PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1706, 11 May 1869, Page 4

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

There was a perfeot rush to this, popular"plfuJSTof amusement yesterday evening on the occasion of Miss Olpyeland's second appearance.. So great j indeed was the desire of the public to obtain entrant* / It the the»tre before the advertised time of opening, / thatiheyentireiydemolishedthemoney-takerabox.thul i entailing much inconvpnienoe on the ; Long before the curtain rose the house was crowded, '• Ihe pieni presented was a dramatic version of Mrs / Henry Woud's novel entitled " K«st Lynne." The ? part of tli« unfortunate impu bi-e, yet tender-hearted jj Ladj laabe 1 Vere bt-in» impersoria ad by_ Mieß jj Cleveland. The subdue d-pathr s" arid power of-fer ? acting as Mndrtrae .Vine aft«r the railway accideht, . "which deprived her of her identify, was tlioro'ugQly appreci itea by one of the most attentive' oudieiieeß chat this house has yet contained. In fact, in the ■ scenes of the death of her eldest boy and that in which she her elf departs from the eoen. jf her nuny trials, there was scarcely a dry eye r B : the house. Alias ."hepparde,. as .Barbara, H " e 'i played with her quiet xnaxraer/vwhirhoaJ rendered her so acceptable to the public io Ibid WM* of character; and Mr. Stuaii O'Brien, ; scarcely realizing one's idea of the / retirent, deiermiaed, atid high toned Ar'cHNa Cu.lyle, fltili played the part with quiet favourably impiessed his auiien e. Sir iVacxs LeYison, the villainous embodiment of a scoundrel, found an able representative in tkt? hands/ of Mr. Newton ; whilst the qtwint part ot$(• eccentrio Cornelia elicited roars of laughter .'from the , audience. There were many other eharact®' B detarv ing especial mention, and we Bhull futur* opportunity of fully recopnwn; their several merit* The dancing by the Leopold Family, which concludes the evening's entertainment, was, an uwajj excelleo' the little disciples of Terpsichore beaming J? 1 *?'! greater favourites with the admits o* *5 ranastic. - j- . 'I he performance* this evening are nnaer IP patronage of ff.R.tt. the Duke ofpdinburg ► -—: : : : '