" THE MAN WHO STAYED AT HOME."

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 177, 26 May 1916, Page 2

" THE MAN WHO STAYED AT HOME."

.\a a drama pertinent to |>rts:nl is u:s, "The Man Who Stayed at 11 Dine," ti b'. presented at the I'remicr Theatre to-nigbt by the "Within the Law" Comnany, displays many of the qualifications of eucces-. Tee message it deliverj is one which appeals to public feeling at u turn when ihj Nation is engaged in a life or r'eath smuggle with a powerful and unscrupulous enemy. Withcut eurrcaaeiirg to the spy mama, which sees in everyone of Tuetocic descent a s.crct conspirator, fvent? have shown a s'jffici.ncy of danger fiou thii cause tn make the story of the play ring true. The series of events disclosed, though slowing a wonderful harmony of arrangement, are not altogether improbable, and the hero, by the contradictions of his actions, becimes quite an interesting persooage. Under the guis: of a shallow-brained adf 1 ! :pate, he conceals an ulertiess of mind ar.d a readiness of resource which enable him to frustrate the knavi.oi tnc'*s ot thosa who arc planning his country's rum lhe sympathy of the audiencs ia quickly aroused, and carried away by patriotic emotion, and the p:o----gresi and development of the plo and cauiit-r-plot are followed with (he closest attention. Mr Lionel W:'Nii and Miss Hilda Dornngton are tne hading characters, ard the famous "Within the Lsiw" Company will be sear, in Btipfo.t of thcac favourites Tha Box Plans are on view at the Baokery, where seats may be reserved without extra charge The cutain will not rise until nine o'cl ck sharp, on account ot the late shopping night