THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 195, 20 August 1888, Page 2

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE.

( (To the Editor.) / ;Sir.,Tr\yhile, the air is full.of proposals tj (give benefits, I will take the opportunity o adding one more thereto ; it is this: Tha one night be set apart for a benetit to Mr [Cooper,",., This -'.jfifted littlelady,,••■' wh' has » ; so:■ 'Ofteii :■; deliglibfxl Aiiclclani audiences and assured the success o p^fonriarices, -is most; deserving,/of* recognition such sis ; this, and if "the ide is; carried out, a bumper house will be th result, There is nothing in the objectioi that MrS'Co6pel''is ad amafedi'; there ar many instances of amateurs taking bene fits, and in any case as Mrs Cooper has. i; a measure taken,to music, 'and indeed, act ing, -tsa a means ot livelihood', it would no be transgressing^ any, well-known rules t accord her what I suergest. The character of Jilabel is a very tryin: one for this piquante little actress in cons* quenqe of the great Compass i> of the music out despite, her recent illnessj from whio she can; hardly be said now to have k covered, She has fully maihtained her hig reputation, .an.(J is again nightly carryin off the palm, ifcia generally acknowledgec The ifacb that Mrs Cooper's severe illnes was contracted through, attendance at r< hearsals on wefc evenings lends weight t fiiy. stlggestion, and Ihope that the absur point that was raised on a previous occasioi that it was unusual to give amateurs bent fits, and which upset a similar proposal d that Qccasion, will be scouted on this, ahi it will be remembered that circumstance ftltercases. —lam etc., Ixfemx.