A house crowded in every part greeted this competent company at their closing performanceou Saturday. The evmedy they presented was the most preposterously farcical of all that they have given; its plot would not bear a moment's consideration, but Mr, Henry Kitts' ludicrous representation of the widertaker Carraway Bones saved it from criticism, and kept the audi roughly amused while he was medically off, the 'That alody whose husband has been, it la supposed, drowned at sea, should within " few months marry comic' undertaker, and that the drowned husband should meanwhile marry " negress, is tow incredible even for a farcical comedy and yet this is all the motive of Turned Up, in which things are put right at last by the undertaker's taking a £10 note to marry the negress. All the performers in the above cast did their best to carry off this absurdity, but the stenchest attention to the scene failed to discover where Inapector Nibble cam After Vivienne Dagmar had sung her chansonette and danced her little cancan as prettily as usual, Mr. Cecil Bort xppeared in (one of) his budget of songs, and sing it charmingly. The stage manager then appeared and made a graceful apology for Miss Marie Brian who, notwithstanding severe indisposition, had got through her part in the comedy, and very well too, but was not well enough to dance Ta-ra-ra, ete. He thanked Mr. Mann. for his free provision of the lime light nightly, and this wae heartily applauded, the Press, and finally the public. Then Mr. D. C. Simi character and with genuine comic ability moving story of the Joss of Our little blae-haired bey," and Miss Vivienne Dagmar appeared for the last time in her serpentine dance, a most graceful and effective performance. Then with "God save the Queen" fron: the orchestra, whose unwearied playing added so much to the enjoyment "f the evening, the audience dispersed. We have seldom, if ever, had in Shanghai so complete a company" as the season has just ended, and the thoroughly amusing series of plays that they have given us have added materially to the gaiety of Shanghai, While in Miss Ethel Arden and Mr, Henry Kitts we live had the pleasure of seeing, night after night, two really good and well-trained artists, and every part has been adequately filled,
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