LOST IN LONDON

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3903, 3 September 1891, Page 2

LOST IN LONDON

The Dotoson-Kennely Oompaay.

There was another good audience ii the Theatre Royal last evening to wit ness the production by the populai Dobson-Kennedy Company of Watti Phillips' sensational drama, '' Lost ii London." The various characters wen lustained with the greatest credit hroughout, the audience being evei nore demonstrative in its applaust ban on the previous evenings. Thi )lot of the piece is very simple, an< ihe connection between the respective icts can be traced with the utmos •ase. The representation of the hap ess heroine by Miss Idrene Thornton ,he young and loving wife who is lure; iway from the happy home of a Laa sashire miner by the temptations of i jase deceiver from London, is a capita rae. The simple love of a fond wife ;he captivating gestures of a re ined lady, the feminine weakness ind the pathetic repentance o: >ne who realises that she hai prronged another in yielding to th< roiceof the tempter, are each pourirayed by Miss Thornton in a mannei which stamps her as a most charming ind accomplished actress. Her im< personation of Nelly Armroyd wai really an admirable one. As Job irmroyd, the heroic and tender learted Lancashire miner, the loving lusband, and the determined foe, Mi Oollet Dobson quite excelled himself [ndeed, in this piece full advantag* B-as taken by Mr Dobson of the oppor ;unity afforded for displaying thi mperior histrionic powers he un> loubtedly possesaea. Gilbert Feather •tone, the villain of the piece, could lave found no better exponent than Mi P. Norton, who was accorded a verj high compliment in being hooted ai ae appeared before the curtain, Th( whole of the other characters wer< well sustained. The comicalities ol ;he unrefined Lancashire Lass wen beautifully pourtrayed by Miss Li\] Bill, whilst as Mr Benjimin Blinkei Mr R. D. Campbell scored a greal mccess. The Butler, too, was wel represented inMr Baville. The piece though calculated to arouse th< emotional nature, was highly inter ■sting from beginning to end. In an interval between the first anc lecondacts Mr J. J. Kennedy recitei ,he soul stirring Irish poem " Shamui s'Brien " with sujh pathos and powei hat the aHdiencs was held fairlj ipell bound. For his excellent ■ecitation Mr Kennedy was loudly ipplauded. The bill for to-night will be the pectacular drama " Current Cash."