AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 59, 15 July 1913, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

! HIS MAJESTY’S PICTURES. A fair and appreciative ai dience attended the usual Monday’s change of pictures at His Majesty's last, night, when tlie tilms screened .ore oT great variety and sterling merit. The star item, “Gerinomo’s Last Raid,” depicts the once notorious »vil.d Indian chief in his deeds of lawlessness. Some line battle scenes, Soldiers, are very realistic and y drilling and accurate in detail; in fact it is about tin best Indian warfare 'picture that, has been screened in Stratford. “The Broke a Oath” is a fine s . giv by the .Sul.ix Co . and shows some .very exc.ting escapades,.which were a.so tal on amidst splendid scenery. The Eclair journal is to the fore with recent doings throughout the world, and is of clearer photography than most Gazettes. A trip through the highlands in coach and horses is a capital scenic. The comics are great laughter raisers. A feature of the evening is the music. This programme will be repeated this evening, and on Wednesday for the last time. THE BUTTERFLIES. The Butterflies, who .make their only appearance in Stratford at the I’own Hall tb-morrovv evening, are a combination of three ladies and four geutlemjen .who are now drawing to. a close their tour,of N<tw, Zealand,; prior to crossing over to Australia in their toffr of the world. The domhinatioii left London -eddy-last' year* did’ visits ■ ing Africa, intended playing I twelve jveeks, hub the tour-, was extended 1 itp, ten mouths. Tito Zealand tpur.has -similarly been extended .time ‘ after time, ttll how'they liaW been iai the Dominion fiVe hfonthih 1 ’ln the pro"gramme which Uvill'bo put 'oh, 'there yvUlj be, items embracing ,the -latest of songs, both ballad and comic, and also the newest in musical rages. In addition, there will be several musical sketches and burlesques, notably the .famous Blue Hungarian* Band: 'burlesque, which is now the rage of New Zealand. The Evening Post noticing a. recent reappearance in Wellington said :* “A ' further feature which was uva-rnily' rechivM T %hs. the introduction kof, Cloches .Je .GpTnevillp/i’. which transported. ojn4 hack, ip; ithp, ..days yyhpp; *jPlapqnette’s 'm'elodious opera was a ruling. attricTio'hV aek WailleT ,who pervades the* progrtimthe', 1 Cdme into daVOF once :morOi:as a, sinark.funrinaker inl*a burlesque song, and was, associated with Miss,Gold in ,“Jhe Cats’ Courtship,” fx sketch' ‘from real life on the tiles, that uproariously comic person, Mjss Marion Armitage, armed with a Yorkshire dialect, scored a great success in “Father Never Stopped Laughing,” ind lier masher song, “Ninepence.” Mr Wylie Watson, the ’cellist of the trio, has a sweet tenor voice, too good to be wasted in comic matter, yet his humorous efforts have a genuine appeal. Miss Ada Smart sang Gounod’s “Ave Maria” acceptably, with organ and ’cello obligato, and Mr FosterHino’s baritone voice was heard to id vantage in “Hybreas the Cretan.” Miss Cecilia Gold, a winsome souhrette, scored heavily in “Jeremiah.” The box plan is at Grubb’s.

HAMILTON’-PLIMMER COMPANY

“A Woman of Impulse.”

The box. plans for the production, of “A Woman of Impulse” at the Town Hall, Stratford, on Saturday nightnext will open l at‘Grubb’s at 9 o’clock to-morrow,! Wednesday, morning. "Hie genuine all-round excellence of the Company,- and the high standard of the play to ho- staged here, will undoubtedly influence the booking of .seats to a great extent. This Company is more familiarly known to lo\al playgoers perhaps as the PlimmerDenniston Dramatic Co., which, with such plays as “Lover’s Lane,” etc., delighted us some two years ago. Now, under a new proprietary, and with a far, far stronger company, the forthcoming production here promises to bo an artistic dramatic treat. The names of Allan Hamilton and Harry PI humor, as entrepreneurs of all that is high class and artistic in the shape of dramatic productions, are very well known to playgoers in practically every town of importance in New Zealand. It is seldom we get a dramatic company of the merits of this combination, and the high class tone of the play to be staged here will surely appeal to all lovers of the drama. “A Woman of Impulse” is described as a drawing-room drama. The action of the piece is spirited throughout, and the dialogue is decidedly clever. The play is reminiscent of the best of Sardou’s work and comes with established English, American, and London reputations.