OPERA HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1706, 25 March 1913, Page 5

OPERA HOUSE.

The ; Opera' House was packed to the doors'--with : a merry' holiday'audicnce last evening to'witness the. sccond performance by-Mr.. Allen'Doone and his company of "The Wearing of the Green." Tho comedy is a. play uponlrish sentiment, -Irish huinOuiy and Irish patridtisui, and he whosb heart would not warm to the blarney of Allen Doono is no true son of Erin; ! This pleasant actor has a kuack of. ingratiating himself in the favour of audiences not so much by what he does or ' sings, as 1 the manner -of ' the doing of it. Sure enough , he. fires the true hearts withhis ■ impassioned - singing ■of ' "Tho 'Wearing of' the Green," which is .' followed Ijy as hearty and continuous applause as any actor would wisli to hear. Mr.'Doone, as Phil. Fitzgerald, sings the swinging ■ lilts, "Nora -M'Namara," "Ireland, . my Ireland," • and' "A -Four-leaved Clover." 'Miss Edna Keeley, as (ho charming' Nora, is always ready to listen to-the voico of her gossoon, and,. indeed, to quit-..painting in oils to jig gently in unison -with - the rliytliyni of • hor lover's handy waltz songs. One of the most Irish on-the stage: is ; Miv Tom-Buckley, as Captain'Adair, an-ex-Irish soa captain of the day ■of martinets and rope-ends. Miss 'Ethel'Bashford,-of whom the-audience is only .permitted,glances, is an attractive Kitty Adair, and little Connie . Kyte, is clever as l'eggy -M'Ginnis. "The Wearing of tho Green," which is very handsomely "costumed,-will'be Staged throughout 'tho'week. Tho play was witnessed -last • evening by a contingent •of lads from St. (Patrick's Collego and members of tho teaching stall.