“The Prodigal Father.”

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3896, 11 May 1899, Page 2

“The Prodigal Father.”

There was a large attendance at tbe Oddfellows’ Hall on Tuesday night, when the Maggie Moore Roberta company staged “ The Prodigal Father." The oomedy ia one of tho fanciest that has been produced for years and fairly bristles with points, many of which wore misted by the andiunua. The fun ccutroe around Mr Standloy Dodge, who lean a New York to oxploro, in tv-r of ecionoe, tho wilda of Atrl a Unfortunately he gets no forth.r than C ioago, where he has an exhiiiarating sii months following the fair serio-onraio artist D illy B mdo roond tho theatres. R tnrnin ■ home he half makes op his mind to conf-ss nil, bnt fearfnl of the ronseqnaiicus he deter mines to stick tn the Atrium game, aod backed op hy bis val-t, Smite, tells of bis wopdroes adventures, in a style wbioh wonld make even Du Rongemont blast). Dodge's daughters secretly call in the aid of a pressman tn chronicle their father’s adventures, and ha, seeing good "copy” in the old gentlemaii'a storiea, write) them np for all they are worth. To odd to tie complications Dolly Bunde arrives on the scene and insists on being ioiroduoed into the family. From this pniut the [in waxes fast and fnrions ; j ikes and iudi croui sitnuliouH follow ODeauother in quick succession, for aa aooo hs Dodge extricat s himauif from one diffi mlty of his own creating, another immediately crops up Mr Roberts’ impersonation of the h r i of Africa was an admirable one, being true

to sutn e and free from exu No detail (evon to the walk) wi? '-.> personify an aristocratic g e „ superior breeding, and the ieibente mien with which h« self while bia troubles begin to late around him greatly comedy, and gave a peculiu k every new development. Mr especially clever in the fi Q& i ( interview with “ King Kakap 0 when the last straw seemed [ 0 bis bewildered head and drive traotion. It wai undoubtedly! piece of character acting seen pawa for years. It is many y, Miss Maggie Mooro aud her made their first appearance in when they took the pahlio bj “ Struck Oil ” Sinot then ib( t tained her position m a public and Bings bb well as ever, Bands she was bright and p| e , tbe introduced Bongs were reo« load demonstrations of appr 0 , Madge Corcoran, who has app* before, gave an acaeptahle repr, of Kate Dodge and Miss Bran-, BQcceßefnt as Tacy Dodge. Mrij oreated a deal ot amusement u Daff. He bad a coog- nlil pin, the moat of it. M Bars £lOl, Cochrane as Tom Bret se and P w contributed toward* the saco* play, while Mr Ennis as Smith 1 Ward as tho Rev Mild way excellent representati ms of th« tive characters. The play , mounted.