COMUS DRAMATIC CLUB.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2027, 4 July 1885, Page 2

COM US DRAMATIC CLUB.

Thk Announcement of the committee that j the Comus Dramatic Club had ;u ranged to give their thud performance of the beason on Thuisday List, secured, as usual, a \eiy large and fashionable audience of member and their f riends at the Oddfellow s' Hall. The programme pi esented two items, \i/. " Sweethearts," and the veiy amusing afteipiece "A Bilious Attack." In the former Mr A. Swarbrick plajed Harry Hpreadbrow, a. somewhat exacting part, inasmuch as it necessitates the inipersomtion of two diametrically opposed characteis. To tins peculiarity may be attributed the fact that Mr Swarbnck's effoits were not uniformly nuccessful thioughout. Indeed, the explanatory addendum to tljf title of the play, " a dr.unatic contiast,'' might well be applied to Mr Swarbriek's pei formance of the lole he assumed. Foi while his pourtrayal of the fond but timid lover in the first act was somewhat weak and ineffective, the representation he gave in Act 11, of the hale and hearty \ctei an iev inking the scenes of his youngei dayn, left nothing to be desired. Of the other characters, Mr S. E. ({. Smith was cast for th.it of Wilco\, the old gaidener. What theie was to do was done well, and the make-up was perfect. Jenny Northcott and Kiith weie played by lady amateurs, who^o effoits in their respective roles contributed laigely to the Ruccess of the performance. Between the two acts of the play a period of thnty-fho yeaM is supposed to elapse. May we ventuie to suggest to the stage management that, whatever the exigencies might hive been, it in hardly necessary to mipicss this fact upon tho audience at tho l.ito of one minute to the year. Tlio internal was a gie.it deal too long, albeit the tedium of it was modified by the mteipolation of some very good musical selections, voc.il and instalment il, by a lady amateur. Mr .Tiewhecllar also contributed the faxmiito song, "Alice, Where Art Thou ?" but, apparently suffeiinj; from the prevailing epidemic, did not xing in his usual form. In the afteipiece, Mr Swarbnck was completely in his element as Mr Jinniwin, and kept tho audience thoroughly amused fiom first to last. In this he was ably assisted by Mr Wauiei, who played Captain Maimaduko Myitle. The parts of Mis Jinni win and Kuth weio assumed by the lady amateuis who appealed in the pteceding play, and to whom our previous remark's will equally apply in this ease. The season closes with this entertainment, and we may expieis a hope that dining the u'ces-, the club will endeavour to lecrnit its sticntrth and leave nothing undone to maintain its wellearned rcqutation. Bikon.

Tho \{o% J. Dellow will preach at the Wesley.m Clmicli, Hamilton, to inoirow morning on " Seciet and revealed things, " and in the evening on " Almost voisus Altogether." Mi J. S. Buckland will soil at Ohaupo on Tnenday next, merino cuos (now lambing), longtvool ewns to lamb noxt month, long«ool JioggotH, 700 wcthorrt from Napier, 100 fat sheep, Ac. The particnlarß of tho furnitnro and ofloct* of Col. Lyon (who is lomoving fiom Waikato) to bo void at the residence, Hamilton East, onTlnnsday next, by Mr John Knox appear m anothci part of this iuHue.