THE TITTELL BRUNE SEASON.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10059, 29 January 1909, Page 1

THE TITTELL BRUNE SEASON.

The box plans for "The Girl of the Golden West" and "Diana of Dobson's,'' to be staged on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the Opera House by Miss Tittell Brune and J. C. Williamson's Dramatic Company, were opened at the Dresden this morning. The result evidenced the interest taken in the re-appearance of the young actress, who has so completely captured the, good opinions of theatre-goers throughout Australasia. In this connection a -well-known critic wrote: "The secret of such success as Miss Brunc's cannot be written in mere words,. it springs from that indefinable something which we are usually pleased to term "Genius.' It is inherent in her every fibre. Her's is a mission of feeling—of feeling as spontaneous as is the song of birds in springtime. She holds her audience tightly in the hollow of a diminutive palm, and her's is the conquest over tears and laughter ; her's the privilege one moment- to confer a boon of uncontrollable merriment, the next to lire with the rising inflection of passion. She is unique in that she in both a comedienne and a tragedienne ; unique in that she connects the very positive and negative poles of her art.'' "The. Girl of the Golden West" is an American, play that affords Miss Brune an opportunity of appearing in one of those characters that have made her so popular throughout tlie colonies. In - "Diana of Dobson's" we see Miss Brune in an entirely new role. In the first act she ii> one of a number of shop-girls, who are retiring in a dormitory of Dobson's. Diana, receives word of a small legacy being left, her. She decides to live a life of pleasure, for one month. Staying at a fashionable holiday resort in Switzerland, she meetn a captain of tiie Guards. They fall in love, and when he discovers that his "rich widow" is really a shop girl, the novel situations that ensue provide all that an audience craves for. The company supporting Miss Brune is one of the strongest that J. C. Williamson has yet sent on ■tour.