AMERICAN COMEDY COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 223, 17 October 1903, Page 2

AMERICAN COMEDY COMPANY.

We nepd hnrdly rr mind playgoers that rhe box-plan for t!u) visit of this much talked of co-ribiiiatiun will be opun.d on Monday atomic;". Amuseawnt lovers have been rewViv ,md hearing such glowing account ro •jrJiig the originality and eleven*- .v of thin company, that they itrimsiounly waiting its hern, Tt e oiios'inj; a tr::<r ion " Mima's New Hu.sbi.nd" is ac!tno»kdg6<i by the Auckland critics e.s the cl< an' biighi-st firce comedy yet sii.u in tha' ci'y, It is cleverly constructed, smartly written, abounding in opigraun and rep-irtee, while there are stmj sixteen muaio-il numbers and dance 3, ali entirely new to colonial playgoers. A feaiure of the production will be " The Bkkm 11a." The»o cleve' people are whirlwind dinner*, their act being absolutely original, ind incap able of description, Douglas and Ford are another team of danceis, who liad just returned to America after a three year*' tour of 'England, when Mr Duval secured them. Miss Claire Uaufield is a contralto with a phenomenal range, her opening numb* will be " Asleep in the Deep." Mr Obas. Bates is a character comedian who sings comic song*!, with a penchant for topioal hits. The other members of the company not only play their parts well, but step out of the picture and do a speciality.