FAUNTLEROY.

West Coast Times, Issue 9736, 26 January 1894, Page 2

FA UN TL ER OY .

Speaking of the Kennedy jCompany's performance of "Little Lo£d Fauntleroy," an exchange says :— The ' interest of the piece was centred inihe riejir,ese/ir i ejir,ese/it i atj.on of Little Ruby Kennedy. To say that the child performed her onerous task triumphantly would be nothing short of damning with faint praise. It was the brightest, crispest, most talented, and most natural piece ' of acting of a. boy's par,t we hav^e ,ever beheld on, the theatrical stage. We have known, seen, and appreciated a host' of clever young actresses 'who have continued in the po.urtrayal o£ a long line of boys' parts in the" %4mg ■ theatres of Gr,rea_t Britain and America, but never hav ( e we seen a performance whiqhprom^es' a future so full of jtnjjjiiph as that which .the little genius i§uf>y Kennedy unfolded to our eyes. ; at qne time gay, at another tendei 1 , now flushed with joyous hilarity, and anon delivering adviqy, J^e a staid ptuloso^er, yej

vrifhal full of generous feeling and solicitude. It was superb ; the audience followed the childlike figure in the- accompanying emoTionsbeing-pourtrayed by her, laughing in boisterdus gaiety w.hen she laughed; touched to the core when she was sad, and happy and contented as her peace like spirit shed its halo of influence over the iracible and gouty though honorable old -§entreman/ her grandfather. Little !£ub^" Kennedy, 'if she be spared, 'will pjay many a part in histrionics and we venture tq assert that in al} her representations the same genius as shVnow shows will tquch them with all the added gold of mpe and refined experience. The bud of promise, that is opening to the young debutante will develope into the , fufr blossojn^and flower, ei'3 'Miss Ruby . ifennedy' bids' adieu Ho the great moral teacher, the sjago. Little Lord ""Fauntleroy thjs night will be under the patronage of his Worship the' Mayor and Borough Councillors. Ticjce^ are^rdcUi-able everywhere.