"JANE "

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10509, 22 December 1911, Page 5

"JANE "

A SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE.

The Mastea-fcon. ■ Dramatic Qh*b were, so far v..a». weiit, hardly rewarded* for theirr. efforts in the prod/uction of the "Jane," which. was staged in- the TowsLHalllasti eveniagi: Thoeei who were there, htoweveir, thoroughly ap»precaoted the pnesent&tioni. Tihe piece pitoviidles many humoamis situations, wihdch account for its unfailing popularity. The plot is portrayed ini the rooms of a gay young bachelor, Charles Staokleton, has been. successfui : irn obtaining a handsome allowance from his guardian by various pretences,of which the principal one is that he has manned an extravagant wife, who has greatly increased his household expensed. Unf)ortuinajtesty hi& notifies hi& intenition of paying, a viisdt to his ward and M<& wife, to remonstrate with the lady* oil ner estraviaganoe. Tfcfc places Slhaoklieiton' under the necessity of finding a lady who will ajct as' his wife during the guardian's visit. He makes several unsuccessful proposals, and is nmaJly assisted out of hi!s dilemma by "Jane," his housemaid. Tihe attention of the audience is lieldi by the complications, which arise a® the result of the lack of umnfiimity among, the cbnepirat-oi-s in thie household. Finally the atmosphere is cleared, and everytteng ends just as it should. MisA Olive RSoluards as "Jane" is to be congratulated on lu?r ai'tistic arui vOvaciouE ir.iterprctaticn' of luer role. Slie had evidently devoted a con>sid>eraible amount of time to the study of her' part. a>vid the result was certainly very pltieasiing. The part of CQinrles Sliaokleton (Mr Herbert Fair-wea/Wier) was also weF filled, and as paincipals ici the productioin: these two were tow or scf ptTO'ngttli. Miv& ; .Jessie Petri©. (Mr& MiSs Etliel Anderson (Lucy Norton, Sihaclileton's lianceie), and Mi's® Gwen Vile (Mrs l'lxtcin), a'M contributed liargely to the succe.ss of the performance. Mr W. Par'kea' as the "man," WdHia.m, ably a:s£t : .!sited in complicatijip; iriattws, and. to him also is due a special w«d of praise. | Mr Beirt S.vvereton as "CLaorde" il'ie ia-represdb ; le. buttons, Mr W. M. Falconer as "Micliael Kershaw," the> guardian, i!'r Laurie Lawrence (Pdxton), and Mr Joo Evans (bailiff), aoquitted themsc'l'ves ici a manner ww- ; thy of cGinme-ndatiion.

Tlu'i pin sic contributed by an orchestra under tflie leadership of Mir Frank McKeaizie was much appreciated.