THEATRE DON'TS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 242, 18 February 1911, Page 9

THEATRE DON'TS.

Don't arrive at the theatre late. You would not begin your dinner with the entree. Don't keep your theatre hat on until tne very last minute before the curtain goes up, aud thus give the man behind you a fit of wondering whether you are going to take it off or not. Don't secure side seats and then glare at the people who have inside ones and pass you on their way out to see some man between the. acts. Maybe you've done the same thing yourself. Don't chatter during the play. The actors are paid to speak their lines for your entertainment. Don't Hind fault with the part the actor is playing. He reads the author's lines. Don't be afraid to applaud. Actors, like enthusiasm. Don't explain the story of the play to your companion. The man on the other side might want to hear it for himself. Don't lose your temper if some persons come late and you have to stand up to allow them to pass, and thus drop your hat, coat, bag, opera-glasses, umbrella and programme. Don't leave the theatre before the play is over—a certain amount of courtesy is due to the players while thov are talking.