Theatre Royal.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 793, 8 April 1905, Page 2

Theatre Royal.

COOPER'S BIOGKArJI CO. BRITAIN v, NEW ZEALAND. The ftbovd well-known company will give performances (jt the Theatre Royal on Sunday and Mojulay, the programme for Sunday being' of a sacrei character, and in aid of the hospital funds. There is not an event of interest or stirring excitement that has occurred within the jlust .seven years but Mr Cooper has bad reproduced apd thrown on the |scre'.n at his entertainments. His lust enterprise Is u record tor New Zualand, having reproduced the Bri|tlsh Neiv Zealand football match three days after it «:a« played, the jfilins showiing many stages of tho game. Tlie following in taken from , I the Now Zealand Times:—"Cooper's | Hiograph Company performed at the | ; Opera House. Some very fine mov- i ( ! n g pictures, taken on the occasion )' jPf thp maJLch between Great Itritain j ufld New Zeplainl, yere thrown on i the screen. They were very realistic i 1 ;aml ihe audignc® testified' in unmistakeaible manner its appreciation oil r [the merits ol the prGsontments." 11- •! lustratid songs \y j M ] lO rendered dur- i Jng tho evening. On Monday, She!don, the famous ventriloquist, also ' appeals with the company. Miss hipfe Sheldon, the charming serio- ] fiomtc, and Mp Kindly, the well- : known -baritone, in illustrated songs. Altogether the programme ts a most : attractive one, comprising sport ' war, comed.Vj trugody, pictured melpay. and ssrio-comic Items, as well aa tho finest veßUilGquinl items giv- ' pn i ll the eofony. j Mil. J. C. WILLIAMSON'S OI'EUA SPAtfOW i heatre patrons whose memories co

—i">i, unuae memories gc J Jjaelf to the (seventies will coca 11 thi pleasure with which thpy listened tc | the first works of Gilbert and Sulli | van, une of ihe happiest partnership; - ..I.. 1 , 0 " 01 '' I ,' "Pirates of I'tnzance,' I Mikado, ' M.M.S. Pinafore," loi , y oomen of the Guard,' J Gondoliers," in tho.se Mhat a t. | hapming melody was set before tin > public. The revival of these gems ol - ,comio opera at both Sydney and Mcli hotinie.and recently in Wellington by , ,Mr J. C. Williamson's Opera C'oni--1 pony has met with success, far be^ ■ yond expectations, and consequently ■ ,there is every reason to believe that ,tho New riymouth season of two pigflts, which commences on Thurs- ; flay cvonjng npxf, at the Theatre . Royal, will prpvc equally interesting, , foj ? two sumptuous productions will ,bu presented in "The Pirates of Ptn- , zance" and- "The Mikado.'* Thq combination is l coming to us with an entirely new outfit. Now costumes, uniforms, dresses, and scenery, in fact, jjllf Williamson has spared neither t\ipense or tima tp make this the most | brilliant attraction h..i has introduced for ninny years past. 'fjte box iplans will lie opened at Mr McKjnnon ,Bain's' on Monday morning at 9 o'clock",-