"HUMPTY DUMPTY."
"Humpty Dumpty" will be presented for the first time in New Plymouth at the Theatre Royal to-night. Amid the gorgeous setting of first-grade extravaganza, a crowd of gay and irresponsible humourists "let themselves go in "Humpty Dumpty," well backed vp v by the brilliant spectacles, ballets, marches, specialities and transformations. "Numerically, the company 19 the largest that has yet appeared in the Dominion. Included in the cast are the "Mother Goose" favourites, Messrs Harry Shine, Victor Loj'dall, N. Easty, George Young, Queen and Le Brun, Misses Mabello Morgan, Nanre Maher. Irene Dillon, Beatrice English, and the new comers' comprise Miss Olga Grety, a clever impersonator, Miss Prissy Preston, and the principal comedian, Mr Bert Gilbert, who was specially imported for the production, and in the English version played the part of "King Sojlum, a character said to be specially suited to his peculiar style. v The children, such a delightful feature of "Mother Goose," are again given many opportunities. /
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13749, 11 September 1908, Page 7
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161"HUMPTY DUMPTY." Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13749, 11 September 1908, Page 7
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