MISS FITZMAURICE G'LL COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 41, 16 February 1903, Page 2

MISS FITZMAURICE G'LL COMPANY.

I • ' To-mobrow n ; ghfc ai the Theatre Royal i this powerful company will commence a season of three nights. The pp°ning production will be the sensational . drama " Man to Mao," which the ■' Auckland Press describe as a fin? pi iy. i Thfl p rformance rn Wednesday will be " The Christian," founded on Hall 1 Cainu's popuhr nove l . Ic is au ini tensely phy. The fiial •' production here will ta in Wilson i Barrett's famous piny " The Sign of the ; Cros- 1 ." No produition of modern i times has been more favourably criit cised or written about than this. It i is a production that has a fascination ■ peculiarly its own. It attracts peopl-* • of all classes, rt'girdl ss of sec' or i; creed. Ic has been highly commci d*d I by probibly pvny writer of abili'y, 1 and also from ths bends of all rtligiou-t i, bodies in all pwts of the woild. Th» ; Christ'an and Sign of the Gross are 'produced by atrangement with J. 0. Williamson. The compiny, which is headed by Miss Fitzmaurice Gill, is an exceed ngly powerful one. Included in the casta are the following artists : - ! Messis Leo Du Chateau, Chas. Blake, | Fred Fr.-.nci?, Edward Ivery, Lionel ! Wnlshe, GusN-ville, W. Leon, Horace ,; Oooper, John Rule, Robert Wheeler, j Wilton Power, R. Julian, W. Robsi more, A. Sharland, A. Redet, R. Rod- ! #( r9) and Misses G. Esdaile, Kate Giir, Nellie Mylr a, Dina Cooper, A. Ani- ' vin, M. Koberts, and Fitzmaurice Gill. | The company sta<>e their productions ! with fine efl'ect. The scenery used for ! these three pieces alone amount to 40 I tons. Tie phys are prjduc d unier ! the direction of Mr Chis. Bhke, and I Mr Leo Du Chateau is stage manager. I The mauag ment have loft nothing , ui:done, and they give a pirtVmaace here the name us is given in SyAey or j Melbourne. The Auckland Press I scribe the comp.my as being an exceed j ' r 'g'y g°°d oue > an d their staging and (-fleets as magnificent, i