THE DAVENPORTS EQUALLED.
The peffoncftnee/at the Queen's Theatre last night|fa^ fdf theocnefitof thelesiee, Mr Dnnnirig'iTh^.dramatic portion of the entertainment coniißted of "The Colleen Bawn," but though the representation wm. an average; bhe,,the .company are scarcely strong enough:^ cast this piece properly^' The leadingieatare on the programme wrtthe rope tying feat, a la the Davehporfc. Brothers, by Mr Gooddy, a gentleman resid— ing in Dunedin. It w"u be remembered that, he wa-j pnsuueed to give an exhibition bE hisakill in untying knote on the occasionpf the~Press DramaticClub'a peirornianae lastweek,. .but was. prevented from -doing so is epnjsequcace of havJri^ imet^witfe; .aa acciaeht. "Acabinet somewhatTinFlsaiae in outline s.vthat used by-the Davenports was placedTjn^ the stage last night, and two gentlemen wer»appointed by the■-audience to make MrGpoddy Beoure; "vThe'rbpo used was about; the thjcknessof a clothes iine;s and probably 20it. in length,-, with-thia Mr Gooddy wastied to.a chair in. the cabiuet,butitwasßOon apparent that he bao'."discovered the^tricktor freeing" hi3hands| for on the dobr^DaHg closed,; his hands at"otfeef-appeared?at theaperi»re inrthe cabinet^ and' he als» 'succeeded in doing the. coat ljick as perform^ by Profe3:or Fay. m Jt ? was thatMr Gooddy, in conjdetiba with Mr Eoae^. would give further; manifestations at th» Qcieen'a Tiieatre in the course of ne±t wcakl
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4741, 28 April 1877, Page 2
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204THE DAVENPORTS EQUALLED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 4741, 28 April 1877, Page 2
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