ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4581, 2 July 1923, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CENTRAL THEATRE PICTURES-TO-NIGHT. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE. The William Fox .film version of Mark Twain’s funniest book, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” will be the attraction for to night. “A Connecticut Yankee” is more than funny ; it, conveys an argument of striking force. It sets out to prove the thesis that we are as good as pur great-great-grand-fathers. It is the fashion nowadays to talk of the “good old times”; Mark Twain shows us just what the “good old times” really were like. “A Connecticut Yankee” is an imaignative masterpiece. It puts a modern, shrewd, up-to-date young American against a background of medieval chivalry, and the humour is the result of the sharp contrast, SCANDAL. to-morrow night. Of Cosmo Hamilton’s delightful comedy, “Scandal,” which is to be presented to Paeroa theatre-goers tomorrow night,, the Sydney Sun says: ” An enormously interesting comedy. Cosmo Hamilton has written with a sense of style and verity. It is easily the most workmanlike of all the bedroom comedies of the last ten years, and always produces a genuine dramatic thrill. You rarely feel the piercing of .situations. It is beautifully and audaciously wrought. Virtually the whole third act is made with wit, sense,, and skill. There is more than a scare in “ Scandal.” They are human characters brilliantly composed of nerves, brains, and huour. “Scandal” aroused much controversy in Sydney and the four New Zealand centres owing to the nature of the play. This did not, however, mitigate against the success, but rather tended to increase the interest on the part of the public to see it. The piece is wonderfully acted, and has an exceptionally strong caste.” The box plan is open at Flatt’s. CONCERT AND THEATRICALS. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1923, in the Central Theatre, Paeroa, on Tuesday, July 17, we are p’’omised an evening that should rank high in the annals of local concert work. The object of the entertainment is to raise money towards purchasing a piano,, which is badly needed for use in the Centenary Hall. M|r Leo. f oster, who is once more responsible for the evening, is working with the Methodist Choir and a committee of enthusiast*, who are just aiming at the best, best. The first part of the programme will be rendered by the following artists, whose ability is very well known : Mrs -P. Hague-Smith, Mrs Hall, Miss Raye de Castro,, Miss Adfia Nicholas, Mr Ray Foster, Mr Leo. Foster, and new part songs by the full choir. Mrs P. Hague-Smith and Mr Leo. Foster will also appear in a vocal duet. In the second part the Thames Literary Vagabonds have verv kindly consented to play that brilliant laughter-maker, “Poached Eggs and Pearls,” with which they so successfully opened their season last month. Nothing has been spared in staging this production, which, perhaps, will help us to forget for awhile such things as rain and mud.

Tickets at 2s 2d and Is 3d may now be bought from members of the choir or from the Misses Lewis at their tea-rooms, where booking plan, for 2s 2d seats only (stalls or circle), will be opened on Tuesday, July 10. Tickets may also be bought at the door. Detailed programmes will be distributed free on the night. „