Opera House.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11814, 6 January 1903, Page 7

Opera House.

TAYLOR-CARRINGTON COMPANY,

It is fully fifteen years since Mr. Charlie Taylqr and Miss Carrington appeared in Wangianui, and! on that occasion they had I with them the greatest Shakespearian ac- [ tor that has ever visited us—one of the i greatest actors in the world'—the later 3sr. !W. E. Sheridan. That gentleman's performances of I^iniT Lear, Shylock, Othello, and many other creations of the "immortal bard," are the standard) by which, other actors who came after hiim have been judged, and in those particular parts he has never been surpassed, not even equalled. Mr. Charlie Taylor and' Miss; Oarrington supported their star worthily in those days; the gentilemian's performances: of lago, Edgar, and Gratiano, and1 the ladyV impersonations of Julie de Mortemar,< in "Richelieu,"..Xady Anne in "Richard' III.," etc., adding gr_eatly to the success of flhe series of performances of /high-class drama that was warmly welcomed and most liberally supported by Wamranui playgoers. Speaking of "Disowned," the piece, to be presented to Wanganui patrons this evening, the Taranaki "News," of Friday last), says: The marvellous m>pularity of the melodrama was fully demonstrated by the Taylor-Carrington Company's production of "Disowned)" in the Theatre Royal on Thursday. The sweltering mass of humanity that packed thfe building alternated between breathless excitement for the safety of the down-trodden hero, and applause at the always opportune appearance cf Darby DwyerJ or Gilnger Jim. "Disowned" contains the usual elements, Paul Norman and Dan McGratth (the villains must always be called by both names) being a padr of beautifularchfiends, andi Allan Desmond;, a j sou disinherited for marrying beneath hinn, J typifying1 distressed virtue. D&a*by, Dwyer, an amusingl Irishman, with the' proper { knack of turning up a* thei1 right time and uttering threats agadnst all and sundry who interfere with virtue in the mire, is a really .good character. He is assisted! in his labour of love by Ginger Jim:, -who ; makes his first appearance with the convict clip still showing on liris hiair, and' J enriches himself by blackmailing tli/e villain, until his heart! is touched! by the suffering* of virtue, and he "finds salvation." The principal roles were sustained by Mr. Charlie* Taylor as Darby, Mr. Charles Sequin as* Ginger Jim, Mr. Edwin Green as Paul Noranan, and Miss Ella Oarrington as Kate Desmond1. Mr. F. Coape, as a flunkey, was an excellent "Jeames," anid' Miss- Amy Carline gave a realistic pctiure of ■'an East End "lydy. v The scenio effects were good, including an explosionY -; ' ' _^