THEATRE ROYAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13644, 11 July 1908, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

I. ANDERSON AND SHERIDAN'S COMPANY. y ... Those popular entrepreneurs will, pay a return to Tjmaru for a two nights, e, season on Friday and Saturday next, and will produce .at the 'theatre Royal on Friday the great London musical success t, "The Earl and the Girl." Mr Sheridan will play his original character, Jim Cheeze, the dog trainer, who becomes an l. earl for one night only. Miss Heba Barlow will appear as Liza Shodham, Jim's coster sweetheart. - A strong comE pany will support these two artistsh, assisted by a magnificent chorus and ballet. On Saturday, July 18th, the evergreen comedy "Fun on the Bristol" will be produced. Mr Sheridan will play his inimitable creation of Widow O'Brien. The box plan for both pieces will be opened at the Dresden on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. m' ' THE .MERRYMAKERS. An excellent company, of vaudeville artists selected in London by Mr G. P. Humphrey, the noted coßiedian, for' Messrs J. • and N-. Tait, entitled The Merry- ■ . makers" are to appear in Timaru on A the 27th and 28th inst., when, judging from the glowing praises these English artists have' received everywhere,, a great treat is in store for local theatregoers. The Southampton News, commenting upon the. performance of " The Merrymakers," says:—"There have been some first-rate entertainers here this season, but 'The Merrymakers,' who are here this week, / are certainly enfi.led to the palm. Attired in quaint costume they afford an attractive picture to the-eye, and being all excellent vocalists their numbeis are exceptionally pleasing to the ear. Each member of the party has been at-, tached to one or other'"of the celebrated comic opera tympanies 1 , and they are accomplished Ttnd clever' ai\isti> in* every sense of the word. A great feature of this entertainment is that every line of it ha 6 been specially written for this tour, and in.many instances, by. the artists themselves. The company contain vocidists head and shoulders abovei the average.; in fact, they all sing admirably, while each has a specialty which has won for .them the honour of hieing the Guccets * of the season so far, and we shall have to go very far to find anything belter. It us very difficult to be original in these days, but .'The Merrymakers' are essentially that."