Dramatic and Musical

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 90, 22 March 1902, Page 17

Dramatic and Musical

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The most populai music-hall chtt^ in England just now i.s, 'He's a Jollv Little Jap all Round '" 'The Lady Typist,' 1 an opera I)i ile C/hve Lowe, of Auckland, is to be rendered up there in cantata foini shortly. Herbert Rtos.s, wlio pl.ued the leading, iole in A Menage fioin Mais, ' has tailed toi Kngland. accompanied b\ his w ifc Mr Charles Fiohman it is stated m a London papei has insuied Hen Kubehk's 1 lglit hand against accidents foi 12000 Tis said Plugger Bill" Mai tin the Mchst champion ha.s appioached Peic\ l)i\ on the subject of suing a htage c\ c ling act * * * Ada Delio\ lias had to undergo another operation in Melbourne Bad luck seems to be dogging the footsteps of the once spnghth Ada * * * Daisy Dawes, one of the Pollard gu Is and later with the Grand Opeia Company, is now plavmg So Shi" m Vladdm " Not at all like Dais> * • • They say that Mr L J. Loin h.us got tired of hotel-keeping already. He has let his Victorian hotel, and is once more concerning Tumself with dates and the "little par , please " * ♦ # Mr Wallace Brow nlow, the wellknown baritone, .stated in court leeentJv thait he got £25 a week from Mi J C Williamson and that his living expenses were £6 a week Bkind Holt commenced his Ssduev season O'ii Saturday week at the L\ ceum m Hearts are Trumps " He has cancelled his New Zealand tour owing to the difficulty of filling in dates * * * Mi" Harold Ashton, who left on Saturday last to prepare the way foi the Wilson Barrett Company in Brisbane expects to return to Wellington in Ma's in order to break the^ news to us that Amy Castles is coming * * # Miss Jajiiert Waldorf and her diamatac company are to play a return season at the Opera House shortly. Since they were here, they have added a number of well-known plays to their repefftoire, viz , "The Hunchback," ''London Assurance," "Frou Frou," "Pygmalion and Galatea," and "The Jewess," piesumably "Leah, the Forsaken" » * * Cecil Ward, of the Brough Compam , is not partial to tripping by sea when there is "weather" on. There wavs a strong sou'-easter on last week when he was to saal from Ihinedm by the Mokoia At the second whistle he took his traps off the Mokoia, and went on bv next morning's express to catch his steamer at the Bluff, dodging thus both sea and g<alei

The tram arrangements on the Government railways during the Easter holidays are advertised elsewhere. Mr. S. A. Palmer, of Yitadatio fame, whose advertisements appear regularly m our columns, is leaving Australia for the United Kingdom, where he intends to establish the business. The sale of this wonderful herbal remedy has grtown to suoh an extent' — being now obtaanable in the remotest districts of Ausr tradlia and New Zealand — that Mi Padmer has decided to carry it through the world From Great Britain he will go to America But his departure is not for good he hopes to visit Australia in about twelve or eighteen months. As he leaves 1 the end of March, his time is consequently short and fully occupied, and no time should be lost by those desiring either a personal interview or direct correspondence. The business will be carried on as usual during Mr. Palmer's absence at his various depots. He has our hearty good wishes for his success in the old and other lands he will visit to extend 1™ already mammoth business