INTERVAL OF 10 MINUTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 37, 11 July 1885, Page 2

INTERVAL OF 10 MINUTES.

To conclude with the JFarcial Comedy, ' ••'■ ' _.. by. Thpi^^jWilliam^entit^d., ; }., . i ( The Trials of Tompkins." Caste of Characters. Mi; Timotheus -Tonipkins— (A ßachelor on the " lookout .")— Mr Jacobsen. Mr ; SliarpshinsTT-(A;,gentle-i mas of an experimental turn)— Mr. ;W. j'Haybittle. : ' :;' ;■■ ' ' /, # '.; Hector Mowbray-^a young officer m i love with 1 Bella^Mr X Johriston. ' •■-. Bella— (daughter of Sharpsliins)— 1 - Mr F. .< Pirani. .'.';. -•- ■■ '; • ; -h •; 'v- ;-u Becky— (a.maid servant) 1 - Mr, L. Abra"; ' ham. . • „i From ! overture to ccinclusiori •of first 7 part .the. audience were kept iin an (alter,hate state of merriment and : p]ea3ui v abje_ enjoyment, and appeared-to thoroughly' appreciate the performance. Messrs ■Weight and- 'Haybittle on the 'corners were beyond doubt surprisingly good and. got through with their • jokes and local hit? without, a. single hitch; repeatedly brihsrinp- down the house. As '.interlock tor: Mr Mitchell, was the inght man m,; . the right place, his articulation and manage-,, ment being noticeably ' good. The 'chorusr. Res. to' the * comic and : sentimehtai ; s6ngs' were well rendered m good time, "and also with effectual expression. After the chair husiness %vas concluded Mr Hi, W. Haybittle recited with niore than usiul effect, an entirely new composition entitled " In . the Workhouse " followed by Miss Boy'lan; playing a selsction of Scotch and Irish Airs with her customary and brilliant execution . and effect. Succeeding the: interval came the farce $nd the individual characters: as m the programme were portrayed, m unmistakably, good style and the representation complete and almost perfect. We.are isorr'y we' cannot ifiiid space to refer individually to the several gentlemen taking part -but must content ourselves m congratulating them on the thorough success with which they managed their rohs. During the representation of the piece the audience wereM'e^ peatedly -cionvulsed with •laughteiy andl heartily enjoyed , the , affair ..throughout. The membersof-the'Cluh ar^^d-- be-^coh'^-gritulated on the .completeness of the success attending" this, their first entertainment and it;is hoped their>; next? per^ ! formance- will be at no distant date when wehtiYs no ■ doubt Riich another •house ns last niarht greeted the amateurs' will again patrpnisft them. One word to jh« Secrptary. The suoosss of ;the* pntertaininent is, wn ar« told a g;ood .d'pal dn'o to the pains taken by Mr Haybittlp junior io brin^r nbout the wished for isßUf». Mr FT yhittle, besides taking , heavy parts m both portions of the pro- <. gramme, lnboured coiitin!]ally,renderinof ; the nifmbfrs o.vory assistance required, and always nt tlip onportuno mombnt, findinsr what whs wanted when an ap 'pnront hitch wns almost to take pla/-". ' The GlubV pianist, Miss Boylan, also ron r lerodnb]o n^^istancf m; attending the rolionrsals willionl fnil, and often at ! considerable incouvenieucc. '