COPPIN'S ROYAL DRAMATIC COMPANY

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7139, 1 November 1901, Page 3

COPPIN'S ROYAL DRAMATIC COMPANY

There was not a particularly large attendance at the Theatre ftoyal last even ing when the above company staged '•A Woman's lievenge." The plot of the piece is not particularly striking in its originality, the. interest of the play centreing in the vicissitudes of the hero and heroine as pourtrayed by Mr E Armitage, as John Xressider, and Miss' .Millie ■ Collier asßessio Barton, a country "girl and subsequently wife of the hero, and the wiles of Eachael Westwood (Miss Esdaile), described in the programme as a-bad girl but who nevertheless managed to endure her representation with'a life and spirit acceptable to the audience, and affording a strop "-. contrast to the emotional acting-of Mis°s Collier, who m addition to Having a ; pleasing stage presence, has a charming voice -which she used to advantage in vocal contributions. Mr Coppin, as .fuil Iressider, father of the hero, gave a thoroughly capable delineation of the character, represented, causing considerable merriment on several occasions during the progress of the piece/ Ample support was accorded by the reni'aining members.of the combination^ x)w ekch contributed materially to theV«iccess-of vie play. During the evening "several songs and country dances were introduced, the incidental music -b.em" con: tributed by Miss E. Yercde.- Though not extravagantly staged, due attention was paid to all details of j necessary scenery, wliieh.included several widely different scenes representative of country and metropolitan life. -' ■ ' ,- ™°~ nig!lt llle company, will produce ■lhe Minors Dauglter," stated to be one of the best productions in their extensive repertoires.