AMERICAN COMEDY COMPANY.
It is almost safe to prophecy that when the curtain rises to-night at the Theatro Koyal, the sign that delights the manager's heart,' Standing room only," will be displayed in all. parrs of the building. In opening with "MumVs New Husband," the micagertieut show good judgment, as playgoers hive beeu leading and hearing nothing bui the most lavish praiss regarding the cleverness Rnd kughter-provoking qualities of tbe piec9. Cls'maut; Scott, the acknowledged Prince of critics, wrote 83me time apo that " the modem playgoer takes his theatre as a tcnic." There is a gr«at deal of truth in this, judging by the success all over the *orld of pieces whose chiaf aim is to provoke laughter. " Mama's New Husband " is dobcribei by the critic as "one unending laugh," It is said to start at eight o'clock with a simmer, by nine it is causing screams, and rahen ths curtain fj.ll* finally the, audience ire left in a stata of utter collapse after indulging in . the hoariest laughter ever heard within thu wills of a theatre. The curta'n rises at 8 sharp, and the fun commences five minutes later.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 227, 22 October 1903, Page 2
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190AMERICAN COMEDY COMPANY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 227, 22 October 1903, Page 2
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