PRINCESS THEATRE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 2

PRINCESS THEATRE.

"■ NEW PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT. Old theatre-goers will remember with feelings of pleasure the old-time nigger minstrel first part which used to be a regular feature in vaudeville entertainment ot years ago and this class of entertainment is now so old that it will be a decided novelty to the present generation. _ A nigger minstrel show has been revived by the Fuller management with great success, and to-night Princess Theatre patrons will have an opportunity of ■ renewing acquaintance with black faces, cake walking, tambourines, and knuckle hones. Old-time ballads and cross talk will he intermingled with kmn Smith’s ragtime hand, which admirably mixes jazz with sweet old Amongst the minstrel performers will be Will Kenny, Ward Lear, Jack Kearns, John Rorke. and George Day. . The minstrel? will bo supported by the George Ward Revue Company in a new production entitled “Not Yet, which is a pot pourri of perpetual pleasure in which the fortunes of a wealthy widow and the attempt of various interested parties to capture some of it. figure prominently. In this niece TTcrmie assumes the role of a cnard-an angel, and with the assistance of Id's friend Abe Cohen, keens the fun going