"THE FATAL WEDDING."

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8466, 17 June 1907, Page 7

"THE FATAL WEDDING."

..Messrs Meynell and Gunn's draimatic organisation concluded their JMasterton season on Saturday evenling, when they staged the ever-popu-lar "Fatal Wedding" in the Town Hall, oefore another very large audience. The piece had previously been played in Masterton, but 'its popularity ia such that it was not surprising that there were many who wished to see it again. Interest is sustained in the play from the rise ,of the curtain to its fall on the tragic wedding scene. A good play, wellacted, fcand carefully produced, even to.the minutest detail—such a combination could not fail to meet with the success that it has already deservedly achieved. To traverse the plot h?re would be,unnecessary, but mention must be made of the children's .scene, in which the famous "Tin Can Band" is introduced. The children are well trained, and go through their various "turus" and by-play very cleverly. The sones —"Tin Can Band," "Kids Froiruthe Alley," "Josephine. My ,Jo," and "Pansy" —by Misses Qiieenie Williams, Maggie Dickenson, Daisy Mendoza and Maggie .Dickenson, respectively, show these little artists to possess good voices, ;and the encores on Saturday night were weil deserved. Miss Maggie Dickenson's ciog dance was a feature of the scene, and none the less meritorious, was,the characteristic dance by Misses Dickenson and Beryl Jackson and .the 'iDance Madcap" by Miss Flossie Dickenson. As for the main characters of the play Mr Conway Wingfield as Howard* Wilson .made; a very natural hero, his acting being unrestrained and «naoiaanal ytbexis necessary. Mr James Lindsay gave a fine pourtrayal of the character of Robert Curtis, the villain,of the;piece. Mr C. R. Stanford was capital as Peter Schwartz, ithe janitor. Too much cannot be said of Jittle Miss Maisie Fosner, who fitted the role of Jessie, M Hhe ;littfe mother." This little lady has ithe voice and bearing of an accomplished actress, and should have a successful stage career. As Mabel Wilson, Miss May Cong4on was firat-class. She put all the necessary pathos into her acting without ,any superfluities. Miss Dina Cooper was auccessful in the role of Cora Williams. She had a particularly difficult part to play, and her acting was exceJJent all through. Mr Tom Cannon and Miss Amy Singleton as Toio, the French butler, and Bridget the lady cook, especially kept the audience in roars of laughter whenever eitfcer of them occupied the stage.