RICHARDS COMPANY.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 290, 6 December 1889, Page 3

RICHARDS COMPANY.

.CHANGE OF PROGRAMME,

;>lp. Harry RiokarOS is detetminod thab Ills patrons in Auckland shall have no cSu.e to complain of monotony iv I'egard to his entertainments; add, last nighb changed > fib programme in noarly all ibs features, * t_d_gh he has ofily kepb his .first oh for two nights, and nobody had gbb ■:■■ tirtd of ib. In fact, riobody is likely to get in the least tired of any of the programmes. 'Ffom 8 o'clock till nearly 11 the fun is fasb arid furious, and when one is sbrolling quietly home rubbing his aching sides ib skeins to Id hi impossible thafc he can have 7 v -l.h In the Opera House so long. , '.A large and appreciative audience filled tn.'H.uso last evening, despite th. boisber- ■'.', ous weather. The performance Opofled . with a farcical cotaßdy, "In a, Fog," which Jtjye Mr Rickards an opportunity to _ bring m se'vferal copiic s&ngs, in which he, as u.uai, brought dOwtt bhe house? while v Mf and Miss Murphy were also Very ' 7*|rjf aUfecessfiil in the sorigs introduced by then.. Mr Davys made a very goOd oid ; jfcau, and Miss Ada Delroy had Only, to -, £ 180k hlce, which she did splendidly. The |efeohd parb opened wibh a spite devalues by • Hiss Fernandez, bhe pianisbe, of the Comply-. Miss Geofgio Devde fbilowed on bhe AAA 'raetdt&phone, from which she dreft siveeb music. Tho rcsb of bhe programme * a s of bhe samo stylo as on bhe previous evenings, bufc introducing new s *onj*_ by Mr Rickards, Mr 8011, bhe ■ * lUr pnys, and Miss Delroy. Bub oh, I say ! have you seen bho marionebtcs ? If nob, bhe *.?u se iot you ' Tlie performance concluded 7 With k SiireaFniiig farce arranged by Mr Wm9 Boil, "T'other Dummy," which :K6pb the audience literally in rOars of - WUfthter. It is the most absurd and laughable thing of its kiud seen in Auckland for I years. To-nighb there will be anobhef A v!p»Jge of programme, including several of Uarry Rickards' best songs. * - -- ■■ _. ._. ...