomeroy’s Lady Gay evidently finding favour in the eyes of the audience. Mr Wallace, as Mark Meddle, again scored a decided success. To-night playgoers will bid farewell to Miss Pomeroy in one of the greatest of her impersonations, Lady Macbeth. They will take leave of her with regret as a thorough artist, and the memory of some of her pourtrayals, such as Hermione, Viola, Cleopatra, and Rosalind, will long remain green with us. It is not improbable that Miss Pomeroy will visit New Zealand again, and when she does a warm welcome will await her in Christchurch. After a short season in Dunedin Mies Pomeroy proceeds to Sydney to play an engagement, thence to Melbourne and Adelaides