VAI return visit ito Tanarn l>ythe Axtdxarrson Dramatic, Company is a theatrical ey«itii seasoa, which will begin on Monday next r should undoubtedly serve to draw largehouses. The first piece which is billed forproduction is an undoubtedly new melodrama, entitled "The Work Girl." This play deals with the soul-stirring ences of a. girl compelled to work in thesweating dens of "the Old World, where a precarious livelihood is won only under themost distressing circumstances. The pathetic story of her heart-aching life! and' the ultimate victory of her energy and herenthusiasm over her surroundings is admirably -worked out, and makes ' a story essentially suited to dramatisation. The. play is not all sadness, for the light eamedy element which is judiciously introdticeij, and the love story the central theme, relieve it from, sombreness;/ and make it distinctly one of: the most iafceresting dramatic stories, of the hour. OiK Tuesday night there will be & second attractive production, when " Thunderbolts will be staged. This play, carries its ownS justification in its title, and dealing as Hi does with scenes of historic import it eaal hardly fail to be specially strong. Thti box plan is now open at the Dresden.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12978, 18 May 1906, Page 5
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