"THE LITTLE STRANGER."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 17 January 1907, Page 2

"THE LITTLE STRANGER."

. I "The Ldtle Slrangor" csCiblishcd , quite a ceroid lust Nil-lil ,is ;i f, m • ])!'lKlllCCr. Till' Comedy Is ridiculous ii; i sleryilopictsllio strange device resort il • to by a m-iii in order lo nil his wile ,-l spiritualistic tendencies and Ins hou-e of it seance si't Needless lo say, ||, 0 writer succeeds in lu-, very cstimabV idea, anil in tlie progress „f his arrange, menu such ridiculous positions arc created, and such oiMiiv brought lo light in (Uo subaituloj baby, lh,u i| u , audience roared with laughter, and roared continuously The liiV ( ',l' (|m play was Master Willie I'urk.'.s as Tom Pcnnynnn, "the iiitle similiter" by ivlu.se <dl\,rls (he ill-Healed hiishrtnJ regains his ]>osilion in his own bouse, The awful scare of (lie whole hnusohold, wife, servants, v|i,i| o i'. s n m l every, one else, including the chief „f [] K , Society of Soul lluniers was adnimilby depicted. Apart from the ceiUi'il ligi>rc---a marvel of a boy, eight years old, who scarcely ever left Hie sti-v and certainly provoked all Hie northl all the characters were cvoUcnlly pourtraycd. " The Little- Stranger" is certainly u fareicil comedy wriHrn on new lines lliat cerlaiuly »ave la-t night's lirgc audience |heir 'full share of uproar'.ou. and li arty enj -,viu Mil