Dampier Dramatic Co.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 259, 17 December 1903, Page 2

Dampier Dramatic Co.

" THE BUSH KING." In the Theatre Royal last evening the ]x>puhu- A.UHtra.liian actor and author. Mr All'reu J>an\jntT, introduced his splemdj'd- conijway of artists to n New 1 lymoiuth audienco. Unu'ortu'wately the honvy raijiia.ll of the mrly evening nril'ita'tqd greatly 'against tilt.* attendance, though the pit uMii .stalls wore well illletl trven under thine circumstajnces. But we e.\i»ect a totally diflleront scene tonight, since the veitlict of those present last night is very flattering to the ni'antngojnent, and most of them 'd'eoiaifod their iu'Ltiution of ayoiin surapi'inig the capital effect of Mr l>ampicr'ss proiluclioits. "The Bush King" wu-s the . ojiuuwig p:ece—a thi'illimg .-Vustmtliu'ii 'drama, iii wliicli tile Marions artists had parts' which svemud aliuo«t made for tihem, so well weiv they lillcd. Mr Alfred l>amj>ier ud '"Ned ilaii'ing. " to perfection,' aivd all the other members were equally bajvpy in the cluaiaicters allotted to theiu, Mis,s Lily 1 KilujmT s actimg as Klwa Harliiny being splendid. The whole play from start to linish was a triumph of acting ami sciiuic ell'ect, aind it is iijou of leu that we are troaited to Such a 'lV'illj'aiiit exposition of modem «lrama. in the linst t'hiree acts great interest cwi'lred hi the four welltrainod torses which were brought on to the stage, ami Hue scenery was muc.h admiircd, lx>:|ng' on a most elaborate scale. Sj>ecial nietitioai must l*e nuaide o>f t>he "Fern Treo l-iollow" scene. Owing to pmsffire on srpac-e we cannot give a detwakU report of tihe jwrfoinniauiw, bfi't wo can conliden'lly lvco'imneai'd New Plymoutili playgvers and lovers of the dram>a as staigud by Hue -best taltait to »Ueml the second perforniialnico this owning.

xo-.\k;ht " ,J '!w Morehaint of Vtuvieu" will occupy tilie boards, tuuJ t-li-is play from tlu; "BuiiU of A,vhmi" lwoils bait little coijiiii,ciu Irom us, except t,o say thai Si v 7" W'lSJit to see Hi' olinkcf.s)oai'ia;n plays tdo not come to IWw Plymouth very often, and rw»itlver 'doos Mr Uampiur. \Wi le«(itu from exoluungvs that the pai-L of ' Shy lock" is aplemrtdly played by Mi- Daiupk.r, and th'at the company can be 'doiwiiidwl upon to tivait, givat coiiuxly with