Entertainments.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3507, 8 April 1905, Page 2

Entertainments.

WOODS-WILLIAMSON COV. The Woods • Williamson manag** merit had their eyes to business when they decided to present W. S. Gilbert** mythological comedy “ Pygmalion and Galatea" to a Foxton audience. It needed no extensive scenery and no beautiful dresses, and seemed to hav« been written for a make-shift night. Still, there was plenty of mirth in the plot, and the large audience at the Public Hall last night followed the ridiculous happenings and surround* ings of Pygmalion and Galatea with the same humour the representation demanded. Some of the acting wa* firstclass, notably that of the principals, and also Miss Alice Holroyd (Cynleca) who put all the necessary life into tbt part of Pygmalion's wife. Pygmalion (Mr Alfred Woods) was a sculptor of fame, and it is round his study the comedy is enacted. His wife feels aggrieved at leaving the sculptor for the space of 24 hours, but bids Pyg° malion to find content in showering bia love upon his favourite statue Galatea, and imagine that she herself is present. Immediately after the departure of his wife, Pygmalion is so enamoured with his favourite statue that he prays to the gods to give it life. His prayer is answered, and Pygmalion is so anxious to carry out the devoted wish of his wife that the latter returns to discover her husband and the live statue are sworn lovers. This brings about a separation, but In the end man and wife are reconciled, and Galatea, who brings about the reconciliation, returns to her statue form With a final call on Pygmalion, and' thus the comedy ends rather - dramatically. The minor characters were well represented by Mr W. H. Douglas (Cbrysos). Mr Albert Lam* bert (Lucuppe), Mr J. McFarlane (Agasimos), Miss Carl Doyle (Daphne), and Miss Morton (Myrnnie). GOODALL'S ANGLO-AMERICAN ENTERTAINERS. At the Public Hall, Foxton, on Thursday next, April 13th. Goodall’a Anglo-American Entertainers will make their first appearance before a Foxton audience, in their popular and classical programme of music, songs, recitations, and pictorial exhibition _by the famous chrono machine which vra* awarded gold medals at the Paris and St. Louis Exhibitions. Prince Olroc’a musical and fife-eating performance it highly spoken of, while the illustrated songs—“On the Banks of Allen Water," “The Toilers," “ Littl? Hero," “Ora Pro Nobis," “ Deathless army," etc., by Mr E. H. Buckingham and others never fails with the cultured musical portion of the audiences. The programme is new and up-to-date.