Opera House.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10817, 6 December 1902, Page 6

Opera House.

The Whong Mr Wright Season., On Friday night next, at the Opera House, we are to for 'the flrs^ time, the. great farcical success. "The Wrong Mr, Wright," which," under the 'jpirited management of Messrs Willougkby antf'Geach, has been carrying all before it in the South, and about whom we have all -heard so much. This farcical comody "13 tlie latest "effort of the successful author of "WhatHappened to Jones" and "Why Ilniitb Left • Home." As is 'generally known, "The' Wrong Mr Wrigllt 'completely captured Melbourne playgoers, where it- enjoyed a phenomenal season of -six weeks. A contemporary writes :— "Tho. latest specimen of -the American humorous play is worthy • to rank with any of *fes predecessors. 'The , Wrong. Mr Wright,' as presented at' the Bijou Theatre was witnessed by, a crowded and* goo^hufrioured audience. The nurthJul atmosphere of the^piece.'.provgd'.crectrical; the situations developed , and after .the first teii, minutes the success of the - production wa's assured! 'There is alwa'y^ a danger that a second edition of any book or play may ' prove insipid,, and 'though the author of "W^hat Happ'ftiedjtb Jo"n'es^''tirrdoun¥c-dly slruck^a paying vein 1 of humour in the first instance, iherc was no guarantee that he would '.o 't a rain. However, the new Americanism is tjiiite as good as the old. It is not ■ trictly an Americanism ; the scene in 'aid in 'New To'rk, but 'the characters would ; as.? muster in any v 'sma_rt' set the 'Vviild over. Tftcre is '^jlfdiich, of Yankee i;>atinerisnii ,fi;d more^than a suggestion of Yankee rapidity. The clever- lady detective 10 also a jYankee. innovation. ■ For the redt, the perplexities of the alleged Mr bright' are .jrresistibly comic; a number of umorous characters arc employed to the iwst adVaV^age; the game of cross jMrposcs is jilkyed to ay ' exciting^fini^h.v and 'ho audience is all the while- tossed ' like a 'cork doWn an stream t? jrotesque. improbabililios, wliieh atilL look like probasuilitios, and for that reason 1 re lnoie diverting Ihim they otherwise 'vould oc.' . the season is limited to Jfour ' -j^iits, and we' are also promised "On and <_»i', ' another successful screamer. The t>o>. plan w^l be on view on Tuesday next.