AIEEC'S COMBINATION TROUPE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2057, 7 August 1875, Page 2

AIREC'S COMBINATION TROUPE.

Last night the opening performance of Airec and his combination troupe took place at the Theatre Royal. The pit was exceedingly .well "filled, and ihere was also a fair sprinkling.of visitors in the gallery and -stalls. "The. whole performance passed off very satisfactorily ; the feats of Airce himself forming naturally, the pieces dc resistance. The programme was

commenced—or: would r have been cojm* "mene'ed bad there been one—by Professor Jacobs performing some fi-ats of legerdemain, and though the feats were certainly not new, yet they were well worth seeing from the neatness with which they were executed. We might, howejer, suggest that, at any rate in one instance/ more suitable things be taken out of the " inexhaustible hat." Mr Alexander followed, and in his delineations of Irisn character displayed .considerable powers of mimicry, especially in the ease with which he changed his accent from Irish to Scotch and vice versa; he also sang and danced iand twirled his cudgel in the way invariably seen by , Irishmen on the stage and neVer off it. , £lext came Airec himself on the trapeze, whose performance- differed frotiPtliat of trapczists in general, and consisted in balancing himself in various -postures while the trapeze was in full swing ; in addition he took a small ladder and balancing it on the trapeze, stood on one step with one foot, holding on by one hand, the trapeze being still in motion, this novel performance was well-worth seeing and was loudly applauded. This concluded the first par A The second was also commenced"by Pro^ fessor Jacobs who displayed his ventriiloquial powers two lay figures to the amusement of the audience. Mr Alexander agait l|afcistained some Irish characters, and Signor Eugene as the " Boneless Sprite " went through various contortions, the .moat wonderful of which was doubling his .bodyup, "and passing it thus doubled, through a loop little more than twice the diameter of his head. Professor Jacobs having played on the concertina, Airec brought the proceedings to a close by his performance partly on the high trapeze and partly on what are known as the "stirrups/ 1. These (the trapeze and stirrups) were at opposite sides of the room and to Jget from one to . the other Airec passed along eight rings suspended from the tooijwldxng on hj Ids feet (done with his headtothegroriwl. He was greatly cheered for this undoubtedly wonderful feat. Every one seemed satisfied with the entertainment.