'A theatre packed from floor to ceiling and enthusiastic to match testified on Friday night primarily to the popularity of Mr. Percival Knight, who was taking 'a well-deserved benefit, and secondly to the fact that the " Mikado," when presented all adequately, can never fail to charm. The boneficiaire was in excellent form and infected the whole company with Koko's Grolleries. Needless to say he was encored again and again; the second verse of "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring" had to be repented four times, and each time had a different rendering and different dance off; and at the close the audience refused to dis-perso till Mr. Knight had appeared before the curtain and answered their applause. To mention each of the other members of the cast would be to repeat what we said on Friday morning. All worked their hardest and all shared in the general triumph.
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