ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 201, 11 August 1911, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. Mr. Jack Cannot, one of the best “Dames” in English pantomime, will appear as Dame Trot in “ Jack and the Beanstalk,” Mr. J. C. Williamson’s fifth annual extravaganza, to-morrow night in Hastings. As a pantomime comedian Mr. Cannot has a wide and varied experience, amongst his most important engagements being three Drury Lane successes to his credit. He is unusual in pantomime comedians in that, he possesses a well-trained high baritone voice. But what has brught him to the front rank of his profession is his rare turn of humour. His success in Australia has been remarkable, the whole house joining in his choruses every evening. Miss Mabelle Morgan is already favourably known to Dominion audiences as a pantomime principal boy. Since here three years ago, Miss Morgan has appeared at Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham in each case as principal boy, and has recently terminated an important engagement in America. She has the gift of point raying the spirit of a boy to the life. Associated with her as principal girl will be Miss Dorothy Firmin. Her engagement was regarded by the j. C. Williamson management as a coup, for her qualifications are exceptional. In addition to a voice rarely heard in pantomime, Miss Firmin is said to be a charming actress and a fine dancer. The second boy and girl are the Doherty Sisters, known throughout America as “ The Ginger Girls. ’ They come with a fine reputation as two of the very best high-class vaudeville artists that we have had in Australia. Last, but by no means least of the imported principals, are Mr. Willy Pantzer and his famous company of acroI bats—an outstanding feature. Their I performance, is sensation personified. clean, quick and clever. It I is this specialty that has created | such a marked impression on the other side. As to the spectacle and magnificence of the production, reports herald it as the very best and most astonishing the J. C. Williamson management have yet offered in New Zealand.