THE GRATTAN RIGGS COMPANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4121, 26 May 1892, Page 3

THE GRATTAN RIGGS COMPANY.

Shadows of a Great City, !Eho (jjraltan Biggs talented company gaye its second performance in Masterton lsat (Wednesday) night, whe'p tjio fla,s agajn pd appreciative, The d.ratpa staged, "The Shadows of ft Great Oily," was one ot the most romantio ever pot on the boards of the Theatre Royal, and afforded opportunity for the individual members of the company to demonstrate the high degree of their i histrionic attainments! We regret ''(fiat thespace at our disposal precludes our giving the performance the notice jt deserves, suffice Jo say,'that its |Ur%-uferif : testified to" in a mjrked manner by the loud, and prolonged applause of the audience, T|)e whole of tho characters were well sustained, Of Mrs. Blandish thero i could flot possibly have been.a be'CleV■ representative than Miss Maud Appleton, whose conception of the pathetic inoidcntii in the career of a helpless, forsaken widow wafl both faithful,and clever, ,. Miss A, lieouar4 gaye a capital ppurtrayat

of the character ol Nellie Standisb, whilst as Biddy Roonan, the tenderhearted Irish fishwife, Mr Gfntlap Eiggn was quite at home. Mr Robert E, Inraan bs Tom Cooper, Mr J, P. West as Abo Nathan, Mr Scot Inglis as George Benson, and Mr Travers Yale as Jim Farren did credit to their respective purls. Indeed, every character in'the piece, as we have already said, was well sustained, A third and final performance will ho given this (Thursday) evening, when the thrilling drama " The Irish Detective" will he produced.