THE HARRY RICKARDS SEASON.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8415, 14 January 1899, Page 3

THE HARRY RICKARDS SEASON.

Mr Harry Riokakds, whose name is a household word in the colonies as the most successful and enterprising manager Australia has ever seen, and whose theatres — the Tivoli in Sydney and Opera House, Melbourne, are the most popular resorts of the tbeatre-going publiein their respective cities, i 3 revisiting New Zealand, and will open at the Theatre Royal, Gisborne, on Wednesday for a short season of three nights, with his celebrated Tivoli Company of imported English artists, including the world - famed Signor Ugo Biondi, the greatest lightning-change artist of the day. During his recent trip to England, in search of fresh novelties, Mr Rickards was so impressed with Biondi's marvellous skill that he engaged him at once for Australia, at the enormous salary of £150 a week— the largest remuneration ever paid to any single artist in the southern hemisphere. Binndi's success in Australia has been phenomenal, and in Dunedin, Christchurch, and Napier he has created quite a furore. Mr Harry Rickards will make a welcome re-appearance here, and will introduce some of his latest London successes, incli'ding " That is a Woman's Way," " Never let your Donah go upon the stage," and a budget of new songs never before heard in New Zealand. Mr Albert Bellman and Miss Lottie Moore are two of the most talented, popular, and refined performers who have ever visited this colony; MrJ. W. Winton has proved himself to be the most accomplished ventriloquist who has ever appeared in Australia ; Miss Nellie Wilson is one of London's greatest serio-comic vocalists, and bears the proud title of champion topboot dancer of the world ; Misses Katie and Madge Rickards are charming soubrettes, danseuse, and vocalists ; Messrs Foreman and Fannan are two of the funniest " knock about" and patter artists ever seen in Australasia ; Miss Noni Rickards is a charming young actress, who has in the last twelve months wou the most nattering praise in Sydney and Melbourne; and Mr Hamilton Hill (baritone), Mr Arthur Glynn (comedian). Miss Clara Llewellyn (soprano balladist), and Miss Ethel Yorke (piquant serio-comic ar,tist skirt dancer) go to make up one of the best variety combinations that have visited New Zealand. The box plan has been opened at Miller's.