"TRILBY."

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 204, 29 August 1896, Page 4

"TRILBY."

Judging from, the demand; for seat* nncfl the opening of the plans at Wildmaß>«. "Trilbyiem " is likely to become as great* craze here as ib has been elsewhere. M Messrs Williamson and Musgrova bar* decided that the Company must return to; America per Mariposa on Saturday petit the seating capacity of the theatre'..will*. doubtless,, be, taxed to utmost dorwit the .five. ajgb^aV «£&Bpn, which cojjmeuWP on Monday evening, bj those, dosirons oi ■witnessing' the ■tagVpbrtra^&bJ: to? fcwr/, alters drawn^i&y sMir *Va" Maurief in W fascinating novel. In it's criticismortw firao performance in Melbourne «>« ••Argus" thus referred to thp prwcipal characters: "Miss Crane's mental and physical qualifications for representing bo complex a character w. Trilby are quite exceptional, She «»•• the part: to perfection, aid she plays ■» with rare intelligence and insigbt. _ W the earlier scenes she ia all impulse; 60?" frank, joyous, trusting, careless in every movement, passing from mood to m««J " rapidly as clouds chaee each other over Wfl face of a landscape. Under the mJm"». ot Sveagali she moves aboub jiM>;■ somnambulist, with a vague far-off loo*. '■ her eyes; an automatic action oi: n» limba, and a strange, mysterious ■*«["'■■ ness of aspect, and when she »W»M" from her long trance she makes yon , feel how absolute is the blank in-n.« memory, and how natural the incredoi"y with whichshe listens to the recital of W career upon the Btage. And the I»WVand the tenderness of the closing ****™, the Utt act constituted, a touching- «q" to a very fine piece, of acting. _/». Keuerally . adipiued , that Mr '"V Svengali i> the be»c part in the drama, o» subtle and uncanny work having be«»'o" admiration of every beholder, and U »» never to have been surpassed » c™ colonies." , . . . ■ ~.,.. >Ye have been requested to,« toU_"'"T account of the large demand for rt*l™* stalls, the management has decided to u»" open another couple of extras rowi,_« n«^ may be reserved on Monday moromß •" Wildman's.