ABBOTTS OPERA HOUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6818, 24 September 1883, Page 5

ABBOTTS OPERA HOUSE.

Hegaety's Minstrels made their first appearance in Auckland at the Opera House on Laturday evening. There was a very large attendance, the theatre heing crowded in every part. Among the songs we may especially mention. Mademoiselle's Amor's " Still Thine Own;" also, " Don't Forget Me, Little Darling," by Miss Sutherland; and "The old Wooden Eocker," by Miss Eva Winnette." The comic song, "Hannah Maria Jaybird," was very cleverly sung by Mr. Buckley, and Mr. Cowan, who was one of the great attractions of the evening, gave the refrain, "Will you be my Hollyhock?" Mr. Shaw Cross was the interlocutor, and the jokes and repartee kept the audience in a continual roar of laughter. The first portion of the performance finished with a very pretty song called " The Sleeping Beauties." After this followed the Hibarnicon comedy, "Mollie O'Connor," in which Mr. Cowan ,kept the audience in a state of merriment. Some very beautiful scenee were shown during the evening, among which may be mentioned the "Lakes of Killarney," |*Tke Wreck of the Steamship Atlantic," and "The Devil's Glen." The whole performance was a f;reat success. The enteitainraent is light and sparkling, and is free from all vulgarity.