THE WOODS WILLIAMSON DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 230, 26 October 1903, Page 2

THE WOODS WILLIAMSON DRAMATIC COMPANY.

——<» —_,— The box plan for tho forthcoming Btr.son of the W.iods-Williamson Com p my was opened at the Colonial Piano i C'irapiny on* Saturday morning last, | a-id, jur'gins.; from the number of se»ts bi, iked, piuygours intend expending a | hearty reception to the company at the I opening performance on Wednesday 1 evening next. " The Gates of Bondage," which will form the opening bill, i'i an original dramatisation by Miss Maud Williamson of Hill Gaine's famous work '• The Deems'er," and is described by the Australasian press as being oo« of the fioest dramatic achievements in the anaah of the Australian stago. The «o itpany will present on Thursday evening "The Uhrist'iin,'' Kail Oaiiw's aiisterpifice, 'vbich cofiViiiis a s'' »y of enthralling intercut from beginning to end. Thin ! oat play, which is brilliantly inter(■j'ijted by tho full streug'h of the thirty members of the Woods-Wil Ham-on Company, has been highly spoken of by the Auckland press, and is said to be one of the finest productions of their repertoire. The Star, commenting on the performance says: " Oae of the finest dramatic achievements in the annals of the Australasian stage. Mr Alfred Woods' magnificent impersonation of John Storm and the delightful rendering by Miss Maud Williamson of Glory Quayle came as a revelation to the huge and highly critical audience.