MAJERONI DRAMTIC COMPANY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9662, 10 February 1903, Page 2

MAJERONI DRAMTIC COMPANY.

: ♦ • - ' ; "JUDGE NOT." ! t , Tl ™ dKumi " Jud S c Not >" produced by i the Majenmi Dramatic Company .m, IJk. ' liieatre Royal last evening, was probably | their most successful effort of a very sueI cessful season. Another large audience attested to the popularity that -the coini paiiy has achieved amongst local ' play- ; goers, and tihe reception, accorded thw > drama was hearty and enthusiastic, and • extremely flattering to. the company. l Judge Not is an emotional .drama oaD--1 ing for much histrionic skill m. its treatI meiit, and so successful were the com- [ patiy m dealing with tfee pathetic feai tures of the story that many of tlie au- . dience- Vera reduced to tears— tears of sorrow th-.it gave way to tears of merriment, as hi the rapidly-moving incidents of due drama ximusing situations were revealed. The play of comedy was especially good. Mr George" Majeroui,' who has established. very pleasant recollections m the heroic role, acted ' the ■ part of Philip Clyde, the suffering husband, with great power and skill, and deserved the hearty 1 applmise which his every appearance 1 evoked. His acting is chaa-acterised'by quiet dramatic force, and is free from the j objectionable ranting which so many play- \ ers taking leading parts mistake for art. 1 Mr Mario Majeroni was a consummate ' S r fl^ Ivi1 vi | Iaill » : wlw '"vested the character of Ralph Daillas with a. cynical cruelty which earned for it the hearty detestation af those present. He. was parfcicualrly - good m the scenes with Bella, the woman he.lwd betrayed, which part was taken • under the most, tiying circumstances as regards Jier voice by Miss Hilda Meade, , waio gave it a very skilful interpretation, i A good comedy part .is that of Gustavus ; Gai-rick Jones, a tragedian out of collar, who declaims whenever he gets the chance > —which is pretty often. Mr H. Grattan i was a first-class Jones, and the audience ■ revelled ■m. his theatrical rendering of Shakespeare. ■ Miss .-Nelly Ogden, an emo- ', tional actress of much ability, filled the ; lxirt of Helen. Clyde with, marked success. [ Her acting was full of force, yet, unlike l many,; slie did not by the slightest overs step tihe, narrow- borderland that divides i pathos from bathos. In the prison scenic i with her husband she was very poweri fuL Miss May Gianville was a sta.tely Hilda Carew. One of tlie favorites of tie . evening was: Miss May Renno, as Tilda, . who considerably enhanced the good opinion previously formed of her. She fairly • revelled m her part, and "the audience laug.hcd for aU it was worth. Mr Savieri \. as Dick Baxter and Mr W. G. Fejaiside as. s AlgsuCarew Earie took- the parts of dudish young gentlemen with good success, and the minor characters were capably repre- [ seiited/ Good instrumental' music added h to the : charm of the evening's: entertain- , ment. ; For to-night, the last niight of the sea- ' son, the drama. "Jealousy" is underlined. L It .is tv piece full of movement, which ; holds the interest . of an audience from L beginning to end. There are many scenes exciting, ana throughout tihere is a JgaVen • of fun which acts as a pleasant set-off to the pathetic portions, of ' the play. The caste for to-night is a very strong, one, . and the drama, which is said to be one ' of the best m the Majeroni Company's j extensive repertoire, should prove a draw. | The Mlowrimg is a brief outline of I "Jealousy": — The story is powerful and withal intensely dramatic. The Marquis ' t St. Elia, a man somewhat unused to the world, marries Diana-, a beautiful woman, who, imagining herself neglected, permits j the attention of a certain Count; de Ri- . vera. Her husband, awakening to the i state of affairs, picks a quarrel with the i Count, fights a duel, and kills him. As ' a punislnnent he dooms .her to maintain his name unsullied, and his mother's. '. , peace unbroken, by feigning happiness ; which she, of course, caiuiot feel, to. do ' , which is exquisite torture to her. Tlve • wife, ho-wever, while paying the penalty of her faux pas, learns to prize his worth, J and*lio to love him with an ardor never .; before experienced. A reconciliation follows, and the curtain falls on' a happy J .and reunited pair. j