"ARE YOU A MASON."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 200, 25 June 1903, Page 2

"ARE YOU A MASON."

Keek interact is already being minii fasted in the forthcoming prod notion of I " Are Y(ju a Mae in ?" by Mr J. 0. ) Williamson's new Comedy Company, *t i tha Theatre Royal on Monday evening ; nex'. The whole idea of the pfaMi it to provoke hughter, and in this it spi pirently sucoeeds to the fullest extent, i judging frim tha notices which hive - pp-ar d in Sydney and Auckland, toe only two oitita ia Australasia . where it has yet bean presented—and i of which the following may be tsk«nss ■ a fair simple: " • Are You a Mason f got a grip on the packed house early, and, as the complications thickened, it dimply did as it liked in the way of laughter provocation. The story ia built upona so'id foundation,and then is not a momenta'y lull in any of the three rets." Tha company interpreting ' Are You a Mason ?" is said to be a very fiae one, and is composed principally of English and American artis'a, who came out under special engagement for this ptoluo'ion. At their head is the celebrated English comedian Mr George Giddens, who created and nude an enormous sucoess of tha leading comedy part in the original production at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Lindon. The leading lady ia Miss Ethel Knight Mo!lisnn, a young American aotress of considerable fame. Other spsci'il engagements art Miss Oiiia Beatty-Kirigston, Mil* Kileen Munro, Miss Molly Pearson, Msg Kitty Drew, and M-ssrs Arthur Desmond and Herbert Jarman, all of whom hold goad positions on the Boglish stage, while theatre goers will a'so fa< 1 gratifi id to s"e that clever actor, Mr Ward, in the cas*. The mounting of the pieoa, and the d rexes worn by the ladies are siid to ha superb. The lat'er are-mide from tha latest up-to-date designs of Mrs Arthur Patrick, of Portman Square, London, and Madam Theresa Morgan, New York. It should not be forgotten that the Company also appear on Tuefdiy evdoing in another uproariously funny comedy en'itled " Oh! What a Might J"