The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-17 00:00:00

EXCJILSIOR 617.R4MATIC CLUB.

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„The gowned dramatic pigmentation by this club was
Elmo on Tusegsy and Wedaesday evenings last, at
the .totelgrue dsoonsday Room, the proceeds being
sievem d to the aid of the Lamileet Dsepeasay. Agthoo,b
theme in view erns e chseitable one, we Aes afraid
the regiud,4 will not be f mind emouraging in a pecuniary
sense. Th expense' have been large, an I the audiences
ihe revers* ; that of Wednesday, however, being a
decided improvement over the previosta evening. The
drains chosen wee Tom Taylor's " Helping bsnde,"
a moral play, but at the same tone a aospgiago, of
the heavy platitudes which distinguish for the nom
.part the writings of the late editor of Punch. The
Iffiglls savrsutell shuPing meagre it might be called.
.an old murician and his daughter fall into difficulties,
mead •reforesed shoetlack, formerly in the employ gd.
the aced fiddler (whom he bed robbed), turns up in
wit nikk of time, and with his • wings, which he tPes
as • ksonscialice money," succeeds in sendering things
.omayeetable. Of named., there is a (pod degal of bye.
play. There in the salable young doctor. wltcat we
• often row, *heat, if we seldom see, who attends the
• old man "Nils gratis," and, equathr Of o.tlinse, in the
-end marries file .id usan's daughter, Then there Is
the terpleraseavad "elavey"—she hes • aounterpert
in Byron's .• oar Boy it.' —tit* hard. hearted landlady (a
stage landlady, for mwe i mem table sewn orlon thee,
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always herd-brava:l), and a geoutie of Jew 'nohow.
The principal character Is Lorentz Hartman.n, the
Hind German fiddler, who loves "mine lawns ' only
next te his daughter. It is • most difilcuit pert, and
Vat UM* it provoke a radio where a tenribould (all,
there is mosiderablo room fur pathos and leming •
AWN. Mr. Counsel!. gave a commendable interpret,.
tion et it. Miss Gibbs, am the daughter, " Margaret
Hartmasen," acted in a ggraoeful and lady-like manner.
Mr. Elforn, we must confess, after the very able im
pe•sonation he favoured us with In "The Irish
Benigrrzys' disappointed as as " Siseckey." Instead
of ap g the D.M. clean, dapper shoebleck, with
CIO a his positet, that one "add have, perhaps,
expected be me, be simply looked • dirty, drunken
• vagabond we had lost been picked 40 ont of the
gutter; Acadia such a mart, intelligent little girl
. as Miss Roe merle "Tilde" could bring herself to do
• " &poops" with 6.i dierepgrable an individuel, waj.,
inexplicable. Miss Roe, it need hardly be said, was
a Imitable; but why would she peril's in coming to
• the botlights and addressing the audi. met Although
• that, by the way, was an error into which nearly all
tam performers fell. Surely an audience mny be
coedited wide having sufficient taste igied discriminetion
te eopredisto "a point," without beigg as aajas
tail/ that this Is " where the laugh cams in."
gdr..• W. A. limbic was a crafty "Wolff," awl his
wend giNagof the charaets was evidently appreciated
tha.alagience, but w did Mr. Conway Uric, •
Jew amnia, should be rareed as a Whits&apd dc,g.
hinder. • Of Ms. I. C. Charlton's "Hon. Rautbob"
we have frothing but commendation to ajpreek It was
well-acted sad a agell gotmpimpramegalisa, The non-
chalant way in which Mr. Charlton h
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glass and moutechee, would not have dame-Ilea t
"pro." Mr. C. 0. Gutheadige. jue.. as "hire. Booty.
If we bed &ay desire to be mato we should say mad
Reogyalial. Mr. H. Miller land • congenial part in
" Lord growly." Mr. J. W, Andrews la his
rave pgrouglee upoes atettier GOCAsion,
itra°kTraa mom responsible situation, am r, Byers
was a painstakiag and decor one yourni doctor,. Op
Tuesday evening dm lane, "The Colleen Baas,
settled at list" oneelinded Ide performances ; and on
Wedentespd:s that of Dandelion's Dodge'." In this
last . Mr. Gatberidge's ." Dickey Dandelion"
• galls for special mention. Mr. Chdiseridge threw into
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the - character a bgol humour whisk kept the
. audience In a continual laugh. Mi.. Nicholls was a
•retty and delightful Laura Aralytaire, and deserved
mae approbation her picturesque vpssrance evoked.
antis acts, Mr. H. Carta recited very ably on.
• Vinetage," The properties were by Meows. alaid
mien. arbablerers. of Higipstreet. Mr. Klford mod
as Wage ARArlicer ; J. llotinseU, acting
mapaceig and Mr. Dunkin, hoe. me.