"POWER AND THE GLORY."

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11924, 24 December 1900, Page 5

"POWER AND THE GLORY."

Mr C. R. Stanford, with the members of his dramatic company, were passengers by the s.s. Waikare, which arrived in Dunedin on Saturday afternoon from Sydney. The dramatic season commences on Boxing Night at the Princess Theatre, when will be presented for the first time in New Zealand an entirely original melodrama of modern life entitled " The Power and the Glory.' The production, it is claimed, will be rema.rka.blo for the splendour and elaborateness of the scenic effects, as it comprises a succession of brilliant stago pictures, and will be mounted upon the sarno scale which characterised the productiiw in Sydney and Melbourne, and will be interpreted by a very powerful company. The Sydney Morning Herald in speaking of the performance sa.id: "Pull of startling situations and bloodcurdling schemes, it is tho kind o{ melodrama that exactly hits tho taste of that large section of the public which goes to the theatre. Most efficiently Staged, the first act giving an excellent idea of the bustle and life of a great city, and tho audience were completely carried away by tho bird's-«ye view of London by night." There are four acts and nine scenes, and a tremendous effect will be produced when the audience are introduced to the interior of the Burlington Theatre and witness the " flics," " stage/ and a gorgeous transformation scene. The plan is now1 on view at the Dresden. During the passage of the Waikaro from Sydney the members of Mr Stanford's company gave a concert in the spacious dining saloon, assisted by some of the passengers, and a collection was mndo afterwards, whan the sum of £6 was realised, which will be handed over to the Shipwreck Eelief and Humane Society of New South Wales.

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