THE WOODS-WILLIAMSON DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 228, 23 October 1903, Page 2

THE WOODS-WILLIAMSON DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Ai-thr an extiviorJiunry flurgeficfol run I of eijjht w.>ek* i;t tiiu Auckland Opora j .'"iouso, thu above company will play a J wjna->ii of four nights *5 trio Tliea'i'o Hoyll, commwnc.iig W.-.dnes'Jay rit-x' she 28 h Mio iriiliil beiny " Tho DeornsfO'," hall Clint's oighly rom <utic rlru>">i isn i under the trio of " Tno Gates rf RO.l- - Probably no .ithflr pUy in tho 1 language lihh io oivid of mni'cd a I greaiur share of pspukrity, and in tho ' hands of such opible artists aa Mr * Alfred Woods ami Mhs Maud Witlismson and tho Wiellonc support ac-; •ni'ded them, local playgoos m>y confidently look forward to a dramatic : treat of rate ex'oHanca, The pi .y was 11 the (ouapaoy's opming piece in Sydi.oy j '-nil Melbourne, io botm of which cities ' b ran for several and was a ro- 1 uda kible suecass, highly eulo-<'' gised by thu pronn, It abounds wi'h J striking situations, and offers evory I opportunity for scenic display. The! 1 story is one of human interrs-. such us' appeals to all classes. Mr Alfred; , Woods, who his deservedly giioei tho j distinction of being Australia's greatest ' actor, has a part in Dan Mylrea which L gives him ample scopu to display his 1 great versatility; the celebrated .English Miss Maud Williamson,

being oast for the role of M)na Mylr.-a, ' the Deemster's daughter. The company engaged to support the two stars is said to be one of the strongest dramatic organisations touring Australasia, and numbers thirty artists. On Thursday will be presented Miss Maud Williamson's original dramatisation of Hall Oaine's masterpiecs, " The Christian," which is said to be the most powerful version ever presented, and a perfeot realisation of the authors creation. Henry Pettitt's world famed Drury Lane nautical drama " Hinds' Across the Sea " will be staged on Friday 30; hj, and on Saturday the season will oless with the production of " A Woman's Sin," a highly successful dramatisation of " The Manxman." The box plan for the season will be opened at the Colonial Piano Company on Saturday,