HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XII, Issue 715, 19 November 1903, Page 18

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

“AS YOU LIKE IT.”

This exquisite comedy—the last in the repertory of Mr Musgrove’s company—excels in many respects both its predecessors. Certainly nothing more elaborateIv mounted has ever been seen in the Colonies. The various sets are surely as

, ■ ; i , : i ! ! lili:’I I r I Is® perfect as it is possible to make them. The force of realism could no further go. The play is also noteworthy as affording Miss Kerin her best opportunity. Rosalind is the part in which she made a name for herself in Manchester, which is the acknowledged home of Shakespeare at the present day, playing the part for three months under Mr . Musgrove’s management. Auckland critics might well be content to accept the judgment of Manchester, even if their own experience did not serve to confirm it, as it unquestionably does. Miss Dora Rignold plays with delicate grace as Celia, and Miss Maud Milton is a most delightful Audrey. Of the male parts, the nalm may, in this case, be freely accorded to Mr Norman Partridge, though high praise is due to Messrs Forde (Adam), Croker-King (the banished Duke), and Denny (Touchstone), while no serious fault’is to be found with any. lovers of Shakespeare will have /but four more chances of witnessing this performance, as the season closes on Monday, night. The company then proceed to Wellington, and thence, after a short season, back to Sydney.