The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1885-02-14 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

AMATEUR PERFORMANCES  NEW MEN 'AND OLD ACRES" AT  TRANMERE.  "CALLED BACK" AT LISCARD. Os Wednesday evening, a dramatic perfor- • mance was given in the Concert Hall,Lnicard, by the Fairfield (Liverpool) Amateur Dramatic. Society, in aid of the Seaconibe Cottage Hospital,. when the large hall was crowded in every part, notwithstanding that the lowest. charge for admission was two shillings. The piece selected was a dramatic adaptation of -Hugh Conway's well-known and popularnovelette "Called Back," in a prologue and four acts, by Mr. J. James Howson, the authm— of "Golden Heart," "Ruby," "A Groat Suc— cess," "My Cousin," &c. -&-c., a gentlemani well known n Liverpool theatrical circles, an.L. who sustained one of the principal .characters: in the performance. The • prologue consisted. of a representation of the house in Horace: street, where Anthony March was stabbed b./ Paolo Macari, in the presence of his shit,: Pauline, Dr. Manuel Ceueri. and Gilber , Vaughan, who, as all who have read-the. bud e will know, was blind, entered the honse mistake, andwas a blind witness of the, In v.-rible crime. Miss Florence Courtesay, took the part of PaulinoMarch, netwitheti Aing that she was seriously indisposed*,, tamed the the character will; admirable- a tete, 'and created a very favourable implies sion. Act one disclosed the house it, Maida-vale, London, where liiilbert Ve.o ghat. who in the meantime, has kW i his sight restored, is in conversation waf Ai h, friend, Arthur Kenyan (Mr. F. W. Feiss lough;. and witnesses the strange lourtehip, Vaughan and Pauline Maceli..whielli , despite the solemn warning that Pauline was not for love or marriage uttered by Tore:44lP lies may Russell), ends in a marriage. .arii two was Gilbert Vaughan's house, where, a 3 is well, nigh overwhelmed by the mystery:* 'mounding his wife's history, into whit:4'l'w is pledged not to inquire, and the-cause n:444 3 nientanerangemeut from which she is. se ,ffering. lie receives a visit from Paolo Mute I.ri (Major I'. W. Pemberton), the murder:tar of his wile's brother, who, throughout the. performance. sustained the character exsorsi ngly well. The author of the piece (Mr. J...4a .nes Howson) is seen to advantage in. the Saw .:ria scene, where Dr. Manuel Ceneri, is visite d by Vaughan for the purpose of gleaning so' ne news respecting the past history of his wife. Great praise is due to Mr. W.. R. Demetim for the very able manner in winch he P erfortned his difficult. task as the hero.. Mr a . F. Burstall, as Pre,cilia Drew T., Miss leer ter, as Mary Vaughan ; and Mr. W. B. Periv_ve, as Anthony March, were also very successful; and Mr. Howson is to be congratulated upon the very smooth and , pleasing marmot in which the performance that warn ad carried off. The financial result will be very gratifying to Mr. Alex. Carson, under whose u thereh e canwhole b e performance,o doubt Setteenthe 0 ottage Hospital will receive a stipstantial sv m from the proceeds. We under, stand the c the performance is to be given in the Ta*v.unere Music Hall, on the 20th inst., tinder the auspices of the Rock Ferry Cricket Clod. srru'r oerZlear ai, d'et  For Disordered Stomach and Sluggieh Livec tate Crag James Vegetable Pills.