"ARE YOU A MASON?"

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 198, 23 June 1903, Page 4

"ARE YOU A MASON?"

RtTHUB an interesting circumstance in I Connection with the production by Mr J.'JO. Williamson's new English Comedy Company of *' Are You a Mason ?' at file Theatre Royal on Monday evening next, is the fact that New Plymouth will be the third town in Australasia in which this comedy has been played. It was first presented in Sydney in April last, and after an enormously mcceasful season cf six week?, Mr Williamson decided, insteid of taking It on to Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and the other large Australian centres, •9 if almost univers illy the case, to send it direct to New Z almd. Thus Auckltnd, where it is at precnt being p'ayed before enormous audience', i* the second city in which it his beer •md, and Naw PJym uh follows as the third. This is a novel experience in deed, more especitlly whin it is considered that we are to witness the lakes; and one of the most: succrsfu London productions of farcial comedy. played by a picked compmy of £ lglish tad Amaricin artis s, even before thegreat city of Melbourne, with i's hilf a Bullion of ichabitan's bai had the op pariuiity. The season in thit city. with precisely the same cjmp.ny, and ■ami B-'eoic effects and appointments, does not bejin u l'.il the Ist of Sep tember next. "If you wew," writes an Auckland critic on the productioi of " Are You a Maun V "to dividt the price of admission by the numbci of laughs produced by Mr Gejrgt Giddens and hi] friends at Hi Majesty's, yoa would find thit you ha< not been able to pu ciase the hilarioumool at so cheap a tat for m vny a d»y. Nor most you measure the cost of the j>7 70a get while the curtain is up, for yon will probably g> on twitching your lips and tighteoing. your facia muscles for the rest of the week. Any man or woman who wants more for hi* or her money than Mr Williamson gins on the preient occasion is t usurer, or sweater, or some o:h<r form of social pest. " Are You a Mieon " is slid to have broken up the Australian drought; with as it ought to check the development of the inflaenz 1, which is due abmfc this time."