GREAT DRAMMATIC TREAT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 70, 23 March 1903, Page 2

GREAT DRAMMATIC TREAT.

Fresh from the great t iumpb achieved in Australia, aud more recently iu Dunrdio, Ohristcburcb, Wellington and Auckland, Mr J. 0. Williamson's famous English, American, and Auitralin D.-ama ic organisation will form tho c rating fea*t at the Theatre Royal on Mond.y, Tu siay, and Wednesday evenings, Mr h 30th, 31a*-, and April Is*-, when will be presented .for the first lime in N.mv Plymouth three of the greatest dramatic novelties of tha day, viz: " Sherlock Holmes," "If I were King," and "Secret Service." The opming p oluction will ba "Sherloc't Holmes," which, when produced soore I an instant tnpoussuoceas,running for seven weeks in Melbourne, and eight woks in Sydney to crowded and en'hu ias b Hudienos, and has met with equal tuuosi in Ne* Zealand. Tha fecjnd production, " If I wsre King," is a magnificent spestacu'ar drama, which has run "Sberioek Homes" very closely for popularity. It. ran for twelve months in New , Yjrk, aul than proved the sueoeas of the Lond«n season hat year at St. Jimes Tli utre. where, according to latest aJvic'B, is i* htill being presented with enormoiti success, fhe third and final production on Wednesday night will ba the military spectacle " S crot S ii vice," which wi 1 be staged on an el iborate scale. A'l the splendid soen-iy, tha intricate properties for tho realistic battle effects, the jingle of ku't-.h, tho clatter of hoofs, tha rumble of th - uamunifcion waggons, the rattle lot' mis ice iv, tha boaming of otnoon, |und al: the iJeraentß of a terrific eogagement h ,vo come from Australia,eo ' hat its pwseatation will be oomplete in the em dlest detail. Mr Ouyler j Has ingß, the leiding man, whom Mr I Williamaou specially brought out to orsat i the principal parte in the above ' mmed dramas, will make his first spp -ara'.ce her*. His suttees in Australia, »nd mora recently ia Duaedio, Ohristchuroh, Wellington, and at the present time ia Auckland, has bean I remarkable. A specially selected company of English and Austialian artiste h<a been engaged ti support Mr Hasting', of which b>th press and public ara unaninuus as to their individual exce lence.