THE THEATRE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1261, 14 August 1872, Page 2

THE THEATRE.

(to the editor.] . . Sir — I think that lam but expressing the unanimous opinion of our Greymouth community in stating that its thanks -are due to the spirited enterprise of the Stephenson-Burford company, who are at present so successfully catering for our amusement. It is a great pity that they cannot be allowed to pursue the even tenor of their way without molestation or annoyance. But, lam sorry to say that their success, both in a professional as well as in a pecuniary point of view," "is, in a great measure, marred by the disgraceful and insensate conduct of a number of roughs occupying the back seats, destitute alike of taste and manners, who amuet themselves and their confreres with throwing orange peel, <&c., at the occupants of the front seats. It was only the other evening that I saw a lady in the front seats struck heavily in the face with half an orange. The nuisance is of nightly occurrence, and to such a pitch has it been carried, that many respectable parties have been deterred from attending the theatre while such a state of things prevails. ; Can nothing be done to check this rowdyism or larrikinisin ? At Home the presence of the police is sufficient for this purpose. Could not a police officer be spared to preserve order at our Volunteer Ball? latny&c., A Constant Playgoer.