THE DAMPIER COMPANY.
"The Mssfcatit itff^&W 1 - • '■' '*• " — =^».'~. .-, ' J ■ ;-,,>£ >. One of^ S^aiespearftV.^esfe pj[a¥B,<T t IW' 1 v: V Merchant of Venice," was staged at'th». v?. Opera 'House^last-evening. bjf'.thie Dampier Company, witi-'inuch. splendpur. and,. ; Bcenio, . ' The. audience .Va*Wt. : 80 -largess the;, .perfoman^; nieri^ but Wiyc Wck of f numbers was made up.-for~by, the appreci- y ation and enthusiasm displayed,, some very excellent acting^being^ greeted with desserved .and hearer,- aMlanuie. . , tion was i m6sf "fcreditSble ope, and tp the ' players |s du'e'Mgli praii^" yjp&t ylqj.^M .styled a comedy, anditner/d^ff'pfeth.e mostbeautiful ever written, but- it contains at the same time Bom_e^of. l th r &gjcan'de»t" scenes that. can be placed on a s^age-^l^ast night the Spectators were chann?d by the- per- x formance, aii(l broke., forth in Tpiiji Aprplaiuw at the ' efforts' of "'the, idt6%"ii!eqne»tlyr Wan^ftnui plMygoers'seia^iWjtftvb an op- , * poftunity of witnessing Shai*sp><?ttre-ppo^ -- duqe.d,/™nf&rt'unately^and^i|if[isarer.i» one - of, 0& "great waskeifh worts staged by «tiph a powerful company ah theDampier cq«i- . blnation. - W^^ $**$ es%&e s%& *?<>*« 'ptiuch 'tre v ats Vw^ Waa^ provided ; '.A# -\ . an intergireierjof SKatkeepeatei Mr Alfred Dampier, ranks with? J,he "best We jjiaye h*£ here,-and, needless to say, he scored »jlij»- -' r tinct, success as "Shjlock.'l. iJSe.c>|i3Fied,tlie audience with him the whole, time he wap on the stage! They felt with him, reasoned ,v with him y and- suffeicd.-with-.-iuoi;.; ' -The" -, .pangs of the bereft ;faihef,v the ghafta oif • scorn, the jeers. and jest^'of the: alien' were 1 . the spe;ctator^ > '9s.^hey were>ihylock>— {tji^r •». . entered iiito 'the minds , and -sympathifß \of tie ■«udien ; ce^as keenly »s^they r were vividly- - and truta spttrtrajed by. Mr Dampie*. HJs ;wtingth^ou'ghouj;wa^iiMi«hed»ni»tHßiic, ! . and was 'a treat to beho,ld-.: >He /w^ B ably • . seconded by Miss JAW Dtunpier, who.im- ' personated Portia* and .credited' a pottltv- - curable impression by.:her acting, which - was of a higsh class. Mr^(l«n<ind ' represented ,4ntonia,apl«»aidly, and helped greatly towards the success of, the -^erfonnj' , ' ance. As' TBassano,'Mri Alfred -Rolfe r flile4 -■ the bill admirably, fes, did al*o Mr Augpiatus Neville as 'Gral^no/'Lhif elocutionary^ eflbfts r being' excellent: Mr George Ebb- * smith (as old Gbbboi.-iMr Leon vV ßoche («• ' Lorenzo), ' and' Mr ' Dampier, ijuuvi ' (as Launcelot Gbbbo,' the .clown) were mojjt meritorians^ The; , characteYs -of l',lferißß» "(Miss Emiljr-- Lampton) apd" Jessica (Mw« Rose Dampier) were adequately faken/ and, the remaining' part* in* the *ast, we*<r «h3b in capable hands. The 'dtosses. were 'rich and true to the time arid plaice^ whilst the scenery, w,arlirst-class.*" J •,-"'"•/ "' "' '; ?' To-nighi is "the last of the season, and . .] Mr Dampier witt .pj^aitce* J " ; \: ' ; V V - -'ROBBERY . UNDKft.^Ai&S/ the representative Australian »lay, which "^ has been re-writ^en -and -re-co'nstrticted. -AH - " previous. prpduetiona. of 'Oxiß-plsJ' will-lfe "-• to-night, for Mr Dampier meaas . it to be, a triumph oi -reSiUsin. - scenic Ultistrations will be maßrnificent, arid a coach andhorses will be? upon the stage. ,^- Mr Alfred -Dampier witlimpergoffate :<Jap- * 1^ .tain. Starlight, in which he is seen to great advantage. There should 'be a crowded audience, 1 a&- the teompany> "worthy- of * ? .patronage, and to-night's piece is' such "a popular and thriHmg-',otier r " « \. .
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11142, 31 December 1903, Page 5
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492THE DAMPIER COMPANY. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11142, 31 December 1903, Page 5
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