AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 211, 12 October 1909, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

POLLARD'S JI'VJ-XILr; OPERA CO. At tlie present time this is the oldest lliealncal organisation in the colonies. Tlie original eonipanv was organism in 18711, and lirst visited New Plymouth in IKSI. -Since that time they have produced in this town lil'ty'-livc 'pieces, ranging from " Uncle Tom's Cabin" To " Mnritana." .Most of them were played well, and some exceedingly well, so that when we learn that Mr." Pollard considers " .Manilla," which he presents here for the lirst. time on Saturday night, as the best thing he has ever done, lovers of amusement can look forward to a rare treat. This melodious work is some thirty years old, and it s|x>aks volumes for its merits when we find that it '''* still a standard attraction in'the Old World. It was with ".Madame Angot" that Lccocq made his first big success. Playgoers who remember this clever work will expect on Situr.l.iv night something out of the ordinary ill charming solos ami duets entrancing waltz numbers and harmonious choruses. They will not be disappointed. The east is an exceptionally lengthy one, and calls for the full strength of' Mr. Pollard's clever company. All the old favorites ure happily cast, while several new aspirants for footlighl favors will erge from the ranks of the chorus.