NELLIE STEWART'S VISIT.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 12975, 14 December 1910, Page 3

NELLIE STEWART'S VISIT.

Writing of Nellie Stewart. -as "Nell Gwynne" in- "Sweet Nell of Old T)rury," to be prodiiceid here next Saturday and Monda.y, : a Northern critir: remarks : "In the second act it-is Mistress Nell Gwj'nne, the faniibiis actress ,we meet^— she "whom the" King delights to honour," a radiant vision- of rare beauty accentuated by tho arts of "the actressi -and of the costumiere ; wit and personal charm are as 'brilliant and subjugating as ever. Warmand generous as : ever, too, is: •that -erring heart , of hers,.] and one jknows not ' which to admire- most, the . jbrilliance of her repartee and the biting TCtoirfcs : witli -wfiicli silo, cast-s brtelc '.the vealecl insiilts of mrlMies Castle, ■jnciine and Portsmouth, of tlie delicious camaraderie with which. She greets. :her "old ''.friend,- Master;.Pcrcival, the -country ■ actor, (whose tragedy is' the 'most'exquisit'e comedy). Or, is she not sweetest of all as she sits at the white ■land gold spinnet and., soothes and charms away thei melancholy .mood of ,h«r royal lover? Within a generation :W<> have had few stars here who belong |to that very limited class—^the firsttin which we may fearlessly place Nellie uStewa'rt." The play will be mounted 'and costumed with rare completeness,!and not a single detail will -be absent •from the Nelson production. Tlie box ■plan is open at Jackson's, and intend-, jing patrons -will be wise in booking itheir seats early.