The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-18 00:00:00

BiLNINSTEZ.
THEATRJCALS AT Tag WHITE HART

Under the distinguished patronage of Lady Ogiander, of
Parnhow, Lieut •G•todel am, and other local magnate., •
grand f ashion able droonatlo performance sal given at the
Whits 11 ot Auembly Rooms on the meatus of Weiner
day and Thursday last Most of the/4:140t the neighbour.
bold were premel on the firsenanted evening, and on
Thursday the attendee.e wee very numerous at
reduced prices Thies successful entertainments were
carefully organised by the friends of the Working Mao.,
Institution, the fonds arising out of the former being
devoted to the um of this institution, which bee proved •
boon to the town. The stage and properties were kindly
lent by the Maiden Newton and ere/kart* Dramatic
Clete, membes of the latter patronising the entertain.
meat on Thursday evening. Cot a Mutely the require.
meat. of the stale aid dressing-room canoed the asdi-
tritium to be somewhat limited in iii,, but this defect was
trivial. Tug first piece put upon the boards was &menet'.
favourite farce—"A Day after the Fair," the met being MI
follows :
Mr. ..... ...Mr. W. Ozley.
Mr. Sterling ....... .11r. J. Andrews.
...... ... Mr P. J. Rutland.
Polly ... ....... ........ 8. Weeks.
A mug retreat, with "0.01 trot and mossy cell." has been
by Mr. Z %chariot Fidget, • retired money.
rzelf,ego is the unfortunate victim of a vile and mord.
lees cosspiracy. Clod, is • country bumpkin, is duly
swaged as • "confidential," and just as the nervous,
114etty tenant browsee used to his "lucky purchate," •
swim of unlooked-for trials commence. Mr. Jerry has been
depotel by his muter. If,. Sterling, to come to Whirligig
Hell with • view to purchase it, but to his dismay arrives
only to find old Fidget has already dose so for himself.
and is duly Installed therein. Jam is at his wire end,
having lot his bargain. Ide situation, and, perhaps, his
wife, for Polly, the lomat foams of the hoses, WM to !
bleated him with her hand and heart A happy isk
Polly remembers the ealsteece of a theatrical
the rear of the premises, the property of her late master,
and an arrangement is arrived at b tween her and bar
Jerre to iteitortionoto characters, and so work upon the
nervous system of old Fidget that he will be obliged to
relinquish his bargain. Now follow the motional inflictions
—lnelotions of &horrible character to such &gloomy =lean.
ways as Fidget A drunken cobbler, • persistent washer-
wom.... wretchedbeggar- woman. &Preach drummer-boy,
a ballet dancer, • prism donna. and imt—but oh, not
least—a raying maniac. Nor Fidget Is almost at the last
throes by moon of these nuisances, in the very h-art of
his fund retreat, when the appearance of Jerry, be proprie
perform, aims an opportunity for the reselling of the
bargain. Fidget triage's hie bayitain to Jerry, with •
L.. of LIDO, and at Ibis juncture Mr. Sterling steps in to
Lad tie, cottage his own. Insult is added to injury, the
digress Is put upon the nerves of poor F diet who
Is made to discover the dreadful tricks played upon bit..
Of coasts Polly end Jmry ere made one fl oh, and the blaming
rot_tection and the remainder of the
or
so futsuerell-kw nester
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piece to • close. Kim
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After an interval devoted to vocal and instrumeatal
music, the laughabl• farm "LOOTS it to me" was placed
apes the boards, the coat being ma follows :
Adolph= Coaithiy..- ........ ...Kr. C. Tolima&
Joe Bemuse ........... Kr. It Tolestaa.
Amelia Esay ..... Kiss I. Janis.
Susan Mugging kw 8. Weeks.
An unodstalla VOA Of humour, piesmaq diver-
sified wits weu.....s OA abounds is this faros. Seq
imagines It an easy =east to marry his daughter to Mr.
Quinoe. • man Oil eamillors. but eel Labia& fade *0 551 ,
to• Bak Preferring to Mon Olt a claadestin* cowtekip
with Mr. Oonetley. Joe Sprouts, the accepted lover of
Basso Noggins (the "slaver), is Induced by Courthey to
sages husCie .9966ri04 Wore Er. Easy sa a spirit-
medium Joe osseents, and duly astonishes Mr. Zory by
his vagaries under the semblacoe of his deported great-
odfatltar. Itharud by. suspicion limos. Mx.
wee. al his Its tOroWil off his, and th°:IZZ
• of course, two happy marriages. In the exosedingly
difficult, but leading Gamin of Easy, Mr. J. Melling,
of Farnham, was quite at home, and acted the part to the
life. But forth. candid Wilrallloo that this wm Ida first
appearsace bet on the fordlish•a. wg should bee, tetras
him far an "old stager." Mr. Totems*, as Wortley, was
exalleat, and, as Sprouts, Mr. R. Tatman oat equally
happy. Toe port of Mr. Q tine* mi. faithfully taken by
lir. ELMO. Of cOurrO, the ladies again won gobion
opialons from Um moaner in which they pourtrayed the
roles alioika them. Oa the whole the evenings may he
qu•disd at a great mucous. and allogsthor • oadlt to
&Wont hiwn of Baamisatat.