ANDREW MACK.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12149, 24 April 1907, Page 2

ANDREW MACK.

Andrew Mack, it has been remarked, comes to New Zealand like a fresh sprig of shamrock to cheer the devoted hearts of Old Ireland with a renewed reverence foi her great dead. As Tom Moore, Andrew Mack is said to be just as we would all love to have the sweet poet, a manly, handsome fellow, with never a black thought, a smile like a summer's dav«n, and a voice that would reach the heart of an anchorite. Andrew Mack is the beau ideal of an Irish comedian, a passionate lover, with a beautiful Irish way of breaking into humour at crucial moments — he has many little touches and asides that lend a piquancy to his fascinating performance. Apart from the individuality of the "star," "Tom Moore" is a well-written and admirablyconstructed play dealing — a little idealis-tic-ally perhaps — with the ups and downs of the poet's life, to which is lent a delightful atmosphere by the presence of such figures as the Prince of Wales, Mrs Fitzherbert, Brinsley Sheridan, Beau Brummel, Bessie Dyke, and other famous characters of the early years of the nineteenth century. "The Way to Kenmare," a charming Irish play, in which Mr Mack has become famous, is to be staged on the second evening. Box plans are now open at Jones and Sons'.