PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5515, 27 April 1875, Page 3

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

Tin: attendance at tln-s house A\as consideiably all ucteil by tlie entertainments winch were taking place at the Clioial and Loincstrcct lialls last night The diain.i of "I '.low for I .low," which was ropiescnted for the Jir.st tune in Auckland, poH.se.ssos .1 simple enougli plot, turning upon the fact of the e\ibteucc of twin sisters so much alike in k ,iturc that one is successfully passed oil foi the other. In brief, the stoiy is this : Sn Hany Linden (Mr. Aveling) befoiu tlie dc ilh of hia fathei, and while he la a lieuti n.uit, m tlie navy mat lies Mildred, one of the twin sistei.s (Mil) 0. Darrell), he conceals Ins inamage fioin all but a friend of Ins latin 1, I>). (tj.ice (Mj. Oily Deenng). iJming his couitshi]) of tlie lady, however, lit li.is oecabiou to whip the conlidentialclerk of hoi latliti John iJiunnnond (Mr. llolloway) who vows vengeance, and almost immediately has an opportunity for showing his malice by be coming principal witness against Mr. Ciaddock (Mr. Thornton), the hither of Ins intended, who has allowed himself to lie forced by circumstances into the eiiinc of forgery, for which he is transported Dm ing the first act the other sister Alice, who has married against her father's wish, and lias in consequence been banished from homo, does not appear. In the second act we have Alice deserted by her good-for-nothing hus band, and making a bare livelihood by hoi needle. She is visited by Dr. Gra<i> audio him tells of her deep affection foi liui &i->lu whoso life size portrait adorns her room This picture gives the clue to the diseo\oiy of the plot afterwards made by Piuiumoud to destroy the happiness of Sir llany Linden, who (his first wife being dead ) lias married a second (Miss Maggie Knight.) liy working on the affection of Alice for her sister, whom ho represented to her as ha\ ing been basely disowned by Sir Harry Druinlnond, induces her to blast the happiness of tho youthful couple by personating her dead sister, and making them believe that hIiu is still alive. In the fourth act, Drtunmoud in his cups lets drop hints which induce I Jr. < ! i ac o to believe there is fraud somowhoi <>, which he eventually succeeds in exposing, Alice i elenting, and making a full confession when she learns that Sir Harry had always loved, .and still cherished the memory of his lust wife. The acting of tho sevcinl pcifonncis was fully equal to the reputation they have established for themselves. The comic portion of the drama devolved upon Mr. Uarroll as a lawyer's clerk (Charley Wpraggs), devoted to the theory rather than the practice of tho science of the P.R., and Kitty Wobbler (Miss Patty Holt), his sweetheart. — Tho same piece is to be repeated to-night.