THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE.

Evening Star, Issue 11318, 13 August 1900, Page 4

THE ALHAMBRA THEATRE.

The usual Saturday evening: audience gathered at the above, and received the programme presented, with every mark of ap. proval. Air Fuller is gradually making .s££ house a most comfortable place of entertalfcl meat, and as the seats are so.arranged that everyone can seo the stage without twisting) or craueing there is no grumbling. TW audiences evidently. appreciate Mr FuUftjfii efforts in this direction, and when the pra* posed alterations—additions and dficoratf&i* —are completed the Alhambro- wiD, question, be the best little playhouse we* have. Nor art) the audiences of a ohari-oter that outsiders may be disposed to imagine.' We heard no ill-mannered chattering and talking during the performance, such as we have had to submit to in the circle during a Pollard opera, and the downstair* portion are infinitely loss noisy than a pit gathering in an ordinary theatre. This much is due alike to i?he house and its patrons. Nor did we hear anything from the stage of an objeotionablo nature. The performanoes havt greatly advanced in this respect, and there was nothing to which reasonable protest could be takea. In fact, Miss K. Lynn'g ballads wore of the usual ooncert order, and were sung with expression miri feeling, although her voice is not a string 1 one. Miss Lynn was formerly with "lIS Pollards, and wh- the latter let her leave'ui favor of some they have recently been putting in principal parts is another example of managerial perversity that is more than occasionally met with in the best regulated of opera companies. Mr 0. Fantag bade his Dunedin friends farewell. (5S and Miss,. Devoe were well reoeived. Mr Douglas, the Mahers.Mr Herberte, Mr Norris, and Mr Driscoll all did good work, and were all heartily applauded. New artists are on the way, and, in addition; pier*' tures of the war will be shown for the firs* time to-night. '■;'*'