THEATRE ROYAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13697, 12 September 1908, Page 7

THEATRE ROYAL.

THE SCARLET TROUBADOURS. Mr. Edgar Bran&cembe who tc> successfully toured with the Wesmiuster Glee Singers someyears -ago, the organiser arid director of the " fccarlet Troubadours," who are to appear at the Theatre Royal on Thursday and Friday •evening* next. The "■Scarlet Troubadours" is a comedy costume company consisting of eight leading Englioh vocalists and humourists,, two ladies and bix men. Their work is ol the highest standard, as one might well expect from the fact that Mr. Edwin Branscombe has bim.-e.lf personally selected these artistes from London with a view of upholding hie> reputation ft.r maintaining an excellence in both solo and concerted singing. The company are ako exceptionally strong from a humourous standpoint, and come fresh from recent succc;t>c.-> in Australia. where they havr. attracted large audiences, and ait e>pok«:ii •_f by the press in the highest ' teuns of praise. Of tho six men it is only nrcc>s-ary to state that Messrs. Alfred Uunuingham and Ford Waltham were the baritone and basso of the London Meistcr Glee Singers, a male quartette which held ■ the reputation of being the finest in th© world. and that Mr. Sydney' Marinerißg; the tenor, was for four years playing, leading roles with the Mood \*-M a nncm Opera Co. Mr Percivnl .Mackenzie, the .art-humorist and crayon' art ist, draws? impression pictures in record time, and illustrates in coloured chalks some of the musical numbers while being 6Utig. He has twice been honoured by a royal command to appear before His Majesty the King Mr.. Edgar Warwick, described 'as a " prince'of jestexr," enjoys the reputation uf Iwing one of England's foremost society enU.rtaineir>, , The performances given, apart from their musical excellence art- presented in, quite, a novel form, unlike anything of (he kind which lias vet visited New Zealand.