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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6450, 22 February 1908, Page 11

, W ' tfom-ang, whosp name has T b “ n minted with the sue cessfnl career of “Kaffirs." has comT) let pci a four-act play entitled “Stine. /’Tf- T' 1 - Norman Ron. the youngest of London's managers, was TW 1 v„ CP< t to , !,rocl " c( L at the Tto.vnltv Thl°«T°k. 071 ,Tu«day. January r 10, tribune, m a reference to tho new play, says;-“Mr Hornnng, as many are aware, has lived in tralia, and from his experiences in that country of the silent bush he has uained inspiration for thi« new nlnv. n -h<rh m character will not he alto?ither unliKe that piece which is still proyinsr popular throuirhout the country. The central niruro of ,'Stinjraree’ is a bushranger, tho scones are laid in Australia, and tho plot is characteristically strong. It may, perhaps, help to a clearer understending of the title if it is explained that the stingaree is a local corrunHon ot sting-ray, a specie® of fish which, ns its name implies, brings sharp regrets to nil who unwarily come info contact with it. Apnlv fbe term to a bushranger, add. os Mr Hornnng has done the soft ingredient of love interest, and the character of the piece may bo gauged/'