Tho third change of programme of the Wanganui seaioa was placed before theatre-goers last evening, when the management staged, the •up-to-date dra matio military play "A Soldier «ad a , Man," -before an overflowing audience " downstairs, with, a particularly large one in ,th«. circle who recttved it in a thor oughly appreciate manner.' The piece is in four act*, with a number of chang ing scenes, and some most .tftsctive tableaux. One/ of the prettiest scenes was that depicting ?Ne»tletonXook," a realistic 'representation of a Devonshire farm and homestead, and others were - Jrnwtly in South Africa during the time \>f the Zulu war, .including the British * '^ m P,. b J.' do y ana.night, outwde the British -lines; in laager, terminating xntti the.nulitary'tableaux— th* battle^ ,' Held- after the. fight. All. these were ex cellent stage pictures, in , which the gentlemen' "in. khaki w**e Wry conspicu oils, and, the accessories .were so. realis •- tic as to call fortiL unfounded applause, with repeated Sail's Wore the curtain. Itoc oast ,ot characters was dl&tribu *«*;. «* , follows.-— Harold Sinclair ' CieiteMut in<lfl& Guards). -Mr ~ S" 5" Stanfotdi Colonel Sinclair (29th Foot), Mr Sv A. Fitzgerald; Sergeant Wicks, 3t* J. V. O'NeTll; Hubert Wal srare (South African mining expert), Mr George Chalmers: Jim Harrow (HHold's servant), Mr Prank Haw ttiDrne;^ David MfelbugK (i] Devonshire farmer); Mr J.'ft &thcart; Norah Melbury (his wrfe), Miss Roland Watts Philhpß; Bd»& Melbury (their daught er), Miss Ida Greaham; "Sergeant" Jane rS«cgeant Wicks' daughter), Mies Katie Towers; Kate.Debelli, Miss Rose Holloway., In the' previous pieces given liere by-'the Company, Mr Stanford ap , peared as tht^heary villain, but in the one under notice he was the persecuted, and for the tame being^disgraced, hero whose rehabilitation in -the eyfeß of his comrades and relatives is brought about by his deeds in tiie campaign. He play ed the -part admirably, and so also did Miss Oresham.-.aa his wifev Mr Catli cart, aa ttie Beronshire "farmer, and Hiss Watts-Phillips- as his wife/gained the sympathies of the ■audience in their < many trial* and tribulations and the] death scene ~ amongst the farm mine »t« plenty of i scope for good acting. Tha. corpulent "Sergeant Wicks," as played by Mr O'Neill; provoked many a leuty laugh and the "Sergeant" Jane and Miss Towers was also very mirth provoking. 