“HAPPY HOURS.”
The Harts had another capital house at the Theatre Royal last evening, when the programme comprised “ Susan and berLover,’’.and “Diamond Cut Diamond.” In the first-named piece Mr Hart doubled the characters of Mr Gruff, whose name sufficiently indicates his character, with that of Robt. Staveley,one of those comic policemen who are always so successful in enlisting the sympathies of the audience. In this piece a very pretty serenade, with guitar accompaniment, occurs, and the songs are of the usual sparkling kind, Mrs .Hart’s song, “ The Archer ” being more particularly so. “ The Quakers,” an eccentric song and dance brought down the house as usual. In “ Diamond Cut Diamond ” Mrs Hart was perhaps most successful in her wellknown impersonation of the “ Middy,” a hunting song, “Over hedge and ditch we go,” and “ Esmeralda, the Gipsy,” and Mr Hart sang, “ I love to be happy and gay, ha, ha,” which narrowly escaped an encore.
For to-night an entire change of programme is announced, “ King Henry’s Little Game ” being given for the first time in Tiraaru.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2552, 26 May 1881, Page 2
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