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Kumara Times, Issue 2876, 22 December 1885, Page 2

JJIBERNIAN HALL. WAIMEA. THE KUMARA BLONDIN Will appear At the above Hall, on WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS, 23rd and 24th December, In his Clever and Daring Performance on the SINGLE WIRE AND TIGHT ROPE. Admission, Is. Tjp H E A T R E. NEW YEAR’S EYE, December 31, 1885. Grand Performance in aid of the Funds of the Kumara LITERARY INSTITUTE, On which occasion THE KUMARA DRAMATIC CLUB Will play The Prince of Temperance Dramas, by the late William W. Pratt, Esq., entitled TE3ST IsTIGHTS IN A BOOM 1 Cast of Characters : Sample Swichel, a rummy kind of Yankee ... Mr C. M‘Keegan Simon Slade, landlord of the Sickle and Sheaf... Mr J. Rochford Joe Morgan, a poor inebriate MrH. Hope Frank Slade, a fast boy of his age ... ... ...MrF. Healy Harvey Green, a gambler Mr J. Shrives Mr Romaine, a philanthropist Mr H. Creber Willie Hammond, a young gentleman in the clutches of Harvey Green Mr M. Hansbury Judge Hammond, father of Willie ... ... MrF. Marden Ned Hargrave Mr H. Cheesborough Tom Peters ... ... Mr G. Everest Mrs Slade, the landlord’s wife ... ... Miss M. J. Howe Mrs Morgan, the faithful wife of the inebriate Mrs A. Wilby Mary Morgan, the inebriate’s child ... ... Miss Annie Healy Mehitable Cartright Mrs L. J. Spyer Scenery and Incidents. Act I. Scene Ist.—Exterior view of Sickle and Sheaf. Interview between Mr Romaine and the Yankee. The Yank’s idea of moderate drinking. Return of the Landlord. Scene 2nd.—Poor Joe Morgan, the inebriate. Little Mary in search of her father. Departure of the inebriate and his child. Quarrel between Green and Willie. Timely arrival of the Yank. Act II. —The Yankee and the Philanthropist. The Landlord and his enterprising son Frank. Quarrel between Slade and Joe Morgan. The Bottle and the Fatal Blow. Little Mary—“ Father, Father, they have killed me.” Act lll.—Scene Ist.—The Yankee and the gambler. The Yank’s desire for Green’s happiness. Scene 2nd. The Drunkard’s Home ; the mother by the side of her dying child. Joe’s promise. Frightful delirium of the inebriate. Act Sheaf. Slade and his son. Mrs Slade’s account of her interview with Little Mary. The fight and death of Willie Hammond. Scene 2nd Escape of Green. The Yank on the trail. The arrest. Scene 3rd. Joe Morgan’s wretched home. The Wife and Mother watching her suffering one. Little Mary’s advice to her father. Moi’gan’s promise. Death of Little Mai’y. Act V.—Scene Ist.—Sample and Mr Romaine after an absence of five years. His quaint account of things in general in Ciderville. Scene 2nd.—Appearance of Simon Slade ; the wonderful transformation of the once happy miller. Frank’s progress in dram drinking. The quarrel between father and son. Death of Simon Slade. “Frank Slade, you have murdered your father 1” Scene 3rd.—The happy home of Joe Morgan. The Yank and his new suit of clothes. Arrival of Mr Romaine. The Wife’s joy. The resolution !' “A Drunkard now no longer, that is oer ; Free, disenthralled, I stand a man once more.” THE KUMARA BRASS BAND Will perform At Intervals during the Evening. Doors open at half-past Seven ; Performance to commence at Eight o’clock sharp. Admission: Diess Circle, or Front Seats, 3s; Back Seats, 2s. Tickets obtainable fiom the Literary Institute Committee, and the principal business places in the district, T. G. DAVY, Hon. Secretary. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AN ENTERTAINMENT in aid of the CHILDREN’S PICNIC FUND will be given on NEW YEAR’S NIGHT, at the Theatre Royal. Particulars in future issue. R. J. SEDDON, Chaiiman,