ANDREW MACK, TO-NIGHT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 4 May 1907, Page 2

ANDREW MACK, TO-NIGHT.

The famous Irish comedian and singer of whom we have heard so much and so favourably of late will appear to-night at the Theatre Royal under the direction of Mr. ,1. C. Wiliamson with the production of '-Tom Moore," a play from the pen of Mr Theodore B. Sayre, an American playwright who has taken Moore's early life as the foundation of his piece. The. time when the poet was making his name in London and winning his muchbeloved wife, Besse Dyke, a young Irish actress, an episode which constituted one of the few romances of real poetry in actual human experiences. Surely it is clear that such a theme should make a charming play, even if those who saw it in Australia two years ago had not told us of its great fascination. Duly two years have elapsed since his last tour of Australia, and the fact of ilr Wiliamson re-engaging a "star" after so short ..,u interval fully confirms the glowing accounts we heard at the time of his sensational success.

The Melhboume Age, commenting upon Mr .Mack's opening performance in that cily, says:- -"A clever comedian, knowing exactly how far to go ill creating laughter and a winning lover. He has a line stage presence, a face that is typically Irish, mobile and expressive, with a wel-inodulaled elocution and above all a most musical voice of light tenor quality. The Celtic character, to which the Sasenach has ever fallen a victim, conies across the footlights in such force that no audience could resist it long. In his representation there is a playful fancy, the alternative heights of joy "and depths of despair, the light-hearted geniality. the unexpected turns of thought, the jovial good fellowship, the gay and U'siive outlook, the optism which refuses (<i he dashed by reverses for more than five miuutes; the tenderness, the sympathy and the maiiliues of the true Irish character.'