POLLARD'S OPERA COMPANY.
• ■ Ihia much-travelled combination will renew acquaintance with a local audience on Saturday \ next. The opening attraction will be Planquette's !" celebrated work " Paul Jones," said to be the best , thing in the extensive repertoire of the company. Bince last eeen here Mr Pollard has discarded the word " Lilliputian," and having seat several of the younger members back to thsir homes he has re1 placed them with new faces, selected in Sydney from over 459 applicants. The cast of "Paul
Jones" taxes tbe capabilities of any company, as there are some 20 responsible pirts. Miss Marion Mitchell will be seen as Yvonne, th« character played here by Miss Nellie Stewart. Miss ICtnily Metcilfe will be the Rufino and Miss May Beatfcy Chopinette, while the lattei'fl sister Maud will be cast for the title rOle, a part for wbich she has received the greatest praise throughout the colonies. The comedy element will be provided by those clever young comedians Messrs Stephens, Percy, and Albert
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Otago Witness, Issue 2203, 21 May 1896, Page 39
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