AMUSEMENTS.
“ facetious FESTIVITIES."
To give single-handed an evening’s entertainment is a task which carries with_ it, in these days of good companies and fastidious taste 3, a considerable amount of responsibility, and calls for the exercise of a great deal of confidence, with ability of that class known as versatility. Mr J . D. Foley, who undertakes this task in the shape of an entertainment alliteratively termed “Facetious Festivities,” possesses the qualities essential to success in this line ; and his performance at the Athenaeum Hall last evening week was one of the best of its class we have had in Welling, ton. Mr Foley made his debut before a Wellingten audience, and, in the course of a couple of hoars, impersonates all sorts and conditions of characters, male and female ; is in rapid succession a German, an Irishman, a Chinaman, and a blushing bride ; gives an excellent ventriloquial exhibition ; plays tunes with remarkable skill on bottles, and generally behaves himself in a manner irresistibly funny. His changes are quite as quick as were those of Maccabe, arid the performance as a whole is a capital one, affording an excellent two hours’ entertainment. Mr Foley is entirely unassisted except by a pianist. “ Facetious Festivities” is a bright little entertainment which should be well patronised.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL18861112.2.49
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Mail, Issue 767, 12 November 1886, Page 14
Word Count
212AMUSEMENTS. New Zealand Mail, Issue 767, 12 November 1886, Page 14
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.