HOLLOWAY DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8365, 22 February 1907, Page 5

HOLLOWAY DRAMATIC COMPANY.

"THE SHADOWS OF A GREAT CITY." For the third night of their Masterton season the Holloway Dramatic Company produced "The Shadows of a Great City," when there was a large audience. The piece is a refreshing narrative of love and adventure in New York, and is suitably garnished with manly sentiment and breezy humour. It is a drama much above the ordinary run of such plays, and is interesting in every detail. By the intrigues of George Benson (Mr Godfrey Cass) and Abe athan (Mr John Hesford) one Tom Cooper (Mr Robert Innian) is falsely accused of the theft of certain jewels ard sent to prison.- " He escapes, in company with another prisoner, and in doing so rescues a child (Nellie Standish), which his comrade: had stolen from the prison with the object, of murdering. Tom Cooper lives happily with the child, who has grown into womanhood, and Biddy Roonan, a kind-hearted Irish woman, until he is faced with the charge of escaping from prison, and is sent back again. He again escapes, but this time to hear that his innocence has been proved, chiefly through the work of the girl he saved from death. Miss Beatrice Holloway filled the role of Nellie Standish in a creditable manner, and again gave evidence of her strong acting powers. Mr Robert Inman, as Tom Cooper, acted his part admirably, as- did Mr Godfrey Cass in the role of George Benson.. Probably the best character of the play was Mr J. P. O'Neill as Biddy Roonan. His delineation of the Irish character was excellent, and he kept the audience in roars of laughter/ while he was on the stage. Mr Wilton Welch, as Jim Farren, also sustained his part well. The other characters were in capable hands.. The piece was splendidly mounted,, the scene of "Hell Gate Rock" being particularly fine. UNDER REMAND. /To-night the company's Masterton* season will be brought to a close with an excellent four-act drama, "Under Remand." This production is remarkable no less for the brilliancy with which it is interpreted than for the intrinsic merit of the piece, says a southern contemporary. "Under Remand" has delighted audiences in all the principal cities of Great Britain and America,, and when produced by the Holloway Company during the recent Dunedin season was S voted the best and most exciting play |in the extensive repertoire. Twp well-known dramatic authors, Eric Hudson and Reginald Stockton, col- ! laborated in the work, and the result of their efforts is a play worthy of 1 production in any city. There is plenty of excitement and pathos re- ' lieved by a succession of comic i scenes. Miss Beatrice Holloway is ! said to be well cast as Nellie Trueman, while the remainder of the artists are allotted roles in accordance with their various dramatic capabilities. .To-moirow the com--1 pany will leave Masterton by the I morning train for Wellington in order to commence a season of four weeks at the Opera House on Monday next.