MISS DARGON.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 192, 25 July 1884, Page 2

MISS DARGON.

Miss Augusta L. Dargon, gave her second and final entertainment at McFarlane,s Hall last evening, before a large and appreciative audience. Part one commenced with selections from Sheridan’s “ School for Scandal,” at the part where Sir Peter and Lady Teazle con over their little matrimonial differences. The scene is well chosen and was ably depicted. “Bingen on the Rhine,” by the Hon. Mrs. Norton, gave Miss Dargon an opportunity to pourtray the deep feeling of which she is capable, and the audience displayed their appreciation with no uncertain sound. The scene from Shakespeare’s “ Macbeth,” was -a finished piece of tragedy. The selection extended from where the murder of Duncan is planned to the end of where Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep and discovers her crime to the physician and one of her waiting maids. Every point was splendidly brought out, and elicited thunders of applause. “ Sheridan’s Ride ” was very well received. Scenes from Giacometti’s “ Queen Elizabeth ” initiated the second part. Her Majesty is still flushed with the battle of Cadiz, when the return of Sir Francis Drake, after a three years cruise is announced. Drake, Lord Howard, and the Earl of Essex enter. Drake and Lord Howard are made much of by the Queen, but the Earl, for some wrong, real or imaginary, is slighted. The Earl’s affecting speech on ; the occasion is rendered in faultless style, and the Queen’s declamation against her own actions later on after the execution of

Essex left nothing to be desired. This was followed by “ Not Understood,” by Thomas Bracken, the announcement of whose name was the signal for a round of genuine applause. Miss Dargon recited these beautiful lines in a manner that wo feel sure would hi ve won the encomiums of New Zealand's poet himself, a man who like many other public benefactors is, to some extent, “ Not Understood.” Edgar Allen Poe's favorite creation “ The Raven,” was cap? .Uy recited, while “ Fontenoy,” or the charge of the Irish Brigade, would have done credit to Joan of Arc herself. Last, though not least, was the humorous sketch from the widow Bedott papers (Wicher). The widow Bedott “ sets her cap ” at Deacon Sniffles, and this worthy finally succumbs to the combined influence of the widow’s charms, hysterics, and other concomitants incidental to the occasion. The curtain fell amidst a storm of appreciative demonstrations. Efforts have been made by a large number of persons to induce Miss Dargon to perform again to-night, but much as that lady would like to accede she is precluded from doing so by a slight indisposition. Miss Dargon leaves by the boat to-morrow for Napier, where we hope she will meet with that amount of support which her great merits deserve.