MOTHER HUBBARD

Timaru Herald, Issue 170296, 14 August 1920, Page 3

MOTHER HUBBARD

COMING iiONDAY. This is the title of J. and M. Tait'"s pawtuniuuß extravaganza, wiucli ih to appear at tiie Xneai.ru .Uoyai on Monday evening and again piaying ;i return visit on tiie j.ionuay loiiowing, August- 2iSid. Tlia success uf • jYietlJei" Muiibard'-" iu Australia liutj, been treiitenaous, tiie length in each season lia ! . nig io be extended. Chief ..'liong tjit- lun matters is jbarry Lapmo, tluit illimitable comeaian, whose aiolierv ami acrobatic dancing have uc/ci" been excelled. Jack Cannot is an tra assistant as Father Hubbard, while a lengthy east «vill include the clever simultaneous dancers Moon and Moi l is, and the Creiglitons, the whirlwind acrobatic jugglers, wn oclaim to begin their act at a point at which other performeis finish. William A. Hassan provides a faithful study as the Bog, of the Mother Hubbard legend, and a notable performance is inat of Colin" Crane, as "the Pirate King. Miss Dorothy Leigh is "Boy." "Mother Hubbard" is essentially a fun •lantomime, and has been 'written to suit all children from eight to eighty. The box plans aro on view at the "Bristol Company, and are open for both appearances here, Monday 16th and Memday 23rd. The Ohristchureh season, which concludes to-night, has been a remarkably successful one, and Ihc Chris-tchurch Press 13 unanimous i:i its' praise of the all round excellence of •'Mother Hubbard."