St. Francis Church Social.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9112, 5 July 1898, Page 2

St. Francis Church Social.

The comediett i, entitled " Whitebait at Greenwich," Will be produced this evening at the social to be held in connection with St. Francis' Church in St. George's Hall. The characters Will he sustained by some of the leading Thames amateurs, and a creditable interpretation may be expected. The comedietta is a very amusing one, and contains some good bye play, The plot is briefly as follows:—Mr Buzzard has secretly married his maid of all work (Sally), while his sister (Hiss Lucretia Buzzard) has contracted a private union with a nondescript lodger named Plimmer. The efforts of Busxard and his sister to ocnceal their riiarriege from each other are rendered more difficult, by the appearance of another party on the scene in the person of John Small, who was formerly a waiter at the Crown and Sceptre at Greenwich, where these happy couples had been to partake of whitebait. The play of cross purposes then begins, Buzzard being afraid that Small will tell Mies Buzzard of his marriage to Sally, while Glimmer and Miss Buzzard are equally anxious regarding their secret. On the other hand Small does not recognise them at all; the recollection is all on their side. Small, when a child, h s been deserted by his father, and the issue of events leads Small to believe ♦h«t he has found his lost father in Buzzard, his aunt in Miss Lucretia, and hi* mother in Sally. He is undeceived towards the end, and the piece closes with the union of the happy couples, while Small departs to oon» tinue the search for hid long lost father. We understand that Mr Wynyard-Jow, solo mandolinist at the Auckland Banjo, Mandeline and Guitar Club has kindly consented to play a solo, and that Mr W. H. Worrall, the well-known bass vocalist of Auckland, will also assist, so that lovers of music will be afforded a musical treat this evening*