TAYLOR-CARRINGTON DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 1, 2 January 1903, Page 2

TAYLOR-CARRINGTON DRAMATIC COMPANY.

That a good drama, played by a capable company, is attractivp, w.is amply proved by the attendance at the Theatre ' Royal on Thursday evening, when the house was pack.d in all parts by an audience who, from fi'St to last, thoroughly enjoyed "Tin Disowned," a highly sansationil melodrama, The Company, as a whole, is one of the besS that has appeared here. Miss Oar- ington and Mr Ohvles Taylor, who head the o-ganifation, are artists of the fron'; raDk of the pr fission, and the , to<npany which supports thsm is com- ' jjos * of fi s chsn f.c'ors and actresses. la tbii phy Miss Oarrington sustained the part of tbe 'eroine in a manner hat called forth unbounded admiration. Mr 'LVjlor as Diiby Kelly was imrae'ise, and a : l the other numbers of he company were excellently ca**-, The scenic tffactg were splendid, the management of an explosion scene v in;> most renlis'ic and effective, Mr W. Wulling'on took the put of the hero, and acted to perfection, beiog frequently app'auded, The life and <oul of the pieqe, bowerer, was Mr Charles Sequin, who, as " Ginger Jim," the Cockney taief, supplied the funny element, and kept the house in roars >«. ■-..„ u.'Wnii filial i liknh

Norman, made a good vidian. Mr Ward Lyons, as Dan McGratb, th« AEarchist, by bis impersonation, gav« the audience an insight into the doings j of the Anarchist societies, Other lifelike representations of varioue characters were given by Miss Marion Willi* (the disowned's mother), Miss Amy Oarlin- (Boozy Bess), Messrs Fleming and Paget (bailiffs), and Mr F. Coape (Tompkins). The piece abounded in thrilling dramatic incidents. TO-NIGHT. The Company pwduca the " Convict King " or " Moondyne," a melodrama founded 01 John Boyle O'Reilly's book, " The Golden Secret.." The central character of the flay bears the naino of a convict who gfiined a certain amount of not'.rity in the early days of tin peoal settl ment in Western j Australia. " Moondyce "is pieseDted as a hero who sacrifices biaaatlf for a woman he loves, and is transported for the crime of another man. " e escapes | time after time. During his wanderings he discovers a rich gold mine, avails himself of its wealth, aud quietly leaves the country, while the auihori--1 tips suppose him to be dead. Even- • tually he returrs to Australia. Toe play possesses strong dramatic features, I end rouses the spsctators to the lighest e ithusiasm- Anothtr packed houss aheuld be recorded this evening,