A Record Run.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 11

A Record Run.

LAHGJjR' TEE YTItE AY ANTED IK WLLLINGIOX , V As- in, oyery;. other, placp'.'visitcd,, tho pantomime "'iMotlitr . Gcoso" .has 03tablishcd•• a piece. ill Wellington,";' ''Diiriiig' -its' 'stay- in <• • ' the. merry •; i&trairagaristf-has'.^^b'ecii.pla'YcdktivoritJVitircos-^fifftien 'evening ;perfpnnaacos .ii!id' : " v ©V:Matin- l ; t ' ete'j' and- evory 'perfoi'niai'.covliiLsv.bcou. played, to. audioncesv't<)p'Jarge\ i for ; -'th« ; ,seating : ;'capacity'of':tliu,: Opera-: House.; ..v iwitii . Mr. Richard Stewart.UoniwoN-.i-fr ppl'Mr v/as :Aif6rmed' , t:fht.v^orao , :3l,CM ' or 35,009;'people'nnist I;av6', ; ,witnessed... \tii6 ; 'pantomirttf:in i 'AVcllin^ l n, thojnsfi; .',. of'cpurso,' that .'number MuH-.jjrobalily '. inclutlfi hundreds., of. people who had . been present oii two 'or more occasions.. . He .sighed:, ivit!i. the rccollcution oC.the:'--. many that had to .ho refused, admission !. during. tho. : past, season. After sonie / -.. years of- tho. closest observation,' Mr. /. jStbvart- 'is ; cinviiieeil that' Wellington \ - 15 the. best shpw-tmvh. 'iti,,thc'DonnnionV ; iio" (locs'. not 'admit:: that . the''firm's \v'' .average ;'rcet;ipt.^ in' '\Vel- ' liiigton'.thau' iu^Ahel^aiid—-this; city's - :'Hval : ift this 'as ; 'in'other., regards—but lh: the case of the( hbrtherh-'city thero V ' Has Ills Mi*. ntitre,which at.•.tho -usual big busiuess prices■ (os;-, 3s. (lil.i' -and 1 2s. Gd.) . held irom £80: to • .€!)U ; more , than the Wellington Opera .ld.puso,; .arid lin'many! oases filled -lat. those prices;-Against-this. however,, lio' iv'ciglis• ; t.h0*. 1 luiii 1 jcr . of., people :ih. •; .' Wellington tliev have,to frequently.-r£ fuso',< t0,.-admit «tor! : .tho : . Opera'-' Hons? iS ; full, to. its- capacity,. and: the''. 1 money ; so! turned'.'avray; from the; :doo'rs'; ' assuming' it coiiM bVtakcYi, raoro'thiin ! represents ■ the difference in the' -playhouses; 1 ■ -" It'is time-Wellington had a larger theatre.''.-said .Mr.-fStewart. " Every- ■ thing indicates that' tho existence'' of such ft theatre is justified in the peoplo ' ive have •to : turn away, riot alono in ; the case'of' 1 Mother',Goose,' but with Other companies'that'havp boon here during; the- last two ; 'ycors. The caso s of the. pantomime isVgbod ovidonco, for wo; must ; hiivo ',turned away £50 tonight, arid tliis' is i;tho twentieth and ; iast performance in Wellington. .... ".Auckland people scoffed \at tho idea ■ ■ flf. two ,thOAtfcs ;being 11 i success, bnt • tho result more than justifies tho build-. •ittfe' pf illi's-.Jlaiesty's..'Theatre — tho largest in the coUiitry." \