Sydney files to hand show that the" Hill-Birch opera, "The Moorish Maid," played at the Palace Theatre for the "first time on Saturday, April 2Sth, before one of the largest audiences ever contained m that theatre, was a decided success, Mr Alfred Hill is warmly praised by the critics for his share of the work whilst Ml* Bird), as might have been anticipated, suffers somewhat for tin Bagging propensities of the comedians, which have obscured much of the original " book." Miss Bosma But-k----in an is described as having created astonishing enthusiasm as La Zara.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8189, 15 May 1906, Page 8
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