"OUR BOYS.”

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3899, 18 May 1899, Page 2

"OUR BOYS.”

On Wednesday noxt the Waipawa Dramatio Club inaugurate their third season with H. J Byron’s favourite comedy 4 Our Boys ’ This play has been selected at the request of a numbsr of supporters of the olub, who have pleasur able recolleotions of its representation elsewhere, and it is certaiuly one of the most sterling comodiee the local players have yet, attempted Constant and careful rehearsals have been the order c.f the day, and as due attention will be paid to tbe accessoraries, a very oven and enjoy able performance should resuit. Unlike a good many modern comedies, a well defined plot rnns through 4 Our Boys,’ while the dialogue is bright and witty Tho characters are well defiled, tho courtly grace of tbe aristocratic bet im pccunious Sir Geoffry Champneys being io direct oontraot to tho valgtrit, of the rich and good hearted Ptrkyn Middle wick, who boasts that he has made enough money out of bacon ‘ to buy up half the nobs in the countryA fine contrast of obaraoter is also afforded in the sons of Champneys and Middlewick, 4 Our Boys,’ as their parents call them, and who with the two cousins, Mary and Violet Melrose, form the pivot on which the play torus Miss Champneys is also an admirably drawn character, and Be'inda, the lodging hou?e 4 slavey,’ provides plenty of fun. A large orchestra will play a uumber of selections duriDg the evening.