AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 601, 10 September 1913, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

POLITE VAUDEVILLE. The appearance of Mr Vincent Beebe's oolite vaudeville company at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening was greeted by a fairly large audience, and the applause which the different performers received was an indication of the success of the entertainment. The repeated encores for Miss Ella Conrad, soprano, were well merited, and her very capable rendering of "Killarney" appealed to the whole audience. Messrs White and Rockley and Misses Roclcley, Leeder and Raymond assisted materially towards the success of the evening, while the Arteenß, gave an interesting exhibition of acrobatic feats.

EMPRESS PICTURES. The new programme to be screened at the Empress Theatre to-night iB claimed to be the greatest programme ever shown in Te Kuiti. The star picture is a three-act comedy by the Walterdaur Co. The marvellous versatility of the popular English actress, Miss Aata Neilsen, is strikingly shown in the latest exclusive subjects presented by this company. In this new departure Bhe will be even more welcome than hitherto, for she -disipays an appreciation of, real comedy that iB an remarkable as it is thoroughly enjoyable. She fully enters into the spirit of the character and gives us a finished performance equal to real rollicking humour and cannot fail to create hearty laughter wherever produced. This picture will be supported by the Grand National, 1913, The Gaumunt Graphic, and other most exclusive subjects.

"THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON."

"The Night Side of London" will be presented at the Town Hall, Te Kuiti, this evening for the first time by George Marlow's new dramatic company. This drama will be staged here with all the completeness that characterised the production in Australia while the company will be the same who played in the original performance. This drama presents succession of stirring Bcenes with picturesque tableaux of London life. Commenting on the the opening performance of the piece in Melbourne the "Age" said:—"The piece iB certainly a strong one and is a presentation of the dangers that beeet friendless, good looking girls when driven to Beek employment from men of a certain class. The lesson of a new version of the oft discussed 'Maiden Tribute to Modern Babylon' is certainly taught without vulgarity and coarseness through the medium of a plot which holds attention throughout. It is a mixture of 'The Christian' and any recent Drury Lane melodrama dealing with the under world and the night clubs of London brought down to the conditions of 1912. The cast was without a weak link. From the principals down to the evangelists' quaint lodging house attendant, and the little lame girl, all the parts were successfully a assumed." The box plan is now open at McColl's.