AMUSEMENTS. ALLAN WILKIE COY

Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1920, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

ALLAN WILKIE COY

‘ ‘Til E I tOTTERS’ ’—MON DAY. On Mondiiy evening next, July sth, for the first time in Hokitika, 11. F. Maltby’s famous comedy, “The .Rotters,” will he presented at the Princess Theatre by the Allan Wilkie Company. This production is stated to be the most laughable play witnessed for several years past. It was iirst introduced in London four years ago, and made an instantaneous “hit.” There is an enduring cleverness about the plot, and the humor is refreshingly original. The chief character is Councillor Clugston, a selfmade man who lias risen to the middle class in the provincial north of England. “Respectability” is the watchword of his daily life, and he is eager to impress everyone with the worthiness of his family, particularly as he is desirous of becoming Mayor of his town. Fiom a series of untoward de--1 velopment are evolved most laughable situations. The first shock experienced by Clugston is the expulsion of his youngest daughter from college for flirting with a choir boy. Then his son is arrested for drunkenness and assaulting the police. Next Clugston surprises his eldest daughter in the arms of his chauffeur.. Clugston is further astonished by the discovery that his wife was a widow when he married her, and she had kept this fact secret from him for thirty years. But a most mirthproducing denouncement, is provided by an unexpected revelation concerning the worthy Clugston himself. The plans of reserves are open at Misses Mclntosh’s sweet shop. LOUISE MACK AT THE PRINCESS THEATRE. , WITH MOVING PICTURES. Next Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock in the Princess Theatre, Miss Louise Mack, the world-famous war correspondent, author, poet, and traveller, will give a special matinee, illustrated with her own moving pictures. Miss Mack will tell how she met Nurse Caved and spent “two unforgettable hours” with that martyr while she was a prisoner inside the German lines. A goodly programme of moving pictures may be looked for, including a couple of comedies for tile little ones, but doubtless tbe chief attraction this matinee extraordinary will be the personality of Louise Mack herself, tbe wonderful woman correspondent, who has been described by the Melbourne “Argus” as

“the greatest woman speaker in the world.” Popular prices prevail, 2s, Is, and oliildres sixpence. No tax.