THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15774, 15 March 1922, Page 8

THE FAMOUS DIGGERS.

What a wonderful record the Diggers have had! It isn't given to every theatrical company to be able to run for nearly live years, and play in eight different countries to nearly a million people. .The management of the company readily recognise that the showmust now stand entirely on its merits, and with that in view, have engaged at big expense some of the best artists that have ever been seen outside the big Australian centres. Two, at least, of the new artists have London reputations. Frank Perryn, comedian, was understudy to Geo.. Kobey, at the Hippodrome, London. He is the possessor of a, fine baritone voice and is very versatile, his Italian impersonations being masterpieces of character drawing. Joe Valh is an important, and expensive importation from. England. He has been putting his' sketch," "Tickets Please," on at the Palladium in the. foggy metropolis with'great Success, and it speaks well for the enterprise of the management that New Zealand is to be given an opportunity of seeing this very tine artist. Frank Moran was well-known as a comedian at the front. When the armistice was signed, Frank elected to try his luck on the English music halls, with the result that he was kept busy until recently, when business reasons recalled him to Wellington, New Zealand, and he was prevailed on to accept an engagement with the Diggers. Ivan Marshall is a. tenor singer whose songs are sure to be sung in every homestead. Besides the artists mentioned, there are still some of the old favorites, including Stan Lawson, the misleading lady, (ills Dawson, the dancer, and Tamo Fa ma, the captain of comedy.