Dramatic and Musical

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 204, 28 May 1904, Page 16

Dramatic and Musical

By Footlight.

FULLER'S Entei tamers, at His Majesty's Theatie, like the broad river, flow an far ever, gathering fraoe as they go. This »eek the Fuller foam has gathered met with iitetaat recognition Hex Sng, 'The Valley by the Sea" went right to the heart of the crowd. • • * The lissom Lentons juggle with various articles of commerce and do some neat hat-tfarowmg and acrobatics, while the suppk Stagpooles do a tumbling "W il^tr^ive of the way Cook's tourists disport when they are -off the chain." Alex. Stagpoole is a decent descriptive songster. His patt^tic "One Touch of Nature" caused me to blot away a tnckkng teas-. Miss Dolly Lamont and Will Watkins have a musical sketch, "The Game of Lite, that isn't at all bad, and various other peoole more or less known to everyone in Wellington, rattle away a* their particular business until "The, Editor's Troubles" wind up the bill with a smile. # Walter Fuller tells me tbait on Saturdiiv week he will have am, entirely new cotrnjany on th« boards of His Majesty s. Those agile acrobats and comedians, Lennan, Hyman, and Lennan, head! the show Also, there will appear Carmo, tihie iuggler, who balances a ohair on ,ldp chin. On the chair leg is a barrel, on the barrel is Madame Cairmo, who plays a concertina on top. • • • The other night, while endeavouring to negotiate the rush at Fuller's, a man who was fuller than Walter of that ilk, accosted hi-n. "Give us a bob's worth!" ho said. "Full up," said Walter who permits no beer-eaters within. "So'm I, aid char> so'm I. Gome an' 'are a drinK!" • • « Fred Duval ("manager for GeoStevenson) sends me, from Sydney Lyceum, some brilliant hills set-

tine forth, mainly in magenta, the viitues of Ids. "The Rose of the Riviera Musical Comedy Company. It the specaally-*>eleeted English aitists who are dome it are as fetching as the bills— and Fied says so— well, they'll have x number one time when they leaoh Wellmgton. # # , The Wellington playgoers aie evidently saving up now far the forthcoming vwt of the Geo. Abbotts Musical Comedy Company, of which that established favourite. Fied. H Graham is one of the bright pai tioular stars. They have had a brilliant season in Auckland with "In Town," "The Gaiety Gail, "Moiocco Bound," and "The Chicago Girl " Miss Ceha Mavis, Mass Maud Lita, Miss Aggie Thorne, Miss Sylvia Wilson . Miss Nellie Dent, and Miss Alice Mitchell are the leadmS ladies and on the male sidle J. C. Wmtfield and S Giaingei are capitall smgers while Fred himself is a, champion buffo Herr Slapoffski is conductoi .

The May "Review of Reviews" is to hand. and. as- usual, contains a large ruantitv of "boiled down" information SseTul to leaders who have insufficient time to read in extenso the world-wide natters with which it deals. A leading fertuieiß a signed article on "The_ New (Federal Ministry," by the Hon. H. 13. Hi-4ns X.C Federal Attorney-Gene-ral and a character sketch of the celebrated Dr. Jim, at present Premier of Cp— Colony. Messrs. Thomas Wilfoi d and P. Levi cai?v on business undei the style of Wilfoi d and Levi, with offices in Messrs. Butler Bros., Lomted new building, in Stout-street, opposite the Supreme Oouit bmldrng.