"DOROTHY VERNON."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81873, 24 October 1906, Page 2

"DOROTHY VERNON."

"A delightful play, gay and gallant, and all among the roues, Muting every portentous canon o£ 'superior art in tue simple freshness of i>s true i\ray day spirit, bright and vigorous and exciting with the flash ol ready swords and the beating uf young hearts, and the scheming or old heads, with joyous madrigals and graceful' dances on the gaen swaul, and behind it all the precious landseape of this old Kngland of ours, with its green lanes and blossoming lu'dgerows atu( tufted trees and stately manors Suc.i was the eulogtsm passed by the "London Tillies ' when "Dorothy Vernon ' which is to be presented here on Monday evenii|g was .first produced in that cii'y. Time was when Colonial audiences weie loth to accept any stage work unless it had the hall-mark of an English reputation, but those days have now gone by and our public have set up a quiie independeiiL standard of their own, forming their own conclusions as to the merits or otherwise of a play, quite apart from all outside influences. JUit it is perhaps a gratifying reflection to realise that this judgment rarely differs from that of London, showing' that however widely apart they may be, their tastes in amusements are practically the same. "Dorothy Vernoij" i„ :1 tremendous success ir( Ktigland at the present tiny, and with that nn»l delightful of actresses, Miss Tiiioll Brum', as Dorothy, it has been the biggest dramatic success. Mr. |. p. Williamson has had for (uany years. The plans for Monday niglu's performance will open at the Colcnial Viiano Depot this morning, an'. 1 , in view of the importance of the season -t:-ats should be secured at the earliest t.ppoi Umi.y.