MR GEORGE STEPHENSON'S ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7727, 1 February 1905, Page 2

MR GEORGE STEPHENSON'S ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY.

al b L Pi VT l W "* soas °" of Mr Stephenson's English Opera Company will optm nt M V 1). McKnnon Bains to-morrow morning, Bton thu T St a forC « onu concl » : more hnn °i- Sl * Son wi " a "™* mo e than ordinary interest in New Plymouth ■theatrical circles if for popularity the company have ramml H.ncc their first- ap'pearance in b a"£ tialm some six; months ago. The combination will commence their luesday next ,n the present reigning musical attraction of England "The Hose of the Riviera." The season is limited to three nights onlv and a change of bill is announced <"ti, a,'- r'H mng - 0n Wodncsdav Ihe Sku-t Dancer" will be staged. A contemporary thus refers to the play :_vtj, b skirt Dancer" possesses several virtues which make it as bright and brisk us '.'The Rose of the Hiviorn." As in the case of its predecessor, it sparkles with wholly irrelevant, but more or less Cleveland delightful, vaudeville turns The dressing and staging are beautiful all round, and help to make both the ballets and the set scenes and tableaux charming. Indeed, the chorus and the dancing- of the "Gibison" girls and their associates are quite one of the effective features of the production. "The Dandy Doctor" will be staged on Thursday, the Ann} night oj tho.seasoju