The Ada Delroy Company.

Hastings Standard, Issue 273, 17 March 1897, Page 3

The Ada Delroy Company.

A HEARTY RECEPTION. The Delroy company who appeared here some weeks ago with such marked success again occupied the boards of the Princess Theatre last night. They have undoubtedly sustained the high reputation which they made for themselves throughout the colony, anil every item presented last night was received with rapturous applause. Miss Delroy and Mr Bell in their muisieal melange kept the house quivering with laughter. Miss Delroy's dancing and singing M ere superb, and inexpressibly beyond the performance of the usual stage artist. Mr Hell with his dry crisp humor kept the audience in a roar. The Cobra de Capello dance, with lime-light effects, by Mi*s Delroy was the principal event of the evening, and the effect of the shimmering mist of floating silken draperies upon the spectators was intoxicating. Mr Teddy Ford juggled with his features and tossed them about and mixed them up all over his person, causing considerable mirth. Mr T. Uergin possesses a splendil baritone voice, which is used with admirable effect. Miss fjimmonds has a beautiful soprano, but in the trills and variations introduced into " Sing Sweet Bird" her elforts are "too palpable, which has a disquieting effect Yipon an audience and distracts their attention from the song to the singer. The duet between Miss Simmonds and Mr Bell was a splendid bit of harmony, and thoroughly deserved the applause it received. Madame Bell, who was introduced upon the stage in a sleep, purported to answer questions written on pieces of paper by the questioners, who then placed the papers in their pockets allowing no

one to sec them. In almost every instance her answers were satisfectory. The talented company appear to night and tomorrow night, and we can honestly advise tbe public to see the show, which is one of the cleverest combinations which has been here for a long tunc.