" THE WORLD'S ENTERTAINERS."
The "World's Enterlainc*B, head"d by Messrs Kelly and Ashby. opened a i-hoil j season at tl e Theatre beforo a large audience last fvenin-.. This *-a**devill-* com- : pany, whieh is undoubtedly a good one, . was chiefly distingoibhed by several very fine feats of acrobatism. The feats were clever and original, and possesse 1 such humour that caused the audience to fairly shriek wish laughter. Fourartists j were responsible for this ; firstly, Messrs Kelly and Ashby, and secondly Messrs i Morris ani "Wilson. lhe former introduce the andience to what presents itself as a bar with a billiard room attached. The bat maid (Miss Dorothy Huberts) rendered a ditty, after wbich Messrs i Kelly and Ashby appeared, lhe latter attiied in clothes oF many colours, a d a patched face on which he could strike a match a feat which he performed to the intense enjoyment of the audience. The billiard table on wbirsh the pair pei form j poseetsea a spring top, and was specially ; co.structed to withstand ihe many ; strains it undergoes. Thc double Fomersaulting by Mr Kelly was a daring act, but was gone through without accid-nl. Mr Ashby, on the other hard, infused a eonside.-able degree of humour into his perf rmance, and thrjw himself over in i the air t.vent)'-six time?. On concluding ■■ this feathe was g.eoted with enthusiasm, of which he was deserving. This act alone is worth seeing. Messrs Mori is and Wilson introduced a varia ion of the •• Chinese Laundry " episode wherein the frolics i f the couple disguised as Celestials caused those present to speculate as to their chat ces of coming out of the fray witb a whole bone iu their body. They glissaded in all sorts of attitudes over chairs, b unded like rubber baUs. and iicocbetted in all directions everything b - in_r accomplished witb seeming eas*-. Miss Do.othy .Roberts s-ang a couple of coon ni' lodies of the ragtime order, and was loudly applauded She was assisted by one of hor piccaninnies, who ;-ang a verse of " Dolly Gray,' - which caused intense amusement, perhaps mainly for the originality of style lhe child possessed. Mr ' Pi rey James is a comedian and sketch aritst of a clever order, and was enc red several times for bis s-iagin-j. several of his contributions were illustrated with limelight pictures. The other membeis of the company include Miss Beryl Gilman and Miss Ivy Fulton, artists if tho , variety order, who also shared in tbe applause. Several vitagrapb pictures of an interesting nature were thrown onthe screen. Theso included a sc*ne in Pompeii while tbe eruption indents are oceurr- " ing. also tbe pai ful sight of a woman and . child being rescued from a building while ■ on fire. Tbo programme concluded wlh 3 an amusing pantomime sketch " Over the garden wall " in which the chief feature 3 .vas the tumbling p>rfo*manre of the - acrobats who had already done sc much ' towards the eotertaintuont of the audi- ' ence at an earlier st age of the programino • l'he company will appear again this even ' ing, and will no doubt attract a crowded * audience. 1
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 30 September 1902, Page 2
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