“RIP VAN WINKLE”

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1929, Page 3

“RIP VAN WINKLE”

SEASON OPENS TO-MQRROW. ..... ; Planquette?s coniic opera “Rip Vatf Winkle,”! opening at the Princess ". ' vTheatre. tofiwrrow evening for; a short ;■ three nights’.season is gping;tO'give the ‘-'local amatefirs good: scope to excel. The

reports indicate that a, good performfiance will be registered. Mrs Staveley, who has- organised the. .Whole present-

.Ration, and who. has spared 1 no pains, in r bringing it. to the public, has along■’■’With' those associated lady,

put in a very large amount of work. jeveaid-.no. dOfibt wilhbe "the“gem' oral plaudits-of the'; audience. , Patrons are promised One of /’ the best castes 1 yet presented by our amateurs,, while' the general production including the staging and mounting are said to be very fine. The wardrobe is entirely

npw, as also the scenery and effects,

.Special lighting.has.been installed, andyfithi a v company ~of. eighty, including,a, •X’J: . large, chorus and a. fine orchestra, there is every, reason to expect crowded; Houses. for tlie> full season. The object is' to, swell the building fund for the All Saints’- Memorial Church. All the performers are giving their services free and providing their own ward- , robe, Ajo that the public will find every reason to patronise the display to the full extent of their liberality.