Dramatic And Musical

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 78, 28 December 1901, Page 17

Dramatic And Musical

By Footlight

DIX'.S Gawt\ Com pain in pitting on holiday atti actions, has quit" excelled itself Perhaps, never m the histoi} of the Roj al ha\e so main staiV been gatheied together. Our old friend Austin Rudd, one of the most original comic songsters uhoeve conies this wa\ is providing merriment at the old rates Some of his new business is exceptionally fine, and he i& humouisome without being a boie ♦ * * Charlie Fanuig has picked u- blight new business during his absence Char lie has had talent for many years He has not buned it It seems to hay > increased a hundredfold. The Lingard Sisters are being wildly welcomed The> aro> creating a boom somewhat after the pattern of the one sunolied bv the Dartos, and their graceful, easy charm is responsible for the pleased loolof the house » • • Les Wharton, of % coon" inemon. comes back to his corner and his darkie songs, to the delight of the Gaietj habitues, and Mr. Ernest Brinkmai, with one of the finest voices I ha\e heard in Dixs land, trolls delightfully When you consider that Pearl Lovel 1 the dashing little seno, Alma Gra> , th< child dancer and singer, and Mi ■* Georgie Devoe, the finished seno, arcgiving each of their best, and that th" VaJdares, bicyclists and wire walkers do the cleverest act on bikes and wire yet seen here, no one will reckon his Holidays complete without seeing them Mr Tom Powers, the biking exqui^ ite, is a marvellous rider His buckjumping teats so appeal to the eentlo men fiom the conntiy, that several of them on a recent night were makine bets as to whether he would 'stick to the outlaw " The excellence of tlm performance, with perhaps the assistance of the damp Toys of the season enlivens the Gaiet> considerable Thanks howe\er, to the Gaiety ushei« who are well trained, exuberant sparks are \ er^ nuickly extinguished Altogether, Dixs holiday show is of th" best, the bill is the longest most dverse yet pub on, and coruscates with tho brightest stars that have hitherto shorn in that hall of merriment The Pollard Opera Company continuously successful, has at last brought •'Florodora" to Welhnsrton It has secured the 'ervice.s of Miss- Lilhe E\ans and Miss Ahco Edorar, and the in fusion of new blood certainly strengthens ma teiiaJlv an already powerful ca«;t Mi^ Evans is from the Savoy Theatre CLon-

don). ,uid appeared m The Emerald I.sJt' in tJiat liouse Miss Alice Edgar is horn thi Prince ol Wales' Theatre and has just finished a toui of Soutli \fiica undoi Mi George Edwaxdeib management. Miss Evans brings hei m\incn haiulsome wardrobe for 'Florodoia Mr. J. C. Williamson has permitted these clever English artistes to appear for the Messrs. Pollard before he has availed himself of their services Mr. Williamson engaged these two ladies during his recent visit to England. Miss Luhi Evaais was spoken of to take the place of Miss C arne Moore, when that charming artiste contemplated leaving the stage. ♦ • • The double sextet, impersonated h} Misses Metealfe. Ericson, Wilson, Karkeek (2^ Palmer and Messrs. Stone, Braces Albert. Young, Vaughan Ralston, is one of the prettiest items in Florodora " As for the opera itself, it has had a tremendous run wherever it has been produced, and proved the talk of the town while it lasted. It is brimful of good things radiant with picturesque costumes and charming situations, and keeps you in a thrill of pleasure from start to finish To miss 'Florodora" is to sacrifice one of the most powerful attractions of this holiday season (Continual on j)di)r ]/).)