THEATRE ROYAL. "FRAGMENTS FROM SCOTIA.?

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9998, 24 May 1895, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL. "FRAGMENTS FROM SCOTIA.?

A good all round house greeted Mr Walter fientley and his company lasbsi _ißht,-whe_"tbey-'prodt!-Pd tbelrrepnted variety entertainment, " fragments from Scotia." The first part consisted of an , Instructive address— or, ratber, reading— ' being a sketch of the development] of .Scottißh-hnmorßtirl" its' causes, copiously interspersed with anecdotes (some of them chestnut-Ton'g'elbce'r.pened) delivered in Mr Bentley'a beßt Scotch accent, which kept the andlence in roars of laughter jfor over an hour. The second part consisted of "A trip to Scotland," iljas"Crated J with "very " fi_e~"lirnellg*?t viiws of Scotia's mosb delightful scenery, diving opportunity for the Misses Blaiey and Best to distinguish themselves in Scottish voealism. The former's contributions vfere " 'Twas witbln a tulle of Edinbnrgfi "Town""' '(encored), "Ro iln Adair " (encored), and " The Land o' ihe Leal," and the latter's " Mary of Argyi c," "John AndersoD, my Jo, John," md "Ye Banks and Braeo." Mr Bent ley made explanatory remarks as tbe piotnres twbtch Indeed) were thrown on the screen, and at the conoluEJon recited with adequate feeling Burn's beautiful poenjj " The Cotter's Saturlay Night." The entertainment was pronounced by the public to be an excellent) one, having sn educational -trend as Jell as being highly entertaining. Miss HUcbings presided n.t the piano,.her aoMmptf&mntiti '^^k^^Wv veil i modulated, asd testefal.iu m .-.t/io '' Tdin7gbtri_'>represij_thtlon»'o_' a n ost ' 'r^pitt'lte'scqib $1,1 Jbe '^'vtei-l, o^that n ost '.Wflnderfnl 'performance, the Passion Hay of Oberammergau. Mr Walter Bentley has succeeded wherever be has given ihia ptoa'n'etjo-p'ln' e)ifr__«jig"tte»Tß_diei ces 'Mi lsfJlsT#H&^!s^th «>e abaoTblngiuetQre of .the theme, :bas fa rly "tlve.ted his hearers. The-piaterial dle[ lay is said to be of a very fine oharaoter, md . tykwfmwmz jtosmk\s. tb , e ■# ' ,'proiifflcttßPf ip^, -495T0,, ,bea>3>.«aiMy .icoloifed,-, ■cannot ' falliuto .-convey i,tO' .ihe m nd -i c '__ost accurate idea 'of 1 the sceaed and characters of the original rer I ,^ .jfprpjapce.,,.. .Th>?,„, vpc(il...poi;tiop' atone ishould: ,beu w<K*bongf>)pgi la'i'cilqng tfay to hear. ' Miss' Ros. NBlaney will rentier ; raoh"*'Rr#-;frtvd|it-s: ) p i . .'•• Th.' .'Star/ of BebWehep}^', \llX'A^mf-\ WftJvMy Redeemer llvetb," and " The Holy Clfly," wbilßt Miss Beat's contributions willTbe " Lea Raneanß " und, '• Calvary." Doubt'l&s fte 'praari^p^ ofi^ejPaaionj Plai in Napier vlll'-be.jwitnessfifl. bjy^-vjery large :; _udlence, '»■"■■,''