AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 23, 27 September 1913, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

•HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURESJ ; '} 'U \ To-night will be the final screening of a high class series of up-to-date pictures at His Majesty's. Holiday's change is undoubtedly one of the best from an educational, dramatic, and scenic point of view. "Sacrified to The Lions," a story of life in the Indian territory by the great Lux Co., is a ■'■'■ most thrilling scenario, which runs as follows:—When the Indians are tun> * ed out of their territory they approach the Governor find endeavor to persuade him to give it back again to them. They fail to make him alter - his decision by conciliatory methods, and so resolve to resort to forcible means of attaining their ends. They steal the Governor's only daughter, and send a message to him telling him that unless he accedes to their demands within three days his daughter will be sacrificed to the lions. The Governor sends a messenger to the Indians agreeing to their wishes, but he encounters many perils in the desert, and finally loses his way. Meanwhile the three days expire, and the maid is cast into the den. Just as the animals arc about to devour her, the messenger, worn with the weary fight

across the desert, arrives just in time to save the maid from falling beneath the lions' paws. Other fine films are "Lady Peggy's Escape," "Auntie and The Girls," '"Perfidy of Mary," "Canine Sherlock Holmes," "Warwick Chronicle." "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE." The Stratford Operatic Society are proceeding diligently with preparations for the presentation of Gilbert r and Sullivan's tuneful opera comique, "The Pirates of Penzance," at the •Town Hall on October Bth and 9th.' The postponement of the date of the performance has enabled all concerned to put in further work. The principals and chorus and the orchestra have been rehearsing regularly, and now get through their work with great facility. The names of the composer and librettist stand for all that is good in light opera, and the Society feel confident that they will give a performance well worthy of the piece. Mrs Mcßeth has charge of the dancing, and something good can be looked for in the ballet. Great scope is given for the artistic use of lighting effects; and it is promised that the lighting will be a specially creditable feature of the production.