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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4671, 15 June 1893, Page 2

Theatre Royal. — The final performance of Struck Oil, last night, was witnessed by a capital house. The melodrama went very well ; Maggie Moore'B Bongs were encored, and the principals were called before the curtain. The Chinese Question, < waa equally successful in amusing the • audience. This evening the comedy-drama , Forty nine will be produced for the first timo in Christchurcb. It is a story of the earlier Californiau goldmining days. Ac- j cording to exchanges, it is, aa far as j dramatic and literary merit is concerned, much in advance of Struck Oil, possessing dramatic action and originality, tinged with tender sentiment, cleverly and most interestingly unfolded. Its authors are Bret Harte and Berkley Campbell, names ' celebrated in American literature. Mis 3 j Moore, during her visit to America, was '. so struck with its merits that she unheai- ; tatingly purchased all lights for its pro- ; duction iv the Colonies, and since her return she has played it with most profitable results in the Australian cities. At Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, it proved last < year the most successful drama of the i Beason. The part of Carrot?, taken by | Miss Moore might, say our exchanges, | have been written for her, co naturally , and eaaily does she assimilate herself to the wayward, volatile, yet fascinating, ' character. During the progress of the c drama, Miss Moore will sing- several cf \ those quaint ballads which owe their c popularity to her. Forty-nine will only Lo . staged for to-night and to- morrow night, and its novelty will no doubt le an attrae' ° tion for local playgoers. fc