FULLERS' MAMMOTH MINSTRELS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 234, 28 November 1900, Page 2

FULLERS' MAMMOTH MINSTRELS.

Thb entertainment given by this Company on Tuesday night was a really good all round, mirth-provoking one. Although the members do not pose as stars, eaoh one has a special merit that makes his or her appearance a pleasure to the audience. There was a capita' attendance, and, judging by the applause and the number of recalls, the audience was well satisfied with the ontartainment provided. The programme opened with a minstrel entertainment, with the usual chair business, )f which the public never saem In tire. On this occasion the singing was gopd and the jokes original. An Irish clog dance on a sheet of glass, given by Mr. Mike Mayer in response to an encore, was a capital item, and secured for the performer a further recall. Probably .he best item in this part of the programme was " What do I care," which was capitally sung by Miss Lillie Smith, although all the other items were above the average, The finale, " A Load of Wood," fairly brought d.Tvn the house, •tnd was an exceedingly laughable item. In the second portion of the programme ! Miss Mae Marlow was heard to advantage as "The Queen of Serios," and Mr. Will Stevens in "The Sad-Eyed Shriek," but all the items were well received, several being encored twice over. A ventriloquist exhibition by Mr. Sheldon Kindly was a clever performance, and heartily applauded, and a ballad, " Life's too short to quarrel," by Miss Rose Belmont, secured a wellmerited encore. A contortionist and acrobatic performance was simply marvellous and exceedingly clever. Indeed, the performers simply seemed to have no such things as bones to trouble them, and their recall was a very imperative one. The concluding farce was not up to the merit of the rest of the performance, but that was more noticeable because the audience was tired out with laughing. The Company appear again to-night, and everyone who wants to enjoy a goad laugh should be there. For the benefit of those who were there last night, we may say there will be an entire change of programme.