ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 18, 15 July 1911, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

" THE BAD GIRL OF THE FAMILY." The first production in New Plymouth ! of that sensational dTama, "The Bad Girl of the Family," will take place at the Theatre Royal on July 18. If successes in other places are to be taken as a criterion, Mr. George iMarlow, whose fine organisation will interpret the drama, should have an immensely successful season here. The piece, Which is from the pen of that fine dramatic writer, Frederick Melville, will have a caste of the leading artists in Australia, including Messrs Herbert Bentley, C. R. Standord, Thomas Curren, Herbert Linden, P. V. Sculley, Thomas Tilton, and Misses Ada Guilford, Ida Gresham, Lillian Wiseman and Addie Kelly. So much has been written regarding this remarkable play and such considerable comment excited over its intrinsic merits, that it is no wonder that more than ordinary interest is being provoked in its presentation. The piece is now running simultaneously at two London theatres, while no less than four dramatic companies are touring with it through the English provinces 'HVhat its charm especially is," remarked a gentleman who recently saw the play at the Aldwych Theatre, "one cannot exactly define; but it gets hold of you, embraces you with its atmosphere, and completely envelopes you to the oblivion of* all surrounding conditions." Its author has long been known as an essayer of daring attempt. "The Bad Girl" has absolutely eclipsed all Mb previous efforta and achievements. Tho box plan opens this morning at 8.30 a.m. at H. Collier and Oo.'s .Music Warehouse.