"THE GAY GORDONS."
h - The box plan for the first six perr. wftD«noes of "The Gay Gordons, ' » •iC- yß^ an d comio opera an two acts by Hicks, tho famous English '*-jJ\jMarwright and comedian, which Clarke T**** *■** Meynell's new English Opera Com- "' v Pjny will stage for the first time in ' •-'Qtfistchurch at the Theatre Royal V eonmoDcing on Tuesday next, will be *? , Wened at tho Dresden at 9 %™**> i this morning. The pro-v faction is said to b* as full of detail £V. * ' *hft. staging and mounting as a 1.1 B*ntomimo or spectacular drama, and \\. Vomtaua to a largo extent the charp ■~* e *<H , istice of each. Nothing has been
neglected to make tho opera trur to Nature in overv way. Kcal h«&ther was imported from Scotland to adi to the realism of tho Scottish moor scene in the first act. The Scotch costumes worn by the lads and lassies come from Edinburgh, and the Gordon Highland .Uniforms worn by tho full company in the- prand fiunie to the first act, "are claimed to bo correct in every detail.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14161, 29 September 1911, Page 9
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