THE MAJERONI DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7630, 23 January 1903, Page 3

THE MAJERONI DRAMATIC COMPANY.

Fresh from their phenomenally sue cessful tour Of the principal towns of th North Island, the members of the cele birated Majeroni Dramatio Co. wil arrive In town this morning, and wil commence their long-looked for season at; the Theatre Royal this evening. Mr Charles MaoMahon, under whose direction the company are appearing, informs us that the New Zealand lour has been little short of a triumphal marcn. In Chrintchuroh for fourteen nights the theatre was packed to the doors. The play which will be staged to-night, " The rihamrock and the Rose," has been received with the greatest favour in Australia and New Zealaud. The author, Mr Walter Reynolds, has elaborated a most ingenious photo, and at the same time has woven a charming love romance round the hero and heroine. The motive of the play, is the present condition of Ireland under the tenant system, and this subject is sufficiently wide to admit of the colours been laid on with a generous hand for the purpose of the general audieuce, and while the wrongs cf that " most distressful country" are brought out in their most vivid light, the drama breathes with quaiut witticisms and a< artling situations. Mr George Majeroni, who impersonates the| hero, Dandy Dunraven, has a part in which he fairly revels, and Mr M. Majeroni, as Stephen Flint, tho villain, has no equal on the colonial stage in that character. Tho heroine, Miss Hilda Meade, will sustain the part of Miss Bose Riversdale, in which she scored a distinct suocess in London and New Zealand. The long list cf characters will be in capable hands. The doors will be open at 7.15 and the curtain will rise promptly at 8 o'clock. To-morrow the powerfully written domestic drama "Brother against Brother" will be staged.