THE GOURLAY AND STOKES COMPANY.

Inangahua Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 508, 8 June 1895, Page 2

THE GOURLAY AND STOKES COMPANY.

ThiMOompany made its first ap* pearaEH. in Reefion last night and openeoMto a good house. Unfcrtun.telyfce train was delayed, andconaequeiapr the management could not stage BRevels," as advertised but substiß|ed a programme consisting ol the cttkd) " That Awful Girl," a " Mv J|al Olio," and a farco, " Fcot.h Law.w The acting, dancing, and singi» kept the audience in a eontinuomroar of laughter. The bulk of th«"ork fo'l upon the shoulders of ■ Miss muy aud Mr WilLm Gourlay, I but twfr efforts to please were ably secoiwja by the ren. of the company. Missßpur!ay fairly "caught on " to the aHienee, aud her brother proved himsß to be well worthy of the re*, v tatioMthafc he has wor. Little 1 Miss '

Bella Nixon scored a great success io her song, " Daddy Won't Buy Me a Sweetheart," and her dancing was •very p'* using. To-night "ReveV svi 1 be staged, when an opportunity wili be given to those ladies who fafor the rational costume to ses what it is like. Miss Gou day will take the part of " Kitty Ivinley" a " now woman" and her dress is described by thg Christchuroh papers as boj ••._•; very smart and becoming. Mr L. Preston, a London comique, will take; the charcctor of " Theodore Fah.tman. , Tlie situations in " Revels " are described as being very ludicrous and side split" ting. On Sunday night tlie Company are bil'ed for a concert commencing at 8.30. The programme will* consist of songs, ballads, sketches, and recitations. Among the songs that will be sung aye, The Stormfiend, Lsonore Aye Maria, Babies Shoos and Stockings, The Lost* chord, &c, ite.