THE Lorenette

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 925, 3 October 1896, Page 20

THE Lorenette

As we go to press the Trilby Comedy Company are making their debut to an Auckland audience in the popular, comedydrama ' Milky "White,' and a most amusing musical comedietta entitled ' Living Models.' The company is not a large one, but each member of it is a capable artist. Miss Doris Maitland and Miss Blanche Herman have not appeared here before, but Miss Hettie Howarde is a warm favourite. Of the male membera Mr Morton Prior's" ' Daniel White ' is spoken very highly of. And Messrs Sherbonrne and Fort are well-known as having appeared with much success in 'My Sweetheart ' and other comedies in Auckland. A portion of. the proceeds last evening were devoted to the commendable work of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and this (Thursday) evening the Parnell Orphan Home will receive a percentage of the gross receipts. A very successful season is anticipated. The Pollard Opera Company left for the South on Wednesday by tbe s'.s. Tarawera, after a most successful season in Auckland The company drew crowded houses in Abbott's Opera House, and their final pro ductions, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' and l l.a Fille dn Tambour Major,' were, most successfully staged. ' To-morrow (Friday) evening a concert will be given in the City Hall in connection with the Auckland Association Football, in order to raise funds towards defraying the expenses of the recent tour by the Auckland Association team through the Colony. The performance will be under the patronage of the Mayor, Col. Goring, and Mr A. Heather, President of the Associotion. The prices of admission ' are : dress circle, 1, -. body of hall. (id. The Lynch Family Bellringers are drawing well in South Australia. At latest dates Charles Warner was playing in " Drink ' at the London Princess' to crammed houses. . A new comedian is supposed to be on his way to Melbourne from .New York. He is booked for the Princess's new production. ' A Milk-white Flag." • Snazelle has returned to London after a seven months' tour of the world with his ' Music, Song, and Story ' show. He now proposes to devote the rest of the year in touring Great Britain and Ireland. The wonderful dancer in ' Chinatown,' Bessie Clayton, is the wife of the company's manager, Julius Mitchell. Bessie is the only married artiste at present appearing in the show, and she has just turned is. During his sojourn in Australia, • Bob ' Brough has had over 250 plays sent to him to read. More than 2(K) were no good. The rest were mediocre and only two were actable. Fifty or so were sent in by women, and the worst of the whole lot wan the work of an Australian editor. Mr Brough and his Comedy Company opened' at the Sydney Criterion lately with Clo Graves' 'A Mother of Three.' During the season ' Mrs Ponderbury's Past,' ' Mrs Othello." and ' The Late Mrs Gostello ' will probably put in an appearance. . ..." Aldrich Libbey, of the Chinatown Company, now in Australia, is one of America's most famous baritones. He was the first to iDtrodnce to the world, ' After the Ball, 1 Two Little Girls in Bine,' ' Sweet Marie,' ' The Ship I Love,' 'The Sweetest Story Ever Told,' which have all caught on.