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HAWTREY COMEDY COMPANY.

In a long review of "The two Mr Wefcherbys " to bo produced by the abova Oomniny nexi Thursday, the London Daily News says: —For this is t';o id«al of main' happiness, to bring the ladies submissively to hee!, and it-' is the essence of air Hankin's comedy to show how, evon with the most rob si- 1 lious wive-', it inevitably happens —the j economic dependence of womin, thej stronger sax and the rest of it. The candid R chard has been separated I j from his wife and rather iikes ic. She, ; realising tfV.t tie prsif'Y.n of a wom»n i living apart i'u■■■.•: hsr husband has all' the disadvantages with none of the privileges of widowhood, to heel; in gpk-ndiri f-ushion, and is reduced, «von ihmi»h he is the guilty par'y, to, i beg and persuade uim to take hj; i bwk.'. '1 ha sauiu thing happnns wi*.h Junes'! wife, when sivs has discovered the Em- j : piro Theatre programme in her husl band's co*t pocke% and the levelation !of his life of duplicity has eused h?r j to threaten to leave bim, and to wander round the drawing-room collecting her personal belongings on a tray. Richard points out that if she curries the joke too far, James may really allow her to go, and she comes to heel at once. The piece is brightly written, though one sometimes doubts whether the j laugh is quite with the au:hor, and it is pleasantly acted.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 238, 4 November 1903, Page 2

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HAWTREY COMEDY COMPANY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 238, 4 November 1903, Page 2

HAWTREY COMEDY COMPANY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 238, 4 November 1903, Page 2

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