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Amusements. "TT OLUN TE E B HAL L. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. i -.■•.! ■■-■ PrSduction of tlie Great American- Drama! in five acts, jLJJ ND E E THE GAS L I G HT. Nitilib Thornton, the Celebrated. Artist, from Dunedin and Christchurch, has" been expressly engaged to paint the. startling and authentirf\Pjctures of New York and its environs. ' The whole piece will taiplftSgdjw the stage eompbte in/every detail. ( Jersey' Cily by mwffl^t~Pier/'3O— The Arabs' Paradise— The Zig-zag Railway—The full American train- natural size-^xhe Tombs Pol'ce Court &c, &c. The entire cost over £70. Clara Stefhbhson (inheroriginalcharacter. Prince of Wales, Sydney)... Laura Courtland Mr Charles Burford as Byke (his origina character) La Petite Amy as Sam (a nigger) Mr Neville Thornton as Judas (his original > i) character in New Zealand) SONGS AND" DANCES. THUESDAY, AUGUST 22. . The performance will commence with UNDER THE GAS LIGHT. Laura Courtland ... Ciaba Stbfhbnson Byke Mr Charles Bnrford Snorkey Mr Seymour RaeTrafford i Mr Herman Councfflor Splinter ... Mr Lascelles Jude Bolding and Signal Man MrEhner Windell ... „, Mr Augustus 1 Demat... '... .J Mr Nixon Burmudas MrSantPoole Stan (a nigger, with songs) La Petite Amy R*ferdi\ Mr Drake . Peanutte ... ' ... Miss Carry Cooper Pearl Courtland (with , song) Mrs Thornton' Mrs Van Dam „., Mrs Seymour Peach Blossom ..'. MissFoliand Old Judas Mr Thornton Policeman (l99) ... MrLinton Act I— New York, Thornton. Act 2— Poor Lodgings (Broadway), Thornton. Act 3— Todrabs Police' Court, Thornton. Act 4— The Zig-zag Railway, Thornton. The Train, fall size, 6Cft long, express speed.' Act 6— Denouement. - ■ , ■ ■. . The Scenery by Mr Neville Thornton : the , Machinery by Mr George Cooper ; the Music arranged by Mr Seymour ; the piece produced under the direction of Mr Charles Burford.