OPERA HOUSE—" HAZEL KIRKE."

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 84, 11 April 1887, Page 2

OPERA HOUSE—" HAZEL KIRKE."

r*t> " Hazel Khiße," a four net drama of ah old, fnshlonod typo, was produced at tho OliorA House on Saturday night, and hiiulo a favourable impression. Neither in plot nor hi incident 3 there much of originality about the work', but that fnol does not detract from it's success. The old elomcnts, of an only daughter lncurrinf; her parent's displeasure by marrying the mini of hei choico rather than the nihil of their selection, her consequent expiilcioVl from home, the suspicion of shame resulting from n Scotch marriage, the flight of tiio wifo homewards, and finally satisfactory explanations and reconciliations all round, form tho staple of tlio play, and in tho hands of so eapablo a company as that now occupying the boards of the Opera House, they arc presented ia iirst-clnss style. Miss Agnes Thomas as the heroine. Hazel Kirko, and MI- 0. W. Anson as Uunstan Kirkc. tho stern and irascible miller, her father, fiirni»,l\ portraitures of a vory high order of merit, Thehxdv'S impersonation i-niiarkodb.ydiscriiiiintvtiv-cstuiiyandbyfcupcilbi-hlslrionic skill. In every situation she .waft thoroughly natural, and the pi-.tli.te with Which she invests hor part in Urn third and foftrth nets Is really tonoliii.g. Mr Anson ns Dunatnn Kirko adds another to the list of clover stage portraits with which he has favoured the Auckland public. Hitherto thoy have only had tiro opportunity to admire his talent for low tomedy or for the delineation of the characlcr of a crafty and subtle viljjun. tut in "Hazel Kirko" U.^y -e;[\\ , v itness his singular Cnpaoillty for emotional action. He is an actor of great versatility and of considerable talent. His Dunstan Kirko is an impersonation of graphic forco and sirenglli! We do not care for MrTithcruge in low comedy, ami his Piltacus Green, ulthouKh funny chough in some passages, is marred byAhdppCarance of being ovoriicled. OC Ihe romnlning role!:, M't-s Beatrice l.ystct-'s Dolly, and Miss Tnyli'u-'; Mercy Kirko. Were dccidedU the bes'i-. The same hill will b'6 presented to-niirlit.