THE DOBSON-KENNEDY COMPANY

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3160, 24 September 1892, Page 2

THE DOBSON-KENNEDY COMPANY

The " Lancashire his*," with which the popular Dobson-Kennedy Company commence their season to-night, is a drama of exceptional merit, and one likely t<> enlist the sympathies and maintain the interest of the audience from start to finish. A village maiden, Ruth, is word hy Ned Clayton, a carpenter, to whom she Rives her heart, and then meets with another lover, the villain of the piece. This blackguard, aided by a gipsy girl who was unsuccessful in winning Ned's love, desires to be revenged upon him, wins Knths' atfections, and she is persuaded to write a letter to lied burn, promising to elope, with him. This letter falls mt i the hands of Ruth's lather and is read to him by Ned—not however, in the sense written by Ruth, but as a letter under such circumstances should have b en written by a woman who had already become the affianced wife of another man—a letter declining Redburn's overtures. This version of the letter saves Ruth's K""'1 «!»'"«. l,llt the discovery of his fiatico's perfidy breaks the carpenter's heart, and he starts on a downward career ol dissipation. It would be unlair to relate the denouncement, but we premise that it will be found well worth ascertaining. On Monday night the company will per form " Little Lord Fauntleriy," in which little Miss Ruby Kenuedy will sustain the part of the young Lord. The well-known Irish drama, '• The Shaughrann," will be staged at Cambridge on Tuesday night, to be followed hy " Little Lord Eauntleroy " on Thursday nig __