Mr Foley’s Entertainment.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 556, 13 January 1891, Page 2

Mr Foley’s Entertainment.

The clever Mr Foley gave his opening performance at Gisborne on Saturday night, at the Theatre Royal, and also performed last night, For the providing of a good night’s laughter Mr Foley has special ability, and the interest of the audience is maintained throughout. His changes of costume arc wonderful, and tis singing of cr.nuc songs and his impersonations of character soon establish him as a favorite. The panorama of the overland route through America is well worth witnessing, while Mr Foley has an admirable faculty of creating merriment, the audience repeatedly giving expression to their appreciation by outbursts of applause. His ventriloquism is a specially good feature of tho entertainment. Last night there was a good houqe. and an lent programme w»a presented, A mau that can keep an audience entertained as Mr Foley succeeds in doing, has abilities of no common order in the line which he adopts. He has the special faculty of being able to make other men laugh and be merry, and the energy he throws into his work makes the audience f><-l that, nothing U wanting on his pa<t to try und make all enjoy themselves It will this evening and to-morrow evening make a jolly wind-up to the dav’a holiday On Thursday afternoon Mr Foley will give 11 IBAtiuvv,