ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2370, 10 December 1908, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH.”

To-night the American Company of Liebler and Co., of New York, under the direction of Mr. J. C. V illiamson, will make their first- appearance here in the fumouscouiedy-draiua “Mrs VViggs of the Cabbage Patch.” The play is said to open up a new vista of bizarre, quaint, ana grotesque incidents of homely life in the *outhern States of America. For this tho company has been specially selected, •and the leading artists arc claimed, t-o hold foremost positions on the American stage of to-day. The characters ure said to live and move and have their being as parts of a world as real as those we meet in our -mundane existence. “Mrs. V iggs of tlie Cabbage Patch” is a female philosopher to whom all neighbors turn for ■advice. tShe is a determined matchmaker, and when wedding dresses are wanted improvises them. She has .many troubles, but all ends with a large amount of happiness. The company, forty strung, arrived last night front South. As the interest begins with the first lines spoken, the management desire that patrons may bo early in their seats. A fate train to Puha will leave Gisborne at 10.45 p.m. Tho final curtain will fall on the play at 10.35 p.m.