OPERA HOUSE
Tho perennial popularity of Fuller's versatile Vaudeville , Company vvue onoo more shown on Saturday night. Dospito .■-troupe counter-attraction the hou*e was as full as i'vct, and , tho performance, wont with all its wonted swing. There won; no now stars, !>ut tho old favour-itci-i were as shccvmtimil a.s crer, and a judicious change oi programme guarded
;vj;ainst tlie monotony of repetition. Ik'ck, the unconventional artist, painted pictures with a givat spo.Ml, much to tho wondering delights of the audience. His premutation of the battle of Tshutshinia was vivid and reali.-.'iic. Alma's incompreheiisibie teats of k'gurdenwin and tricks of illusion bewildered and entertained. Fresh songß «nd acceptable items wore contributed by Will Stevens, Carl Collier, Walter Anderson, Misses Iw (Jallardi, Millie and Rosie liertoto, Ethel Leslie, and Cissie Whiti'ord, whilst a sect of mirth-nrovoking pictures added to the gaiety of tho evening.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 7
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