ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 26 August 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE SMART SET. " The Smart Set Company who recently visited New Zealand, is announced to . be paying a return visit under the rnan--3 agement of Edward Brariscombio Pty., Ltd., the well-known entrepeneur, wlio.ie f companies are spread all over Australasia . They open for a season of two nights at the Theatre Royal, oomtmenr cine; on Monday next, the box plan for ' which opens at Collier's to-morrow / morning, and tfoc prices will be 3s. 2s, J and Is This vigit of the Smart Sot "will ; serve to introduce many new faces to ; the public of New 'Zealand. Chief amongst these is Mr. Harry Be Rebeck, a comedian who has a-noeared with conspicuous success in the leading .music halls in London, and whoae advent in Australia under the Branscombe management 3ias been extremely successful. Mr. Walter George, and Miss Georgie Mas-tin will of course re-appear in their most popular iwmroera, all the repertoire is now extended to such an cx- ' tent that the (programmes will be changed: completely .each performance. A filature of the tour will ibe great varietv of new musical sketches' and numlber.s introduced, many of ithemi being the very latest from 'London and the Continent, and al'so the gems culled from the fine library of music controlled by Edward Branscombe Pty., Ltd., whose staff of expeitt writers has also been called into requisition to extend this company's Tepertoire, so that much entity original matter is enabled <ti be presented. The concerted work, which 11,13 ' always been a feature of this form of 1 entertainment, lias been carefully ar- 1 ranged and the costuming fs bright and 1 picturesque. The members of Ithe company, apart from those already me:i-[ti-oroed, include Miss- Gwennytk Evans, and Mies Lalla Knight, likewise Messrs Maurice Jones, Ernest Parkes, and Mr. " Edgar Bulhuid, so that a programme, of imprecedenUvl quality will he presented. Air. Gavin Wood, basfto comedian, late. • t the "Dandies" is also with the company.