Savieri Dramatic Co.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1904, Page 2

Savieri Dramatic Co.

Owing to the success attending I Hix's Pantomine Company iu Auck- ' land they will extend t) .eir there, and have tneivfore transferred their New Plymouth dates to the po'wwfml and popular ftuvieri Dramatic Cumpuii.v wii<> will fulfil t'neui engagement here, appearing on Tucs-day, Feb. U, in tj:/e sensational convict drama, •• A Brother'# Crime on Wednesday, Feb. .10, witih the I'unny farcical comedy "The Cuv'nor" ; ami on Thursday, 11th, with t/ive great and powerful drama, "The Octoroon-." A Napier contemporary says of " A brother's

w A short season of 'drama was I opened by the combination under the directum of Tvlr .Klnvieri at f the Th-eatre Uoyal last evening, when there w-as a large audience present, the inevitable triumph of virtue over villainy being received with manifestations of approval The production was even and consistent, f<ee ■ from any tendency to rant or exaggerate and the hearty applause ! wiijich punctuated the performance at frequent imervals was thoroughly 'deserved. The title of the drama, to a very great extent, explains the plot—a,n innocent mail is made to sutler lor his brother's crime. That is the keynote of One whole story. Miss Bctterton (ilover proved herself in every way equal to the requirements of the part of Naomi, who while loving the cast-off is unwittingly the chiei agent in convicting him of a criuio he never commftted/ .In the scene in whiuh Naomi proclaims hm> lorve she was particularly good, hut all through her performance was even and of distinct merit. Miss llirdie Foley was a spiitely Topsv Carroll, and iliss Kate Foote was sulliciently tearful as Mrs G lymlon. The Ned of Miss Ethel Gibson. as an excellent, impersonation." (iocd business should favour the company during the race season.