Academy of Music.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2645, 30 June 1877, Page 2

Academy of Music.

Messrs Baker and Farron, whose performances have been received with great favor in the different places they have visited in the Seuth, and in Auckland, made their first appearance at the Academy of Music lust night. The attendance was very, good as far as the gallery and pit were concerned, but owing perhaps to the benefit performance which took place on the previous evening, and to the fact that the appearance of these artistes had not been very extensively "billed," as most specialties are on their visiting a place like the Thames, the stalls were not very numerously patronised. The entertainment was, however, such that had the stalls been crowded the occupants would have been highly amused. Messrs Baker and Farron possess in themselves a fund of amusement, and are quite able to sustain an evening's entertainment without any extraneous aid,-further than an orchestra. They are equally at home in Dutch and Irish impersonations, and they are wonderfully funny, provoking laughter of a most genuine kind. Considering the circumstances under which they appeared we may say that they achieved a great success. Both gentlemen were seen to advantage, but Mr Farron would have been much more effective but for the cold he was Buffering from. It is a pity they could not bring down a company to produce " Lisa Eccles" in its entirety, because, although the performance was undoubtedly clever and highly amusing, it lacked that continuity necessary to make it complete, and to give it the interest which attaches to a drama; besides which the strain upon the audience to appreciate the comic parts is almost too much. The public will have another opportunity of seeing these clever artistes this even»»k- ■■'...■ : "''■■■'■ .v;.,: : v