THE POLLARD OPERA COMPANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11800, 1 November 1901, Page 5

THE POLLARD OPERA COMPANY.

To-Xlour. at the Opera House, Auckland theatregoers will have an opportunity 0i judging for themselves as to the justification or otherwise lor the lavish praise bestowed upon " Florodora." There are two scenes in this musical comedy. The first is the Island of Florodora. Here an elderly millionaire is carrying on his porfume manufacture with a staff of European clerks and a bevy of native beauties, one of whom, Dolores, would bo hailed as owner if everything were known. Mr. Tweedlepunoh, a phrenologist—" wholesale scientist" lie terms himselfarrives determined to find oiu everything. To Florodora also comes a fascinating widow. Lady Holyrood, accompanied by a train of Mayfair damsels, fresh from the London season. There is a competition for Dolores' hand between her chosen swain, Frank Abercoed, one of the Florodorian clerks, and the designing proprietor, Gilfain. There is also love-making between Gilfain a daughter, Angela, and a dashing young captain, Donegal. Much laughter is caused by the disastrous attempt of the. phrenologist to pair everybody olf under rules _ of natural affinity, and there is just enough interest ana complication in the plot to make the audienoa eager to see the threads resumed ant. worked out in the second act at the Welsh castle of the Ahercoeds, where everything ends satisfactorily. The full caste of characters appears in our advertising columns.