MASTERTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB.

The first entertainment of this season took place last evening, and was a decided success, the house being orowded, The arrangements made for tho proper presentation of tho piece (The Tickot-of-Leave Man) were very complete, an cflicitut property master being evidently at work, The Orchestra was tho strongest the Club has yet secured, consisting of several members of the Masturtop, String Band, under the loa&sh'ipSf Mi' Limdfjvjsl. Their music, as usual, gaVe great pleasure, and was frequently applauded.' When the' curtain was rung up a very pretty garden scene 'sfa'a discoyered, ferns, ijowflrs, and' Chinese lanterns firing: a very good effect. Qn Melter Moss '(Mr G. Goiter) entering hi w»s greeted with a round of Vila mjujo ivj) being admirable, The Tiger (Mf jfjfapp) also, dressed bis part to tho lite, and acted in a free, natural style, which drew furtli frequent applause. Of course BoV Brierly, in Mr T, Wrigley's hands, was perfectly represented, and in each scene his mournful pathos, - or his quaint humor, his : hopefulness, jijs 'iieajjau:, copelkd as ; much sympathy from the audience as ; if tlie sceno ' was in real life, May Edwards on her appearance in the first Act was frgated to quite an ovation, $he J had dVessed'iho part'oj tho poor street singer in 'the most natural manner and hgr pale features'and'pathetiV toifchingly renderpd §oag would melt a heart of stone. The scenes'between jjpr" hpd Brierly called forth great applause. Emily St, Jilvi'emoiid (Cecil Ejverton) whp enters the gardens followed by her lover Green Jones (Mr Cross) obtained a very flattering reception from the audience,-the "lady's" j "get up" and style were immense, and her movements full of graceful abandon, Greed j'onea and this interesting young lady (who appeared in Masterton for the. first'time') were a considerable acquisition to the piece, tlie former depicting the soft, generous, sweet-tempered swell as \\ to tfte manner torn, whiltj the acting of the latter was very pepfect, Her Valentine song in the last act drew ''fgrth. tremendous applause from all parts of the house, atid an encore was insisted upon, and another verse was rendered in amore charming manner than ever This latest acquisition to the roll of ttye Club's members has made a reputation which voTTOeTßrawnlougnoy was well represented by a young lady (Maud Vincent) who is rapidly becoming a great favoritel with Masterton playgoers. Iu her acting'last evening she so pleased her audienee that occasionally she ' was interrupted by huvsta of laughter and applause. Her grotesque make up for the wedding parly caused considerable amusement. The incorrigible Sam was reproduced in the person of Mr H. Taperoll, and those who attended the former presentation ofjhe piece will know 1 the character did not lose by boing m his hands, In fact it was depioled with more freedom and a better conception of the character than on the first occasion, Maltby, the proprietor of the Bellevue G&rdons, and afterwards reduced to landlord of the Bridgewa)'er Arms, jjas jery efficient in his part, and a-better' delineator of the character than Mr J, F. Ward proved last night it would be hard to find. He was very ably assisted by a waiter (G. Wardl.who wag tljo beau ideal of the character, busy and bustling, never still, and he drew forth almost as much applause as the" Great Guns." The minor parts in the piece were well filled, The tableaux were yery excellent, The. first, where poor Bob is captured, the detective stricken down, and Dalton (the Tiger) escapes, was vociferously applauded, as was also the sad scene when Mr Gibson, informed by Melter Moss of Bob's imprisonment, dismisses both May and her lover on their wedding morning. This portion of the piece was very affecting, The final,scenes advanced in interest, and the culminating one where the Tiger and Melter Moss are

captured and Bob wounded but reinstated in the confidence of Mr Gibson, brought down the house, and tho curtain had to be raised. This closed tho play, and the audience dispersed well pleased at about 11.30. During the progress of the play one of the Chinese lanterns ignited and caused momentary alarm, but the flame was quickly extinguished by the pompous Maltby and the energetic and obliging Jaokson.