OPERA HOUSE.

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 March 1901, Page 2

OPERA HOUSE.

"WHEN LONDON SLEEPS."

... Mr C. It. Stanford's Dramatic Company, numbering 40 people, arrived here on Saturday afternoon by the express from Palmerston North, and commence a six nights' dramatic season at the Opera House this evening, when will be staged here for ■the first time the highly sensational drama "When London Sleeps." The cast of characters, which is a -very lengthy one, will be distributed as follows : —Captain Rodney Haynes, Mr C. R. Stanford: David Eaglcheart, Mr W. Taite ; Sammy Blythe, Mr Frank Hawthorne; Mark Blackwood; Mr George Chalmers; Furnaby Fuller, Mr J. F. Cathcnrt; P. C. Stone, Mr Edwin Campbell; Hon. Bertie Broomhead, Mr C. B. Westmacott; Professor lonesio, Mr J. P. O'Neil; Stephanio Mordicano, Mr Frank Harcburt; Queenie Carruthers, Miss Ida Gresham; Hilda Carrode, Miss Rosa. Conroy; Mrs Jonesio, Miss Roland Watts-Phillips; Carrie Jones, Miss Katie Towers ; Maudie De Frere, Miss Rose Hol--loway; Leilia., Miss Pearllie Hellmrich. There will bo four acts and twelve scenes, tho first act showing the interior of a travelling circus, and in the third act there will be a big mechanical change from the bedroom of Queenic Carruthers, which has been set on fire, to the housetops and depictingl the escape of the heroine and the child by walking the telephone wirel Act 4 will be the Indian Exhibition, London,

showing the interior and exterior of the 'Temple of Somma.th" and the "Great

dol Scene" upon which the heroine is

placed with the object of being burnt alive. The Wellington Evening Post, in its criticism of the production, said : "The many thrilling scenes were followed with interest, and in one act, where the villain is more than usually cold-blooded, the inr terjections from the pit wrere of a very uncomplimentary nature. The performance is a very even one, and some of the scenic effects are most realistic." "When London Sleeps" can only be played for two nights, as the large repertoire of the company necessitates quick changes.