THE SQUATTER'S DAUGHTER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1060, 24 February 1911, Page 6

THE SQUATTER'S DAUGHTER.

The Messrs. MacMuhon, wno sliow commendable enterprise in presenting kinomntograpii specialties, introduced at tlio Opera. Houso Inst evening a pictorial reffesentation of Edmund Duggan nnd Bert Bailey's Australian drama "The Squatter's Daughter," presented hero Fomo three years ago by tho Anderson Dramatic Company. Somo very picturesque bits of typienl Australian scenery., included tho Ca'triract Falls, Tho Waterfall, The Bushrangers' Cave, and somo attractive vistas of bush econery.' Tho story deals with the love of Torn Bathiirst, nn honest son of Australia,'for Violet Enderby, and tlio fiendish villainy-of his rival, Dudley Itarriugtoii, a very out-and-out scoundrel, who works in with Bon Hall and his gloomy gang of, bush butch- 1 ers. Harrington' resolves,' with the aid of tho bushrangers, .to kidnap and hold her for ransom. lie reckons without Tom, liis comic friend, Archie, M'Pherson, and Nulla, a faithful black, who track down the party, and finally succeeds in rescuing her as tlio polico-finish off Ben Hall alid liis men. Subsequently it turn's out Hint Dudley, Harrington is noiio other than tho son of Nick Harvey, a notorious bushranger, and. that , the heroic Tom Bathurst is 110110 other than tho son of James Harrington, a. wealthy squatter, arid the guardian of the sweet young heroine, so the play ends in tho conventional happy manner, amidst general rejoicing, and,tho arrest by the police of the wrong-doers. The picture, which is ? very fair representation of the ' play, is enacted by a canablo cast, including Miss Olive Wilton, Mr. George Cross, Mr. Rutland Beckett, Mr. Bert Baillie, and Mr. Edmund Duggan, wlio are all thoroughly conversant with their, business. Tho leading incidents in the, play nro proclaimed by Mr. Ray Trafford. • : "Peasant and Princess" is the title,of a good romantic drama, which makes n strong dramatic appeal. It is a story of love, jealousy, and revenge, pitched in a medicvn'l jetting. The peasant girl's lover infatuates the princess, nnd his ready response drives the poor girl to such" extremes that she informs the lioblo lady's intended, who comes upon the couple love-making, and.straightway slavs the lady and bolts. The alarm is raised, and tho young man is arrested for, the crime, and is brought before the perpetrator. himself foi: trinl. Ho seeks to establish his innocence, through the evidence of the Deasant irirl, but she has lost her reason through the stress of events. The young man is'sentenced to bo burnt, at (lie slake, and the flames arc actually curling round him. when tlio girl recovers her reason, nnd denounces the renl a«assiiv and saves her lever. - Other nietnres nresented are the ""Rlndium Snorts." "The Potent Love Potion," and "An • Interrupted Outing." The programme will be repented this evening.'