AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 206, 20 August 1908, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

AIEYNILL AND UUNN'JS TOUR. Meynell and CJuim (with whom are now associated Sir llupert Clarke and Mr. John Wren) will present during the V>w Zealand tour of their dramatic company, "The Little Breadwinner." a drama, of true home life with an important child interest woven through the .story; "The Fatal Wedding," and . -the Old ,I'oiks at Jionlcy , a new and powerful drama, which had a. lengthy mil in England and America, and is .-till bong produced by a number ol companies. "The Little Breadwinner" is really a successor to the famous "Fatal \\ eddmg'' drama which Meynell and (>unn presented with such enormous

1 success throughout Australasia. The play is said to be of a rather better type than the ordinary melodrama, and has an interesting and not improbable plot. lie child interest is paramount, and many will l«> glad ( 0 welcome little (income Williams and Maggie Dickenson, two of the cleverest, child artistes who have ever ■ appeared in Australia, and who caused a sensation at the lheatre lioyal, Melbourne, in "The Fatal Wedding." Like the latter pla' "The Little Breadwinner" seems to have lietm written for the express purpose of giving a elianee to clever juveniles; and ~

that it succeeds will he readily discovered. The company, which is an extremely strong, one, is headed by Miss Beatrice Ilolloway and Mr. "Ernest Leicester. The New Zealand bookings are as follow:—lnvercargill, August IStli; Dunedin, 22m1; Tlmaru, 31st; Wellington, September Palmcr.ston North, 23rd; Wanganui, 25tli; New Plvmouth, 28th; Auckland, ;{<)Ui: tlicf short -seasons in Napier, Hastings, Dannevirke, Masterton; then Carnival Week in Christehurcli, followed by six nights between Christehurcli and Invercargill.