DiAre's Marionettes drew a full house on Saturday evening and the performance throughout was witnessed with a great deal of pleasure, while hearty laughter was frequently evoked. The first part consisted of the usual variety of turns, ten in number, which succeeded one another with commendable promptitude. 'The second part was devoted to the pantomime of Robinson Crusoe. The opening part that dealt with Defoe's hero was soon got through, but was very funny and very cleverly' executed. Of course there were inconsistencies in this as in all burlesque, for the scene of the ancient port of Hull, from which Crusoe departed on his event: fal voyage, showed on one side the clumsy caravels of the period, but on the other side an ironclad, and 's Inrge steamer in the offing. Then it was subsequently di covered that Robinson made his voyage in as wooden, full-rigged ship, while the pirates who attacked it sailed in a modern brig and were peculiar pirates, for they burr and sank this big ship in some thirty seconds and never attempted to plunder it. Still there was great fun in the burlesque, h eventually gave place to a lengthy extremely well-worked harlequinide, which kept the audience in roars of laughter. the Company advertise their last performance of Robinson Crusoe for those who have not seen it should outage of the last opportunity.
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