THE SHERIDAN COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8104, 26 March 1906, Page 5

THE SHERIDAN COMPANY.

TO-NIGHT. Mr J. P. Sheridan will open his Masterton season, to-night, in the Town Hall, when "The Earl and the Girl." will be staged. Commenting on the comedy, and New Zealand Times says:—"The Earl and the Girl" and many other attractive and-talented people included in the Sheridan Company serve to beep bright the torch of musical comedy at the Opera House. On the whole, "The Earl and the Girl" is a bright show, which revolves briskly round a practical joke that is really a laughable affair. The joke is richly decorated with melodious choruses, clever dances, and catohy lilts, which, with the ludicrous situations incidental to what is usually styfed the plot, make up a capital evening's entertainment. The pieae has earned approval in the Old County and Australia, and the large audiences that are being attracted in Wellington- stamp it as a popular sucoess. Mr John F. Sheridan is very much at home as Jim Chepze, a dog-trainer down on his luck. His ability to amuse is at least equal to what it was in the far-away days when he kept Wellington audiences in a scream of laughter at his famous Widow O'Brien. Of the others members of the company, Miss Ray Jones, Miss Barlow, and Mr Avalon Collard and Mr Jean de Lacy are capable performers." To-morrow night "The Lady Slavey" will be staged, and on Wednesday night, "Fun on the Bristol." Popular prices will be charged, and a successful season should result. The box plan can be seen at Miss Rive's, where day sale tickets can also be obtained. A novelty to theatregoers will be introduced, at the presentation tonight, of the "Eaifl and the Girl," in the Town Hall, when selections on a concert magnapbone will be played twenty minutes before the curtain rises; and during each of the intervals. . On the machine will be reproduced popular songs and in strumental pieces, and thus the usual monotonous "wait" between the acts will be transformed into a period of pleasure. The introduction of the magnaphone will, no doubt, contribute greatly to the amusement of the audience. At Mr Sheridan's recent season in the Wellington Jpera House a similar introduction was adopted with great success. The machine used this evening will be lent by Messrs T. Dwyer and Co., of "The Talkeries" (solo agents),and will be "operated" by them this evening, and to-mor-row ana Wednesday evenings as well.