ALHAMBRA THEATRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11198, 22 August 1898, Page 2

ALHAMBRA THEATRE.

A' - numerous -~ and apprec.iatiye.- audience "reeled tKe:flrs{; a*p'pearaiice df ;Mf Harry Crawford's AH Star Nqv.dty-ppnipany at..the T JUhambra•- Theatre,, on, -Sat'uraay ".night.--,;;T£e members of the-compaiiy.are sill, well-known to patrons of tliat-place of- ehtertaihinsnt, ;^nd are 'favourites with them, and the various items <m the.programflie were: all receiVea.;very cordially. ■In the first-part;: Which'was devoted to mins-, ■ trelsy, Miss -P.olly- Robertson, .-Messrs Jack Madkay and Harry' Crawford each - received - encores for- their, respective.,items,: the recall being mosreitphatic in the "cage of Mr Mackay, whose rendering of '/The. girl. with, the coalblack eye" was certiunly above the . level of the rest of. the singing/: Miss Marie.. Masters - and Mr Connor "also applauded for their-songs, and if Mr Howard'was'-.less successful' than' the others' that was probably due to inexperience and nervousness. The performers/named boiltributed,"specialty turns, ..to the satisfaction of the audience, in the second part of the programme, during which it was , -announced-that Mr Crawford, proposed to give., entertainments' every Wednesday and Saturday,'that'he'would present atrophy to tne.. beat clog dancer on Wednesday" night; and that he had made a deposit. for,..a wager to, kids higher, than any -other person"in Dunedm.. .

■ PRINCESS THEATRE. . : To-night Professor' Dania "will renew hiS ■acquaintance with the Dunedin public, this time behind' the-footlights of.the Princess Theatre, and will, no doubt, prove as mystifyin^ and mysterious as ever. He.promises two entirely' new- illusions. "The Fate of-Madame Sans Gene" and the famous bullet-catching feat, in addition to", a full programme of sleight-of-hand, and ■ necromancy, Professor Dante's evenings are particularly,enjoyable_ m that they partake >of .the drawing-room order, and are entirely free from-.vulgarity... .The season, is compulsorily limited to two nights, and bumper houses may be looked forward to with confidence.. .. . ■'. .:-'. ■'-". ' ;