AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 191, 3 August 1908, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

J-'KAJJK THOiLYTOX'S PAIiEWKLL. The capacity of the Theatre Koyal should be taxed this evening 011 the occasion of Mr. Thornton's farewell performance taking place. He appears in the laughable character of the " Private Secretary," in which lie has already appeared in every .part of the globe, 011 more than l,2ui) times, and in which lie made his name a household word u lie: - ever the English tongue is spoken, llis new company of English artistes inclu te Messrs. Douglas Hamilton, Clias Stone, Harry Ashford, Templer Powell, Kepplo Stevenson, Charles Windermere, and Charles Adams, and t.lie Jiisses Belle Donaldson, Harriet Trench, Clara Hanifield, Lily Willis, Olive Dudley, and Elizabeth' Hawthorne, all of whom, with one exception, are new to Xew /ealanl theatre-goers, uach one having received the hall mark of excellence from tlie Press in all the centres South, as aUo throughout Australia. To sec Sir. Thoru'lon as the Kev. Robert Spalding in the " Private Secretary" is abo.it the greatest theatrical treat that cnu'd possibly be looked forward to. 'The plan for to-night is open at 4,he Dresden, where seats should be booked to avoid disappointment.