the Grattan Rigg's Company.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 January 1892, Page 2

the Grattan Rigg's Company.

■ x ■ ■ ♦ ; ?■ ■. , ••■..- On Friday evening the well-known Comedian; Grattan Riggs and : a talented company of 14, Appear ; at the Public Hall. Mr Gratitan Riggs original 'engagement in ' 1880 in Australia was for six months, but he has remained ever since, there, and in New Zealand, which certainly points to the popularity he has secured. In writing about Mr G rattan Biggs, the Ofcago Daily Times says : — It is with Mr Riggs as an actor, however, that we are most closely concerned. In this capacity he is to be commended, not only for his humour and his attention to detail, but for the fact that his humour is never coarse or exaggerated. He plays a part naturally and without suggestion. He can be funny without resorting to vulgarity. He never offends, a virtue which (Tops not obtain with all comedians. There is nothing, for instance, in which an actor is more prone to vulgarity then when he is impersonating a woman. A man in woman's clothes is, as a rule, offensive. Mr Riggs is the exception His Biddy Roonan in " The Shadows of a Great City "is a case in point. Laughter on the borderland of tears is another characteristic of the acting of Mr Grattan Riggs. He can touch the pathetic stop when need " be, passing from laughter to tears by an easy transition. This is the test of the true comedian. It is not often that so gifted, so genial, and so thoroughly entertaining an actor ■ cornea among iuu