ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2397, 12 January 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

WILLIAMSON'S MUSICAL- COMEDY COMPANY.

On Monday next, at His Majesty’s Theatre, J. C. Williamson will com-' mence a two nights’ season. On Monday will bo played '‘The Rod Mill.” and on Tuesday ''The Prince of Pilseu.” "The Red Mill” has been the the New York success of two consecutive seasons at the Knickerbocker Theatre. It is credited with an average business of 22,000 dollars a week for 500 nights. The setting and characterisation are, with the exception of the two Americans responsible for the comic relief, exclusively Dutch. The two Americans are stranded in Holland, and the innkeeper, finding them unable to pay their hoard and lodging, sets them to work it out — one as a. waiter and the'other as an interpreter. "The Reel Mill” has many tuneful numbers in it. "Be-, cause You’re You,” "Every Day is Ladies' Buy with Me,” and "Go while the .Going’ is Good” are all catchv songs. "The stranded Americans will bo represented by Messrs John Ford kml Fred Leslie. The latter is well know to New Zealand audiences for bis connection with the Royal Comic Opera Company; and Mr. John Ford has played the part that has been assigned to him for some time in America. He enjoys the reputation of being the leading eccentric dancer of the United States to-dav. 1 here are close upon 100 people in this company. The second production, CThe Prince of Pilsen,” will also be seen for tlio first time in Gisborne. The movement and action of "The Prince of luson” takes place at Nice, in the south of France, and gives, the scenic artist a supreme chance for some beautiful painting. The humor of the play is said to he most whimsical, and receives its evolution from the efforts principally of Messrs Ford, Leslie, and Charles Loder—an excellent Dutch comedian specially engaged to expound the humorous vagaries of the bombastic Cincinnati brewer. The music is bv Victor Herbert, bite author of "The Fortune ’roller” and the "Belle of New York,” while the libretto is the work of Henry B'ossom. The. box plans will, be open at Mr. Miller’s on Thursday next.