“COURT CARDS.”

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 106, 11 January 1915, Page 3

“COURT CARDS.”

Artistry and, originality are the fea- . tur.es of the entertainment of the . “Court Cards,” that English Costume Comedy Company which appears for ■ one night at the Town Hall on Thursday next. In the name itself the company possesses an asset, for toe ©osturaing of each member as a picture card gives scope for a unique and effective setting and for the introduction o fmany bright and exclusive numbers. For the second half of each performance the “Cards” present, on a scale not previously attempted by similar organisations, some typical seene or idyll, appropriately set and costumed, and specially arranged so as to present. what might almost be termed a oneact musical comedy. The members of this merry party presented by Mr. Edgar Warwisk are all artistes of English experience and reputation, and, under the stage managership of Mr. Sydney Manering, who held a similar position in the well-remembered Scarlet Troubadours, they present a refined entertainment which a New Zealand public will readily recognise as a higher type than any of a similar kind yet put on the boards In the Dominion. Of the eight performers, three, in the persons of Miss Maude Fane, Messrs. Edgar Warwick and Sydney Manuering, have already won much popularity locally through their appearance with the Troubadours, but the others, Miss Rene Mamie, soprano, Miss Winifred Mitchell, specialty artiste and ac--companiste, Messrs. George Graystone, basso, Albert Keats, baritone and pianst, and George Titchener, the funny-faced character comedian, are making their first visit to the Antipodes after successful careers in musical comedy work in London and the provinces. Briefly, the entertainment of the Court Cards," is of such a type that it is invariably conductive to a desire for more, a fact strongly emphasised during the recent Eastern tour of the company, where in many of the towns parties would hook seats for every light of the season. The box plan is now open at Finch’s Bazaar* .... . » ..