THE MAJERONI DRAMATIO COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 10, 13 January 1903, Page 2

THE MAJERONI DRAMATIO COMPANY.

TO-NIGHT. Prksh from their phenomenally successful seasons in Ohrigrchurch and n record breaking tour of th'j West Coas*, tie mumbets of the above powerful organization arrived in town last evening, and commence their long looked for Reieon at the Theatre Royal ihn evening. Mr Charles MacMahoo, under wbos.i direction the company are ap f> arng, inf ruiS us that the New Zetland tmrhas been quito a triumph 1 mircli. In Chris-church for eeven tee-, niib s the theatre was pscked t> the doc-rn nightly, so gnat wag the isensaion created by the conopiny's productions. The play wh ; ch will be s'ag>d this evening, "Toe Shamrock and th i Rig»," is oni of the moit sucoeesful of modern dramas, and haß I bq»n received with the greatest favour [in England, America, Auntralii, and j New Zealand. The anthor, Mr Walter Riyno'df, has ehborat d a most ingsniom plot, and, at the same time, bas woven a charming love roonuce around the hero and thi heroin*. The motif of the play is the present condition of Ireland under the tenant system, and this subjec l ; is sufficiently wide to admit the co'ours being laid on with a generou3 hand for the purpose of the £enerdl audience, and while the wrongs of "that most distressful country" are brought out in " their most vivid light, a strong current of bright and sparkling comedy runs right through the play. Mr George Maj -roni, who impersonates the ' hero, Dandy Dunraven, has a most congenial part, and one which gives him ample scop a to display his great histrionic abilities; Mr Maro Maj°r>ni, as Stephen Flint, the bltck hearted son of Erin, has no eqnal on the colonial stage in that character. Mi6B Hilda Meade will ap ptar as R«e Rivarsd tie, the heroine, a part which she created in Inndoj. The long list of characters, incident .1 to the play, are in the hands of capable performer j, The o ohestra will bej uoder the direction of Mr J. Fox. The doors will be opened at 7.15, and the curtain wi 1 risa punctually at 8 u'clock.