THE DOBSON-KENNEDY CO.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3736, 14 February 1891, Page 2

THE DOBSON-KENNEDY CO.

Inferring to the Dobson-Kennedy Company, which appears in tho Theatre Royal on Monday evening, the Grey River Argus says : The public of Greymouth will to-night be afforded the opportunity of listening to one of the best dramatic coirbinations we havo been favored with for a bng time past. Indeed if the company do not belie report they are quite above tho average,J«)f Mr Kennedy, of course, need be said, as evory one iu Greymouth recollects bis sterling worth as an actor. Miss Idrene Thornton (Mib Collet Dobson) has achiovod a reputation iu tho colonies that has placed her namo iu tho front rjnk as a loading lady. On this point a contemporary sayß—"Miss Thornton waß originally a Christchurch lady and early displayed very great dramatic talent. Among her first appear- 0 ances on the public stage was twelve months' engagement with Brough and BoucicHult, playing in Jim the Penman, and numerous other picceß. Her first hit was at Sal Rawlings in the Hacsom Cab at tho Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne. Tho next engagement was with Mr St. Maur, travelling through Victoria and Tas- —'« and subsequently appearing in .. «. A ~- n • Melbourne. She canio ... * * IQ April of this year and has been play, ing in Canterbury and Otngo." Although wo; arc not familiar with all the members of tho Company, it ia quite safe to say that they are individually and collectively up to a high artiste standard. Miss Jjily Hill (Mrs J. J. Kennedy) is sufficiently well-known to bo able to rely upon her reputation. All our coutempo*

raries agree in pronouncing Mr Dolson to be a clever and rising actor, and one with an assured future. The Company will open with " The Shau£hraun," one of the late Dion Boucicaulfs most popular dramas. The Company suffered a l''ttle from the late terrible visitation in the way of weather. Whpn they 1- ft the Bealey they let their properties behind them, and in order to put "The Sbaughraun,' on the boards a despeTate rush w?s made to get tli" cos tumes ready. The cast for the play i a very powerful one, and we have no doubt that a treat will be affored to the public which they will thoroughly appreciate. ~ft A Divorce Case-I-n'vebcargill, February 13. • After a hearing extending over three days in the Divorce Court, the petition for a judicial separation by Mrs Hobbs, wife of a farmer, was granted, the jury having answered in the affirmative as to whether the respondent had been cruel to his wif6. The evidence was most contradictory, that for the petitioner being that she was a much injured woman, with a brute of a husband ; while the respondent's witnesses said she was a ■virago and responsible for all the troubles. Qhey have been mslQbd over thirty years. There is no family.