H. R. ROBERTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 158, 25 June 1908, Page 2

H. R. ROBERTS.

APPEARANCE IX NI'.W PLYMOUTH

>'i!\v Zealand is proud of her own. it cannot hi' -aid iliat lot-til prophets have no In.iiur in 11 n• ii- own country, for we have irt'jii tin,,. t „ Ulll ,, afforded evidence of il„. /,„■[ tli:i t Xc»- Zealand'■is an- remarkably quick to encourage llu- talent in 1 lii-u- miiM, mill t'(|u;iliy ready to :i|ipl.mil it win-n it lias liee'n successfully developed. There is mi .other in-tancc in tin- tlu-a Ir ica| of tliis <"milr\ wliicli nil'.,ids a parallel t" ll"- 11. 11. Roberts. «],(>! H i!,| a ppca rin the Then Ire 1,-oval ( - n Wednesday. .Inly 1-1, in a new Loudon conieilv. "Tin- I'rinec Chap." Air. Kobcrts his I lie uni(|i:i' .list in< ■. ion of |„.iu„ t.| K . f irs ( actor who has 1,-i| tin- Australasian colonics to liccnnic an accepted star on the and American sta,ec. In the course of nine ycar»; experience abroad lie has I,ecu associated with some of the leading arti>u of ihe world, and within the pa-t'two or three years has taken fron rank anion;- them. London i, die Uceea of all anihi/ions actors, inui J|r. Uclurt-' name stands 'out amoiijr-t hundreds who have made that weary |iil.«riniiiKo as the onlv one which is enrolled anion;, the lirst-rank artists of the great critical capital. ]-or l">0 ni-hl-S he Starred at ,«ir Charles \Vvml ham's Criterion Theatre, London, in "Ihe. Prince Chap," creating the part of l'eytun, the sculptor. He eveutuallv joined Miss Jlajn;ie Moore, whom he afterwards married, and with that brilliant comedienne lie was seen in some or Ilia finest characters. Since then he has become famous on the Bullish sla.'O, and a splendid welcome should await him here. The. box plan for next Wednesday's performance will he opened at the Dresden oil .Monday.