ENTERTAINMENTS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 February 1911, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CARROL'S DRAMATIC COM PANY.

Carrol's Dramatic Company, last ovoning, presented the .sensational drama, "The Man they Could Not Hang " to a- Leyin aiudience. Owing to the i.nelcmoncy of the weatner the attendance was not as large as it would liavo been under more favourable circumstances, but as it was those who were present actively followed out the plot throughout showed their appreciation' to the players lor the care and: attention which had been given to the respective parts. The mounting of the scenery for the different acts was really good, and wo trust that when next this company visits T.evin they

will he more fortunate in regard to the movements of the weather glass. As John Lee, Mr Roy Herbert a very good interpretation of the part and received groat applause in the pourtrayal of the different changes he went through. ' As Fred Masterville, Mr C. M. Keegan proved that whon the heart hegiVis to love the rival lover must ho put out of the way, no matter the ways and means required, and as Sergeant Clarke the brutal warder he had no tenderness to lavish on a conyict. Mr H. Meyers gave a very good exposition of Lee, senr., and was seen to advantage in the role of the Rev. Father, his quiet, bland and short answers going straight home. Mr I George Gardiner (Dicky Dood) and Miss Clare Gurney (Polly Mee, afterwards Mrs Dicky Dood) supplied the comedy portion that always appeals to an audience who are bent on mirth and laughter. As Kate Murton, Miss Beattie Morton gave a. good conception of a diffident instead ■of an expectant loving sweetheart. The minor parts wero well sustained, and so helped the piece to be carried out with a good swing.