THE FRANK THORNTON COMPANY.
—. —h> ■ ; "THE PRIVATE SECRETARY." Evon. Mr. ■ Frank- ThiMlt&H' expressed him-' .self delighted at" thd-.ocir/Eal recoptiori; given.' 'to ,tho'revival .of,"'" Tjjp £rivaj;q ;Sccr'otary !•', .at tho, Opera Housolost, evoijing.". And woil ' .ho niijght. . .Though' •HneVbleiKShts.'. woro.. iin-. propitious, ail audience, all too largo for tho numbor of seats, rocked-with laughter for a couple of ; hours at iioiQ'idiculoUslyrforlorn little ourato in', white;. ■'.who', is. by a, 6uritfttß; i t^^iqLc»r'6Sm"spic^ ! ; ■ oyer, which': ho has no;soptMlj-mado;-fhojivie; f ,tim of a misund^rstattdliig,- Ll too hilariously>j ■complex to expla'iii in«flotdL-.r.sTh'o "jo&edy;: ; .was adapted from tha- Gifrmainof tVaii 'Mpserf! 'toy Mr '.Charlos ra'contiiry ago, and has'l)qoit' : a ; Stockyaugiitoff ' ■mrikei' oyof' ,'sorvo.d: to- introduce .audionces a; scoro of; .ycjirff' on'oi ■which, on this sido of tlie •bo associated - with' jtoSi :sion ;of> the same or;gijiialvo?ritifc{|d Librarian," was played^inr^ow^Zroalaad ; 2Q- : yoars .ago by the . lato'MrU sandy :though 1 that 1 aetor r til ho'-inweiy.' achieved tlio.same degree df'tuniiofilaU aktii-l' by-pambyism as: tho a'ctortioS^'^s^rring^ 1 '; ■ iat tho Opera Houso.- z:-'..kw. The oharactor is oho of',tli'e'' mpUVS&licibusl/ ' ingonuous examples conceived, and . it is' • jfi, moro humourous delineation 4hatt'itha.t- : givem ; by .-llr. Thornton,, wlpmijiaturePhass favoured" I for the .role, 1 He was". ciSellbntly .supported , by.. that /clever 'character actor,',' Mr: "Harry. Ashford- as' Cattermolo|'' ,> w^B' , » mumming were' even jriorep surt'istitr "fliaiv-tjio ; good performances '.Jb.piasZg'K.QC'^arll^iif--the season. Anothor impersonation of noto was that ,of Miss Trench,' a' reliable" actresSj however" ""placed, Mr. Douglas Hamilton-golMt-good-deal out of tlio part of Gjbspn, : ;who wishes. to soiir' stfciiil ' : sphbrfls .than his own, and Miss- Elizabeth Hawthorn? as Mrs. Stead,' tho lMdPaay^of- ; th'o;®si!-'acl!;' was well placed. wasEdith Marsland, . and Cl'H're jMaififdld ' appeared as. her friend: EVS'Wsbstei 1 . -Ml-V'T; 5 ; Powoll as' Douglas Pbwell^'f'slr!" :V W ; Harr'y.Marsland,' and JK-KjppelfStbpjjcnsoif: as Squjrb Marsland wofo>falrly~successful. :v: - :i ! Thoro .will;be'.a matiff®• n of7'Tßo' : Pifivafij Seftrotary" this afteraboii^ 1 Jiiul' 1 ' will oloso this' evening :.with'^lHbtlit!f/J)el•{&J•m-'' , 11 ance of tho laughable coinedyp r .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 7
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313THE FRANK THORNTON COMPANY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 7
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