'"HUMPTY DUMPTY."

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 8 September 1908, Page 5

'"HUMPTY DUMPTY."

™r ®' Williamson's >,; pantomime, vy^unpty Duinpty," now appearing in Wellington, has achieved avsuccess thai is.said?to have eclipsed that of "Mother Goose." The pantomjme, which will begin a season of two riighta and one matinee to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, .. comes with high newspaper credentials .to ) the Dominion, and these have been endorsed by the Auckland a2r W?l llngton P r.ess- The spectacular sKie;^t r tbe production appears to be on a scale o fmagnificence. The crowning spectacle is the " Wheel of Life," described as ah exceptionally effective scheme of stage illusion. The wheel is designed^ on the plan of the big wheel at Earl* -fOourt, London, with the difference that on the bare that form its rim are .clustered gaily-attired girls, who. are showered on to the stage in a dazzling cascade. >The wheel is illummated with vari-coloured electric lights, and, it prfcsenta a glittering vjsiony Another feast of colour is announced in- the coral ballet, danced on the floor of the ocean-ma riot of submarine scenic beauty, '■ The Australasian ballet is also praised as a "charmingly conceived; dance invention, while there are passed ensembles and groupings in the Congress of Nations...a significant closing episode. The comedy of "Hump- £ aid to bo perhaps the best that a J. C. Williamson extravaganza has yet provided. The department is headed by Mr Bert Gilbert, an English comedian, who has riot preyi--2?.! 1/. aPPearedinNew Zealand. -Mr Victor Loydall and Mr Harry Shine are associated with him in the fun-making