THEATRE ROYAL.

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

THEATRE ROYAL.

j MR HARRY RICKiRD/ OOMPANT. run weather on Wednesday evening was about as unfavourable as it oould be for securing anything like a good audience at tbo Theatre, J?ut in spite of obis th 'raw. s a large attendance of p itrons at the op ,n:ng psrformsnce bf ha company. The high reputation for star ar i ts which Mr Ricktrd* aas secured wis fully maintained, atd to excellent entertainment was the resul-. Eileen Uapsl mst with a great IUCCG3 J , hor dincing and singing pleasing th« ntidience imraens-ly, an encore oeiag iu ist d on. Mr 8.-rt Bradhy's enor «)igj were much e r j yed, his fiae vo:ci bsing heard to great idvanta jo. The Great Clivj's conjuring achievements w re thoroughly gold ind he r. caived vary hearty applauie, Mi s Madga Thomas, a very p'eMing a >prano, contribute] to the success of thaevenirg with svmeoharmiog ballads, 4i»s Florence Birnes gave twoanios in regular mus r c hall Btyl«,' Mr BrownUw Will lice secured well-deserved en* cores for his songs, lie his a bari'one voice of exoiptiwal power and rings, ind uses it with great tffict. Miss Grace Eminitt and her company of comedians created a large am'untof laughter in " Mrs Murphy's Second Has bind," Mias Hr.mutt being <he life ind soul of th) piec, and me' with hearty co-operatign in Bar Le Boy The i'em given by Seelejr and the musical eomiJiatip, waa characterised by mirth provoking drollery and clwer mauipu'ation cf instruini<nts. Wlieu not convulsing the audience with their drolleries they ivere astonishing tbtm by their mu-ical skill, the imitation of the big pipes, played by them on comets, was exceptionally clever, Th* great treat however was when Hill and iilvainey marve'lous trick wheel riding. Nothing like this has ever bean seen in the colooy, prob-bly in, the world. At timrs the audienoe helß their breith in tm-zemerit at the feats being per* firmed. Whe l her on a sin'g'e wheel or on a bicycle the datiog performers »tre (quilljr at home and the evolutions and feat* of balacciog were be* yond description. The finale where the lady rider is borne cn the shonldera of the male expert who raoun'a a si ogle wheel and rides down a flight of steps almost made the audience shriek with xcitemenfc. Space d <es not' permit mention of a tithe of the clever trickt ' accomplished, bus certainly no one should mi's sening iuch a mignifioent exhibition of skill. TO-NIGHT f'e concluding performanoi will be given and if the weather be favourable the building should be crowdtd. It ie an entertainment that no one should ft.il to thoroughly er joy.