AMUSEMENT.

North Otago Times, 1 December 1910, Page 4

AMUSEMENT.

NELLIE STEWART AS NELL. GWYNNE, . ■ IN ''SWEET NELL OF OLD DRURYA SOMETHING OF THE COSTUMES.! "Sweet Nell of Old Drury," the historical, ■drama' inj which Nellie Stewart will make Her re-appear-ance in .Oamaru this evening, will remain permanent and ineffaceable-, to the annals of the Australasian stage. The tensity and powerful chfffm of its fiction is largely responsible for this. The play curls our lips with smiles, and anon dims our eyes with tears, just for fl . moment, butleayes os, too, with a host of things to' remember, tn smile over, and cherish always. The principal character— I Nell Gwynlne, <yf loving memory, domi- | nates the whole, and holds with no uncertainty the rapt attention of her .audience. Y . ..

Charming as the Play is' and fascinating in the combination of vivacity and tenderness whiCh invests Nellie Stewart's part with a perennial attraction,, it has (or the ladies yet another,- perhaps unconfessed al.lurement—the charm ■ of beautiful dressing.-

Nellie Stewart's dresses are said' to be both costly and magnificent. In -the second act • her appearance is a veritable. triumph from the Cinderella poverty of the Orange_ Girl days, The toilette is compose!] of-a : rose colored ■ petticoat, stiff- with glittering, embroidery, which' is fully displayed by the overdress, . open irom.waist to,hem, and lined with a deeper rose; knots of pa'ie blue ribbon and tuivpoise -jewellery complete an enchanting costume.: In; splendid contrast are the dresses worn by Lady Castl-emairi -and the Duchess of Portsmouth-in this act. The former, over a skirt of jewelled net wears a scarlet and gold down,; with a short ermine trimmed mantle and a ■ watteau train, completed by a gorgeously plumed hat. The Duchess ,of Portsmouth is gowned l in' leaf green' velvet, worn over an oyster-white brocade skirt, a short elvet cap, fashioned with emerald clasps to the shoulders and a plumed velvet hat caught back with an emerald buckle. , But it is in the fourth and most powerful act' oC. all that Sweet Nell shines almost magnificent. The overdress of pale blue, glitters like a cot-web heavy with dew, ho thick is it sewn with silver. This is worn over a petticoat exquisitely enfbroid-" ered with pink roses, while the golden hair is netted on the crown of the head with a jewelled mesh .from which the little curls escape, to be caught back once more by a' band- ■ nii of diamonds/ absolutely scintillating with brilliance.' The curtain rises at eight precisely this evening, and the audience are ■■asked to; bei seated prior to that hour.- .