AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 654, 25 March 1914, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

.— BARTON'S CIKCUS. To night the above welll-known circus will appear in Te Kuiti, and the company has considerably increased in pize and ability since its previous visit. We draw attention to our advertising columns in which full particulars appear. Popular prices are charged and a bumper house should witness the show. COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT. The many friends of Professor Swallow have arranged an attractive programme for the complimentary benefit concert to take place in the Town Hall this evening. Several popular and attractive items appeal to the programme, and with the assistance of several Auckland artists and local talent, the Town Hall should be taxed to its fullest holding capacity by the Te Kuiti public. The concert will conclude with a one-act comedy entitled "Admiral Peters," in which Messrs Simmons and Howarth and Mrs Howarth sustain the characters. GEORGE WILLOUGHBY'S DRAMATIC COMPANY. On Wednesday night next "The Beggar Girl's Wedding" will be staged in the Town Hall, Te Kuiti, by one of Mr George Willoughby's excellent combinations. This company has just finished a four months' season in the Adelphi Theatre, Sydney, and last Friday a fortnight's enormously successful run at his Majesty's Theatre, Auckland. The company is well balanced and headed by Mr George Cross and Miss Vera Remee. two °ot Australia's best dramatic artists In connection With the production, it is a coincidence that this drama causpd a lot of excitement in the theatrical world of London recently when a verdict was given in the author's favour. He (Mr Walter Melville) was suad by Miss Rosemary Kees, a well-known New Zealand lady, for putting ideas, etc., into "The Begear Girl's Wedding," said to be taken from "The Beggar Bride." a drama from the pen of Miss Rees. Th-j lady wa?, however, nonsuited, and whilst the .r-ase was in progress much excitement was caused in theatrical circle* in London, both of the parti-5 to the ease being more than well-known, and "The Beggar Girl's Wedding" being played in several theatrea at the time both in the metropolis and the provinces. The box-plan is now open at McColl'a.