AMUSEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 87, 8 May 1909, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

iUSKELYXE AND DEVAM"S -MYSTERIES.

TO-NIGHT.

Ihe {.rent London company, Mnskelvnc '"id Devanfs .Mysteries, win, will open at the Theatre Royal to-night, will present exactly the English' prolamine known so well at the Egyptian and SI. George Halls, ill' Henry Ilayward, like the gem of the magic carpet,' has transported the entire world known combination of twenty-six illusionists, conjurer's, jugglers, actors, and actresses ' I'roni London, with all the elaborate trick furnishings and .Mr. .Maskelyue's closelv guarded inventions, and has opened '- swift Australian tour. This means, simply, that the mosi representative <>,' British entertainments, with a record of twelve thousand consecutive performances, will be set right down in our town, ilr Barclay Gammon is without doubt the finest society entertainer who has ever visited Australia. His success in Sydney and Melbourne was install taneous, and it was no secret that an immense proportion of the huge audiences came time after time to listen to the nionologiiist's remarkable piano playing and recitation. Jl. (Jintaro, the Japanese juggler, who has been for some years with ilaskelyne and Devant, appears in a brilliant act which the Sydney press towards the close of the season declared, lo be without parallel as far as Australia is concerned.