J. C. WILLIAMSON'S COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 77, 30 March 1903, Page 2

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S COMPANY.

"SHERLOOK HOLMES" TO-HIGHT. ! Mr. J, 0. Williamson's famous dramitic Company, «h..j have just concluded the tnosc brilliau.ly t»uc e-sful season over kno'vi; ir. A nek Liu' a>riv- d in New Plymouth t.Ms m.i-,,im', ,ml wjl< i.pp-ar tO-niyll ;.„: T> :itre Uo- ; in Wil um 0.;i0:,.-.c'.s sensational dram.-. '• ii ro.-k Holm «." The full cast is published in th:'s and it will b* s en that Mr Wi liam- ' son's Company is on« of undoubted i xCbliei.c :, The play ope-jn in 'he Larr.ibrce'u drawing-room. Jimes Lwra breo and his «ife Midge, *ra keeping a young girl, Alioa Faulkner, a prisoner in their house in ordo.r tint tl-.ey may negotiate with a f r.i»>> 0 met, for the s.lo of a pckei of 1 ve-le'ters and pSo'ogr.tphs formerly ssnt by him tu Mss Faulkiivi'u sister, mw de-id. [Th-se have b-ea phced in a S'fe with , a combiaatun lock, but this hi* been I tampered with, »nd!hus tho p.paw are J inaccessible. The safe is forced by a confederate of but th'i letters aro nvsvng, a*d neither threats nor tirtu-e >?ill iniuo Miss Faulkner to sty whore she has phced them. Th-n Sherlock Holmas arrives, and juitißes his reputation. Ha reids both the Linvibrees liko a bouk, and by a s'ntag m discovejsthe u hereabouts of the missing packi-t. The Larrabrees decids to phce the matter in the hands of Professor Morinrity, a " Napoleon of Crime." Ths *pe tat'irs aro next transparted t) Sha lwk H«lme->' rooms i>i Baker-street whe e Moriarty boHly cal's, and sp edily moots his Wellington. Then follows tha great scane of tka gas chamber at Stepney, where, af'er breaking a lamp, Holmes let the villains track him by bis lighted cigar, which he places upon a window ledge and thus makes good his escapi. It is freely admitted that the sensation is one of the most effective that has ever been introduced into dram\ Mr Ouyler Hasting*, who represents Sherlock Holmes, w acknowledged to be exceptionally olever and realistio in the character, and possesses a further d advantage cf bearing a striking rescmblatica to ths well known sleuth hound as drawn by Sir Oonan Doyle. To-morrow night will be presented "If I Were Kiug." This piece has achieved an extraordinary success, and, though it has reached its 200 th consecutive performance at the St. J-uaes'a Theatre, London, it is still going strong. No expense has been spired to give this delightful play a setting worthy of the occasion. It will be il-! lustrated by a series of charming stage pictures from the original designs by Messrs. Gordon, Little, atd Dixon, three of Aus'ralia'd foremast scenic artists. Ou tbe last right tf the season (Wednesday) " Secret Servica " will be presented. The drama is by William Gillette, bring a graud military spectach in four acts, Rnd the plot repres-.ns a stirring picture of the work of the "s;cret servica "man, during tbe great American war.