A HAPPY THOUGHT. Henry Irving to Play for London's Poor Children.
Hjaky InviX(i has hit on the happiest possible method of celebrating the jubilee. On the forenoon of July 2Lst he will throw open hib theatre to as many children of the ra^ed people of London as can bo squeezed inf-o it, and he will perform for Lheir benefit " The Merchant, of Venice. " Tlie choice of the play is not the least happy part of the scheme. Both the plot and underplot of " The Merchant of Vcnieo '' go straight home to the comprehension and sympathy of childhood.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 210, 9 July 1887, Page 2
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138A HAPPY THOUGHT. Henry Irving to Play for London's Poor Children. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 210, 9 July 1887, Page 2
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