THEATRE ROYAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12903, 14 February 1906, Page 5

THEATRE ROYAL.

THE KELLY OA2CG."

MacMahcn's Dramatic Compaov played to a splendid house in the Theatre Royal last night, wbca their wa«on cleised. " A historical exposition of j-ome of the incident* of the Kellyv carter was staged. The work of a capable writer, the play is of a verj powerful type, and the well-known history of tiie famous hushranging gang u? sufficient to ent-ure the success of the piny. Tie performance wax well carried out. "the leading parts being in very good bands. Xed Kelly was- specially well played by Mr Cbas. Blake. He appeared "in the ksi, scene in The famous boiler-plate bebnet, but this was a most ingeaioaie type, pliable enough to accommodate it f elf to hi? hands and bead. Sergeants Steel and Pitapatrick \vc:c represented- by Mes.si* ,?. Lambert and 1.. Walshe. "who were capable actors in jhe teles «if tlie cood and bad classes of police. Their" j>uborduialc.s. classical Irisb "polis"' (Mestrs Berkifckv and Savieril cheated excellent fun. which terveni as an exttlkit* foil to tbc vmwtt Jjusiness of tbc rest of the. pbv. In the part of Kate Kelly. Mis* Granville found scope for very j-'&od wirk; and Mis* M. Nelson ably .upported her as Mary Brme. Numerous other parts were well /usta'incd. Hie rfagjng of tbe play wjw clabrjrale: several £<-.r.d scenes were in use. and a. Hvelr element, was intrc«kccd bv having Rorses for the four outlaws. Tlj*o-c raped* Itcfaa-red in an excm}d;<ry manner. and tM>k part, rigorously in a horse-race