THEATRE ROYAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4331, 31 January 1893, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

» The Holloway Dramatic Qom- \ pany. ( The Holloway Dramatio Company , opened their Masterton season at the ' Theatre Royal last evening, to a large and thoroughly appreciative audience. The play staged was " A King of j Iron," the details of which we have , already published. Frequent out- , bursts of prolonged applause greeted , tho Strong points of tho piooe and at the conclusion of every aot the principals were called before the curtain, 1 One thing everyone had to admit, 1 and that was that every charaoter—even the smallest—was complete to the minm est detail, Miss Constance Deorwyn, as the cruelly wronged r wife, gave an exceedingly able pour- ( truyal of a part that made considerable demands on her artistic skill. She played with groat effect, . thoroughly enlisting the sympathies of the audience. Miss Alice Deorwyn, in the comedy part of Nancy Thorp, infused a world of life and fun inio it, and met with a warm reception. The intensely comic love scene between Nancy aud Sam was a perfect gem in its way. Mi6s Marion'Medway did full jumice to another comedy part-that nf Selina Thorp—Sam's bister. Miss Linda Raymoud as Geraldine Bellow, the hfiireas, acted her part perl'eotly. Miss Era Jackson creditably performed the small part of Florence Meredith, whilu Miss Norah Clayton's Nurse Bland was a good representation of the cruel, vindctive woman, Mr Charles Holloway as Gentleman Jack, and later as Bir John Graham, gave a careful finished performance of the villian, expressing in life-likefashion tho utter baseness and hypocrisy of the character, As kindhearted Dr. Meredith, Mr Riohard Stewart completely won the hearts of his audience, while Messrs Deering and CoughlaD were immensely successful in their impersonation of the low comedy parts, and the scene in which tliey converse together about the '"good time they have had" after a carousal, was mirth - provoking in the extreme. Messrs Rossmoro, Power, Vincent, Melville, Money, Willard and the rest, all did their share towards the success of the whole, and helped to make the piece slide without a single hitoh, The costumes and mountings were good, and a word of praise is certainly due to".the Masterton Orohestra, under the able conduotomhip of Mr Clifford, for their Bhare in the success of tho entertainment, Tonight , the company will produoo the sensational drama, "The Wages of Sin," and we fully expeot to see tho house packed.