THEATRE ROYAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3559, 9 May 1901, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL.

What promises to be a treat to theajbre-; goers is the visit to Timaru on Monday next; of James Bain, the great Australian; comique, and a number of other star artists; from Dix's Gaiety Companies in New Zea- 1 land. Mr Bain has earned the reputation; of being one of the best comic artists that' has ever visited New Zealand. Possessing, as he does, remarkable versatility, together! with an excellent voice, he can show how an • Australian without foreign credentials canj hold his own against the best of "the day.' His budget of songs is well chosen-and full of quiet humour, and he becomes a greajfc favourite from the moment he steps upon : the stage. Mr Bain is a player-who deserves by his industry and application, as well as by his natural talent, to succeed. ! Few have tried harder or in a more commendable way than, he has. After a lot of private practice he joined Harry Rickards, in Sydney, and made an instant success. Finishing a long engagement there, Mr: P. R. Dix brought him over to New Zealand; and he has been drawing crowded,'li<..U!-es in all 1 the centres, helping no doiibt'to the Gaiety ■ Company's great success.; Mr Arthur Hahn, the great Australian premier basso profundo; is a host in himself; and has a very fine voice. With artists!like Miss Ida Clarksoh, the Scottish nightingale and balladist ■;■ Master Claude Sullivan, the wonderful boy comedian, and others it is needless to say the.' company will have a most cordial reception her*. .■■•:■■".