The Taylor-Carrington Company.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3577, 26 September 1905, Page 2

The Taylor-Carrington Company.

A UNIQUE COMPLIMENT.

f'f/c' Tayfor-Ca Company, which five’s? a in Public Hall oft Thursday next, 28J1 ins 1 ., whilst touring, the Waikato^ lately had an experience as' novel as it was complimentary. They \We billed to give a performance in one 01 theiif favourite towns in that district, but orx arrival found the place half flooded ■;pd the raid pouring down in torrents. As ; fct'pslng drew' near the weather becanid awful that the management deeming It madness to think anyone would venture oili ftit finen a night tor amusement purposes' nwly,- announced that the performance wow * )e P ost * Honed until the return 01 *ho company from Rotorua. That night about eight o’dlddlf, Charlie Taylor', I* 16, . manager, while sitting by a roar,ng fire enjoying one Of the latest was waited upon at Jus hotel by a drenched deputations who m formed hint that, despite the terrible cowdifiou of the roads and the dan prone state ofthe' river. over 200 'people bans conic In from and niiieS m-oudd for the pu 'pose of piirfoobrag the performance, and were wafting outside the theatre in the hope that the management , might be induced to play, as advertised. ‘Such a uniques compliment was not to he denied. So the members of the company, were summoned from their various hotels ; the ddors were opened and the crowd admitted, and a little after nine o’clock tiie curtain rose on one ot Boucmault’s bast dramas, which was most enthusiastically received by unquestionably one of the most: venturesome and deserving audiences the Taylor-Carrington Company ever played to. .. Attention is directed ■to tire company’.- advertisement vvßh reference to-" Thursday's performance.