AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11197, 20 August 1898, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

' ' ' -~- I PRINCESS THEATRE. | Two, performances will be gr.ven to-day at the i above theatre by the Constance Hardie Company. This afternoon a matinee performance of "Little Lord Fanntleroy" will be given, with specially reduced rates for children. Mr | George Webb has kindly' invited some 50 '! children from the Cavecsham Industrial School , .1 to witness the performance. At night a benefit I | will.be tendered Miss Hardieand Little Gladys- I They have put forward an excellent programme ! of cpmedy, drama, and variety. Miss Hardie will pl&y in a smart comedietta, Little Gladys Hughes will iJii.play, he? jversatility in coster songs and tambourine dance, and both of these artistes will be seen in the second act of " Little { Lord:Fauntleroy." Theretuainderofthe com- j puny will introduce comic and descriptive songs, j They will bo assisted by Mil's Edith Leech and j Mr Sidney Clifford, late of tho Minnehaha I Minstrels, Manchester, who will ra»ko his flmt j I appearance here in an original laughing song. This will be the last appearance oE the company i here,7and the excellent programme put forward I should attract a large audience. ' ,*THE ALHAMBRA THEATRJHi. The-abova theatre will be reopened thin even- ' ing by Mr Harry Crawford (late World's Trio) and the All Star Novelty Company. A new first j part is to be introduced, and M variety enter- | tainments at popular prices invariably prove | attractive there ii no doubt there will be a large ' attendance. , . :I.■ " ■ _ :