ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2470, 7 April 1909, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

AIASIvELYNE AND DEV A NT'S MYSTERIES;

To-night tlu> visit nag! to Gisborne by the' Al.iskelyne and Cook Company, brought from London by Air Henry Hayward, opens at His Majesty's Theatre. The entertainment is a summing u.p of all modern conjuring, juggling, and stage illusion, and comes direct from the acknowledged .headquarters—the. workshop whence all lesser companies of the class olitain their effects as from a wholesale depot. 'Die various characters appearing in the elaborate-ly-staged sketches will be sustained by Messrs Paul, Burt, and -Booth, assisted by a staff of fifteen and the Alisses Westeyleigh, Cnrt’ss, and Barkley, who have boon associated with Air Maskelvne at the Egyptian and St. George’s ■ Halls for- some years, and have been most carefully trained for the difficult parts they have to play. The pro- ! gramme is arranged so that between j trick playettes, Owen Clark will give jan exhibition—the young conjurer was • absorbed into the .company.a few y<--rs I ano after an appearance. beLuo the ! Kiim- and Queen at the time of the Spanish Koval visit. Gintoro, who has boon aptly termed the CinqueyalU of Japan, will -present his act in the scene of <me of his (flowery native villages and appears with liis wife in gorgeous national costume. Aljr Barclay Gammon, a musical • humorist, gives a half hour of tunes and tarradiddles. He is at the present moment considered the finest monologue of London, and was appearin'-- at six theatres nightly before leaving. A light orchestra and some. fine ’cello solos by Signor Mart;non"o; - character iso. the musical part of the en-