AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13916, 29 May 1909, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

MEYNELL AND GUNN COMPANY

"Two Little Sailor Boys,"' a new drama by "Walter Howard," will be produced at the Theatre Boyyl "on Tuesday evening next by Meynell and Guuu s Dramatic Company. The cast will include many new people and old friends, and it. is announced that the play contains line dramatic effects and thrilling situations. The two boys from whom the play takes the title are Cyril and Tom. The former.is a son of Admiral Gray, a retired naval commander, w itli a wife, Lola :' the other, the son of Captain Yorke" and "Loin, was taken away by the woman when she deserted her lirst husband, and handed over to the care of one Jim Koyston. to bring up in a life of thieving and rogfuery. Cyril's influence, however, determines him to steer a -.•straight course, and when .he linds that Loja is his mother he tries in every w.a.v to shield her from the effect of her. .past life. Miss Beatrice Holloway and .Miss Mabel Bussell take the parts of Cyril and Tom. "The two little sailor boys. - ' Miss Lillian Myers will play Lola Gray, an adventuress, and Mr Herbert J. Bentlev .will take the character of Captain Noel Trcgarthen. B.N. Mr C. 15. Stanford will" personally supervise the production, and ' Mr Alec Verne will control the front of the house. On Wednesday revelling. Juno 2nd. Arthur Shirlev's great soul-stirring play. "The Stepmother."., "ill be staged. * The prices are 4s, 2s. (id and Is, and the plan is on view at the Dresden.