THE GOURLAY STOKES COMPANY.

Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8108, 30 July 1895, Page 3

THE GOURLAY STOKES COMPANY.

The management announces in our advertisement columns that " Revels" will he performed here on thiir opening ni;ht (Thursday). "May's Cousio" on Friday «nd " That Awful Girl" on Paturdav. Goncerning " Revels,' with which this Company has made mch a name for itself i-i Christchurf h, Wellington, and AuoHanr 1, the Star writes :—" Revols" is one of thosi' deliehtful coraedv hurlppqiios of which <■" Skipprd by tho light of the Moon," prrii c d h^re by Mefsra Gourlay and Walton two years »jo, is the nearest exatnple we san think of, and heine much like that extraordinary comedy, it deserv* so be descrbed es one of the best pieces cf its i kind ever produced in Aueklsnd. From the rise of the certain fo its final fn)i, the play ran to the aecotr-panimejit of insrea'\ns laughter. The audience laughed bs j heartily as it vai possible for any audience to Jau-jh with impunity. If i- had been constrained to lauj^h more, Mis* Amy Gourlay and Mr William Gourlay U\ the rapacities of Kitty Kinley ani Tomm? Shakespeare respectively uiifht have b^oh responsible. Mr G^urlay kept the audience by hia inimitable impersonating of Tommy in one ct-n'inuoijs simmer of laughter the wb'ole time he w^s on the stage. Hi^ songs were splendid. As a comio singer hg is undoubtedly one of the best few who h&re appeared at the Opera Houce, as W3S ciiient by the manner in which his songs were received. "Revels" is at once lively, humorous, fum.y anil eojo^able. In the second act of " Revels" on Thursday next Mr Gourlay will piv' 1 his marvellous eccentric dance, which we believe will Ye a revelation to the Thames public.