ALHAMBRA THEATRE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2471, 24 July 1901, Page 63

ALHAMBRA THEATRE.

There was a full house at the AlEarnbia. Theatre on Saturday night, when Eis's Gaiety Company submitted a change of programme. The enteitainment vvjs Lame-el on (he usual vnnde\ille lines v.-luch has found such favora with the large section ot theatre-goers which rank as the patrons of the Alhambra, and from alniO3t every standpoint was well up to the standard attained in the past. In the fir=t part a novelty was introduced iv the way of btage decorations and scenic accessories. A-i evy c»"ective scene to represent the populir idea 01 a Turkish Palace was presented. Our information o;i the subject is not sufficiently extensive to enable us to say whether the representation was absolutely coirect or not, but so fsi us couid be seen it was in accord with the descriptions one or two privileged persons ha.ye given of the interior of these exclusive establishments that are to be found :u Constantinople ancl other centres of population m the . Sultan's dominion. The gorgeous sm-rouiidui^s did not detract from the skill a-nd seli-po.=sesiion of the colouied gentleme.n, who, with bore= and tambos, occupied the ends of the u°\i?.l Ciic-!e. nor pi event the other members of the company contributing excellent " turns. ' each in his or her particular line, with such acceptance n-5 to evoke emphatic and persistent demands after them for suDplementary lt^iss. Ivhss Daisy Harcourt. " the dashing sr-no ai.d costei impersonator," to quote from the programme, contributed greatly to the sn*ertaivn)p-ut of s>ll present. She is undoubtedly a clever performer, and although she has been here but for a brief period, she enjoys a lu<jh measure of popularity with the large number attracted nightly to the Alhambra by her admnable impersonations. Her " Khaki girl wa= a capital turn, and evoked a double encove. in lesponse to which the vouug lady is each instance appeared in a new costume. The cuntiibutions 1 of " Little Tich " (Mr Hairy Gray) wore ak-o excellent features of the enteri air merit, ai d won foi that gentleman many favourable demonstrations. Miss Annie Kmiictircl s--i"& "Sweet bud" (.Ganz) and "Dear Heart" (Mattel) with tjiste ar,d expression , Messrs Frank Clarke and Joe Cowan were mo« diverting in their comic cccer.tncit'es jh?s Conrj? Devereux also contributed some ballads which met with acceptance. Rexo (the iu»s:lirig e^ - pert), Mr Wm. Neilson. Mr Arthur Morlev, and the other members of the company all lent adequate assistance.