"THE PRINCE CHAP."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 163, 1 July 1908, Page 3

"THE PRINCE CHAP."

to-.vicht. I Sir. 11. I!. lioberts' high-class company wil produce " Hh' I'rillcc Chap" to-night in the Theatre Kojal. .Mr. Roberts is ii Xi'w Zealandcr. with a world-wide repulaiCn hi an in tor, and ho ran this particular ei.tiH'tly-iluiii;! in England for J .111 nights. It in this piece that lie made his naair, and a sa N'ew Zealander ho has given Xew Zealanders the lirsi elianee of'seeing it outside England. The story is most interestingly told and splendidly staged, whilst its dramtio nature keeps tre audience 011 Ihe alert to lind how it wilt all end. Mr Roberts is described in a letter from til author, Mr. Iv H. Peple, as a man whose per-Cnalitv and teiiiperainent were so eminently' in aeeord with that of the character that ''had I called upan vou originally as a model for the man himself I could not have been »i»r;> aeeu rati! in portraying the spirit and individuality of niv hero.'' Among the iin ported l.ondon and Mew York artists wlut will support his this evening arc J Jr. Frank Lamb, a noted Ainorii'in comedian, and -Miss Marv Ivoogh, whom comes from New Vork. Mr A. E. (freeiiawav is an old favorite, liavinrr been elading mail during a former tour wiLfi Hiss Tittcl Bruno.