RICKARDS' VAUDEVILLE COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8493, 23 July 1907, Page 6

RICKARDS' VAUDEVILLE COMPANY.

Mi- Riekards' Vaudeville Company will open a season at the Town Hall on Monday evening next. Mr Rickards has secured the assistance of a number of clever artists for his present tour, no fewer than six wellknown European "stars," namely, the Charlenes, King and Benson, Fred Russell and Miss Cassie Walmer, who recently concluded a five monies' season at the Palace Theatre, Lonc:.;n. Of the Charlenes a Sydney contemporary wrote as follows: — "Fc v turns at the Tivoli Theatre hav > created such a stir as that by tho newly-arrived Charlenes. They hv.ve come direct from the Folies Ejrgeres, Paris, and do full justice to their European reputation as draw-ing-room entertainers. Charlene himself is a legerdomain artist of consummate ability, rivalling Cinquevali. The act in which a number of torches are tossed about overhead is one of the most thrilling things seen on the Australian stage. The lady is a skilled musician and plays delightfully on the xylophone; her costume is dazzling." The box plan will open at Miss Rive's to-morrow (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock.