The McMahon Brosl Season

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1506, 13 December 1905, Page 2

The McMahon Brosl Season

L Too muoli cau Hardly b 1 -n 1■ f "i a ft* J oollenca of tho scenery I nigs flhioh acoompanitd tho oponing v

piece, %h'' in tho MaoMahon's, season night, dim pittly to tho omcippsT of the proprietora.-bnt niainlyi;nb; .floubE to tbs<{aoilitlee afforded .by.railiViy.iOOaiM: rauniofttion withljVailn. Thosoopio la9f nipbt 'Wfro n revolution 16 ft Waihi audinnce,:ntid notwithstandmß 'tbe-disadv, vantigp cf limited stngo room to nosomimodiileand operate tho quantity of scenery used, there'was'notia-6iDglehltohtO':mw; tho effoot,. i" SnturdftvNighk ln Londot),-': (roia tht> p»n of Mr Mat Wilkinson; is a hiohly tensational drama, and bristles with exciting and interesting incidents, and its interpretation last night left, no- 4 tiling to bo dosued. , 5 Tho plot deals with : almost every phose of'lifo ns it is soon in the metropolis ofthe* world, and allows nmolo . opportunity' for . powerful acting and effective stage Bottinft. The stonv which is ■ ingeniously>thought• out aud olfverly conptrnood, talis how Boy Wilton (Mr. George Blake), a son of a rich' London banker, falls into tho hands, of a set of bank thieves,.who havo >pr6vioußly stolen a large sum of money from his father. Edward Mordaunt (Mr. :Wiltor> Power) and Abram Sbabnor (Mr.'iHatry Dougltw) pass some of tho stolen notes on to Wilton in return for a bill'of.exohange and then a'oouse him of.robbing tho.bank, Sara Shnbnei (Miss ;Mny; Granville) 1 ' tries to save yonng Wilton, but after an angry scene with, hie- fxthor. Sir- Jasper

Wilton (Mr. Lionel Wal«ho) the son is turnod out of horned Meanwhile ~ young Wilton has met- and Mien,in love 1 within orphan girl, Mona 01ayton:(Missi > Maie Nelson), and resoues ber from a fieriei ■. oHnsults offered by Mordaunt. 1 Sir Jasper; Wliton gives up the tank and prepares to leavoEngland with a large sum of money, •: and Shabner atod Mordaunt.plan to murder and rob the old man* and lay the crime on. the son. Their plot succeeds, and young Wiit'on is andiitnod for mnrdor. One .Tack Dorrmgconrt; a pavement artist (Mr J. Lambert), is an noseon. whness of > the otime; and blackmails Jbabnor and > Mordaunt as the price of his eilanoe.; ;At .• aprizo fitjhft DomnjrcourS.and. Shabner have a dispute over a money ■; transaction; i Dorrinijconrt nceuws Shabnorr I daunt of.the murder,; and Wilton's ,|pnooonceis oatanlishedi : Shabner. is icbot by Mordaunt, who in turn is handed ; over to: tho law by Boy Wiltm, $ . The final sceno is enaoted in the old Wbarf House whero tha villainy,, of

Edward hordannt is thoroughly'exposed,, and the. hero and heroine are happily united, ' It «|vfii»t class perforpaanoei and the MacMahona are to bo congratalfttejl 'on the sucoess vof the " pißct. With one or two exceptions the performers were well Itnowa to Wfiihi, having on more than one occasion earned tbo plaudits of a local night their ao'ing wasdo™A|4ipreoiatefl. Mibb MAj Granvflwi«re»H(.;diffi., onlt and trying role <pf SaVfffgh'abnor, ■ the Jow's daughter, gave a most realistio. pourtraynl of the oharaotor, and. admirably throughout. Miss Mnie' •Nelson,- a3 Mona Clayton, 'the orphan, wa'a graceful and natural, and won the hearts- ■ Of ; her audionce.. (In the:'.various soetiea hor. acting was 'fati't-less. She - was natural to :a; degreo,; and'plnyed remarkably woll. Miss May Renno played the coflter.girl.'Poll Hawkins, to the letter. i?he appoavod to thoroughly enter into the spirit of the character, and gave as true ; likene.is of a costor girl as one could desire. In tins part she wss ably supported by Mr. Peter Suviori (Nioltey Bobbs, ".in the green groc«ryline") : !fhocombination: lightened, up: the piece in, n remarkablo; degree, and was responsible for frequent outbursts • of hearty merriment. They.,bMh,'■Wie - the moat of their parls, . and audience. Miis Hilda, MeaqjPkaa. Maud Soinmerton, neiee- of Sir Jasper' Wilton, though shoahad- not-.80 raiioh to do as the othora, rnadD a marked soccess of lief part, ■ Mr L. Walsho impersonal-' od' Sir Jasper Wilton, ..banker, with a dignity and effect that'was highly com-: mcndable, Mr Wilton , Powor; as the scheming dork in his uncle's (Sir Jasper: Wilton's) bank, interpreted; "the character in a manner that for .• skilful treatment of acts of villainyi was true to life. Mr Cbarloß Blake, as Boy Wilton (Sir Jaspor's son) and the horo of the play, gave a mosterly.iwid manly pourtrnyal of: the character. Froui .the ontsotho won tbo admiration of his : audience, and maintained it to tho final seene. Mr i Harry Douglas, was . very much at homo as Abrahaui'Bhabner, tnonoy-iender and city ■olerk. ,He gavo a representation of tho money lending Jew. The success of the drama was due"to a large extent to the - excellent acting of Mr J. Lumbort na: Jnok • ■'Dorrington j a: pavempnt ariis! I/Ho had a part- that aijiijed him: splendidly, -.: and with his nitural. gift for o'omedy had no trouble in imputing to tho .obaraoter. : the drollery. that , the author inteuded. Tho minor parts wcio ; a'l well sus- ' tamed; - Tho prize vino, in ,tba third, set, in which Messrs J Blair and G, W. Dennis, treated the audience 'to ■ one -of the liveliest, two-round - boxing■■ .coutnat wo havo wituessed fov a long time, >' "created a great amonnt^'of'interest. A t featureof the pnrforragiifle; was the pianoforte contributions '\>f Mr,H, Hnwkins, ' who is'i 1 an orchestra in himself. The seonia - 'effeots, !iao ; already;, men- > ; tionod, wow -splendid,vrthose "'showing■; Oovent Gardens, the Victoria Embankmout, and Sißride'eChurfchj'beiDg particularly fino. Tho scene of St. Bude's Church depicting^he-interior, and:: part of the iniorior of- the aoorc;} edifice,: ' was realistic, and was rendered impressiveby the singing of'tho AdeßteJ?idelcsj tifuiiy rendered frotn the ptcrior by.: Qmnviiie, with organ aooompnniment, an*: pathos was added by tho appoavaneo of a/» nun imiidst a soena of misecy at the entrance of tb'e ehuroh.'. vThooxcellent stage \ management by Mr. G. L; Merriman, wassi greatly appreciated. 1 11 THE'PAINTED WOMAN.-" An e(jtially;sucooßsfi!l London; produo*.-:: tion is announced lot this evening. Th» I Messrs Monfahon, by arrangomont with; ■ Mr Williatn Anderson, -will-i produce far,the first time Iftro tho absorbing play.. " The Painted Woman." It is a noteworthy fact that tia less : than six distinotV companies arn at tho present time present-:;.-, ing this: popular:play. :in-the.Englmh pro-«. vinces alono.; A speoial fe'aturo of,: a per«4 i formance which promise to pi ova more" than ordinarily:, interesting-will be the .5 elabornto '.scenery- and v novel stage acces«h soneß. -This pnpnlaivdrama ran for. conscon'no mglits, at His Majesty'sThoittre, AucUaud/to orowded bouses.