THEATRE ROYAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4623, 16 January 1894, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL.

American Nouelty Company. \ ( It may be safoly enid that tho i American Novelty Company is the bust variety troupe that lias ever visited Mastorton, and deserved a muoh larger audience than was present last night at the Theatro Royal, though doubtless'the oppressive' beat kept , many away, and it would be a great ' improvement if the root were romov- \ able, or better still, if an open air , theatro we're built in- Masterton, 30 \ that the fan could be enjoyed without , the audience being poisoued by the , fuuies of g« ot alrnostatilkdwitu the , exhausted air, For the performance . itself there can be nothing but praise, j oy' ' jltem was received with applause , ,'• ihat the whole programme was | I ihwunh without a sinsjle hitch , on. the stage , Bongs, dunces, and , choruses, were followed wiih startling , :■; rapidity by some original high-kicking , and gymnastics by practised contor , . tionista, and tho perlbrraanco was , "Laundry , Pantomime "llhich fairly brought , down the house. We can confidently recommend onr nadors to patronise i this first-class variety entertainment, ] which is to be repeated this ovenini;, and tho programme will be changed ] during the week until Friday, when the Company leave for Wellington Ihe first part of the programme consisted of songs, choruses and dances, with intervals for negro minstrel entertainment, in which the corner men and the interlooutor crackrcl many jokce, which were smart and up-to-date, and not the hackneyed | ones usually heard at these entertainments, After the overture, Mr Jas, Mooney sang " Come along Sinuers" i with a pleasing refrain, The song ' and dance, " Daisy Bell," by Mioses I '' Delroy and Lynne seemed much i appreciated, and wasaccordod a hearty J . encore, A pathetic balhd, "The ' Broken Home," was sung by Miss i ! Polly Bobertson, and it wus refreshing ! to note that in this story it is the 1 wife who wap responsible for the I I disasters; in these days it is, as a 1 rule, a drunken husband who figures as I ' the wrecking spectre. A comic refrain, ] "These bones shall rise," by Mr • Harry Crawford, wus followed by the • | "Miner'sDreamof Home." by Miss Ida I l', Holbein, who sang with much feeling, ' and an oncore was demanded by her ' j delighted bearers, Mr Olias, Naylor, i in bis Tyrolean song " Come Away," l introduced tho beautiful yodelling of i the Swiss and Tyrolese peasants. I The first parL of the programme ! was brought to*a close by Messrs i Crawford aud Mooney giving a clever piece of tumbling and fooling in the ■ trapeze act. After a brief interval J *' America's greatest grotesque dan- 1 cera" gave a really wonderful performance, in which the high kicking i and clever trick 3 of these two prac- 1 tised gymnasts kept tho audience f .".■■■ bubbling over with delight, the ] • younger .portion of those present c apparently highly delighted with the agility and grace of" Pelo and Jim." 1 A popular London craze, the "Rowdy I Dowdy Boys," was introduced to a £ Masterton audience by Misses Delroy e •■~ and Lynne/ It would appear that the "Rowdy Dowdy Boys" are not a unlike the genus " Larrikin,' i and perhaps the fellow greeting I ' caused the rapturous applause. E A patriotic song by Mr Charles Moore 1 was welt received, and the "Golden 1 Summer Time" a beautiful song and dance by Misses Delroy and Lynne i and Stowo and Jas. '. Mooney • capitally done and pleasantly suggestive of green fields and bubbling streams. The "Laundry Pantomime" in which Messrs Craw- . . ford, Stowe and Mooney took the , characters, brought tho entertainment , to an end. This piece alone is wonh ' the price of the scat, and the 1 •' Cbinkies" are capitally represented, j The rollicking fun is contagious aud < as tho curtain descended the house i waß in roars of laughter. The per- f formance is to bo repeated to night, J