MISS GENEVIEVE WARD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5465, 24 January 1885, Page 2

MISS GENEVIEVE WARD.

Tins talented actress and the able company by which she is supported closed a successful season of three weeks in Wellington last night, and after a short stay at Napier will como on to Auokland, opening on Monday, 2nd February. Miss Ward's histrionic reputation stands very high, and tho laurels" which she has won in England, America, and Australia aro still pro erved fresh by her wonderful powers. Tho "Thoatre," a London publication, says of her appearance in tho metropolis :—" The success of Miss Ward is bayond question ; and it is a most exceptional character. . . . Miss Ward's por-

formanco is brillhnt with intellectual character, beautitul. with refinement, nervous and sjecl-like with indomitable purpose and icy glitter, fearfully intense with passion, painfully true to an alllicting ideal of reality, and at last splendidly tragic. And it is a shining example of ductile and various art." This Miss Ward is supported by Mr W. H. Vernon and a j powerful company.BS will bo seen by the full j cast of characters advertised in our columns ( to-day for the opening play, " Forget-me-, Not." Booking for the season has already ■ made active progress, and thote who wish to enjoy the rare intellectual treat which is promised by this visit should not delay in leaking application at the box office. For the opening night tho house is already pretty well taken up, proving that the high reputation of Miss Ward is known and appreciated here.