The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-01-27 00:00:00

DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT THE THEATRE
ROYAL.

On Wednesday evening the Weymouth A Detour
Dramatic Society gave their first performance at the
Theatre Royal, kindly lent for the occasion by Mr.
B. Wheeler, aid the hearty support me: arded them
will, wee think. encourage them to renewed exertione,
hot only to impr :vs themselves is t'a biatrioadc sat,
but trl, sind soj .yusent to the townsper.m!e. Toe
performance, which was in aid of the fun le of the
Weymouth loyal Hsetital an I Diepeoss y. was
under the le owlog dietiogulabei patronise —H:s
Worship the Mayor (Rowland Thom.., Req.),
E 'wards, Est., Sir Frederick J hoelone, B a, 1.,
M.P., Colonel Cherie. 11 ambro, Q.0.R.P.Y.C.,
(!,alooel Carey end Oilman of the let Cheshire
Regiment. Colonel Bless. Colonel Scott, Colonel
sw.ntao, 8.A.. C alonel Minor, KR., ldej:n E. G.
Horne, Captain Fiieroy and Offioen of H.M.S.
Heronles, Oaptata St. Clair and Officers of H.M.S.
Bosswee, Cwt.'s Pretor, Captain Phobias, Captain
George. D.R V.. Lieutenant Howard Bowen,
D.R.V., R. N. Howard, E.g., J. A. Devvnieh,
li.q„ J. Cr"... Req., a F. Arden, E
Pity Hooper, Eeft Dr. Ocilda, J. Carmichael. Eq.
Tsar , woe a large and fashion able audience, and Mr.
Waster's pretty little bons presented • very eke ent
appearance. Th• performance We. :iodised doubly
attractive by the attendance of time band of the
1.1 Cheshire Regiment, which, by kind wolf:Won or
Colonel C trey, played a choice selection of Nemec.
The pieces a. I acted were the" Factory Las." (Morton',
celebra'•l drama) an I the ext:avaganza "Th. Hippy
Men." The firet piece was a Imirably adapted to
display the abilities of several of the membera, and
we can only say they did theme:Sem great credit. We
give the cast in full :
Sir Arthur Lane I
_ Mr.
_Harold A. G._S•

'saw Mom Mr. F. M. Z. Kiwidad
Stephen Plan Ur. C. P. are
Frederick Pluto
. . Lee,

T.by T wickle...
Harris

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Lady Leatherbrldge . DI,.
Lady Valeria .... ails. Whethana
&faiths Glibly Ilia. A. M. Meredith
The plot Li the " Fectory Girl" is logenions and
well lad, and the moral excellent Jessie Mtn, the
head of • family of cotton spinners is bleeped with
two sone, totally duti rot in character, the one an
elegant man of lb* world and the other • rough dia-
toms' who is °invest to remain among hie father'.
looms. The first roused (Frederick) Is betrothed t a
fine lady (Lady Velleria) who, by the way, already
loves the villain 04th. piece. Sir Arthur Lomeli, It
Is sesetitially • searriage of emovenissoe. Hoseet
Stephen, the other so*, I. smluen with the dismal of
one of his father's factory girls, Moth• Gibbe, the
heal:doe of the pier*, who is, to use the words id the
dramatist, as good ste she is beautiful. This is the
situation when the lest scene open.. Sir Arthur
Les el I. a friend of Frederick, and in order to further
his iniquitous design and win Lady Veiled& be
obtains . diplomatic apooictmeot for Frederick who
I. bound to leave thy oouotry at • moment'. Odin..
This done, besot. eleout pushing hie volt, but Martha
(Abbe, to whom the Lady Vrdieria has dose great
eerlice, I. deterrniaed to save hag from the scoundrel.
&option has already c missed hie pamion t. hie
father. and with great difficulty and only on cartels
oonditions °Maks his comsat to marry Martha But
not only does Sr Arthur seek to win Ltdy Valleria,
bit he lays • net for toe par factory girl, who in view
..11 her approaching marriage to her young muter, Is
exelt• I eh .ve bey st...t'uo. So well, however, doom
limas mangle the huskies, that sot only doe. she
clear hermit f ton the breath of Weeder, but alsi
.liecloes to the Li,• ell. rile the villain her quondam
mem le, and ultimately ell node well in the solo, of
Frederick and IA ly Valletta and fitepliteo and the
Fac'ory GO'. Mi.. Meredith proved an admirable
Martha, speakint h.r lines correctly. sad infusing
into the put a meliorable feeling. Miss Wbetkiani
imparsonstal Lady Veiled* in a ladylike end on.
aff mtad manner. Mr. G•e gave a manly sofle...au.
tin fib. r mutt and viol, Stephen, lir. F. H. &
Monti rdl (who by the way le son of lila Ego:lles y
Colon.l Maned Id, Witieh 11lni.ter in Peru) as the
five, ad Irrepressible Jmper, the ”latiarr, of 1,
won etoellet.t. Tan villain of the pirc.,
Arthur, f urtri so able representative In Mr. Harold
A G. Steven.., he dia,leying %mantel ability mid a
soya 'I nor not often f. .d lo amateurs. 11-. A.
•• Frsierirk. actoi admirably. Mr. Foot
c toed a onlierable amusement by Ms exosediniey
o Ham impersonation of the " necconnacing Toby.'
"The Happy Men," which was • source of great
fie, followei, the east beings, follows:
Rom Rust.' Mr. V, J. Robinson
Fox Fum
Sky 11' Mr. H. J. Tot tie
Paddy Mar ahoy Mr. W. R. Obinnery
1t..,. rhsater •hr. J. Frost
Kik.t. Mies L. M. Noll
Mr. C. P. Ge• (enelstad by Mr. Scott.) 11,111 as
Milairsot staot-inanager sod director, Kr. W. Wallis
a. ted as treaeorer, and Mr. W. & P. Jeffery, the well.
known Weymouth theatrical meturnler, provided the
dream-.