AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 62, 13 November 1913, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

“80-PEEP” AT THE TOWN HALL.

TO-NIGHT,

Two crowded acts of laughter the advertisement promises will he tie result of the production of the Pantomime “80-Peep” at the Town Hall tonight. ■ The pantomime is to he stagthe Royal Pantomime Co., Vhich is making its first appearance m New Zealand after a most successful todr of the Australian States. The Company is a most complete pantomime one* from principal k boy to demon spirits, and it is claimed that J?.opeep” will be staged in ft manner that will equal anything of the kind seep in Stratford. The scenery is especially good, quite in keeping witft .tlie talents of the performers, and includes a grand transformation “the four seasons” from the brush of that we known artist Mr Harry Whaite. Mr Harry Tavlor, who wrote the music, made “80-Peep” noted everywhere it lias been played for its sparkling maaic and tuneful melodies and songs. h latter Include '“Shady Lane,” sung by Miss Kathleen Mack, and Miss Rita Webb (principal girl) a number which is particularly attractive to the ear. “The Pearl of Persia,” is sung% Miss Cora Terry, who is the possessor of a well-trained, and charming voice. A rousing number is “Children ,of the which accompanies an ensemble in. which the.ladies of the company are attired In costumes' repi'e•sehting -the “Motherland’s Dominiions. y ’ In the drt otlerpsichbrp,, the .company has' exponents, led, by Frapjein, JTertlez, a Continental clansouso, who comes .uridey special ep,gagement.! The daiiW include a gorgeous floral ballet, performed by a selected band of young prices are being , charged, and ,no doubt the season here of one night only, owing to prior bookings, will be most successful. The box plan at Grubb’s wears,prpsperp^Sj-.^ l |)l^ar T | iince - V> !■•) ■ BEkNAB^^CTURfSOi ■•,,;iLast (nlglit’si series ofpictures met with great approval by a fairly, larfi® audience/“Alixe,” or The Test of, Friendship, by the Yitagraph Cp., ol America, is undoubtedly a great society drama. .-: “The" School Principal” is a forceful Lubin photo-play. The scenario is as -follows Mabel Montresser becomes a school teacher and finds herself under the rule of John Strong, the principal. John demands obedience, and Mabel, being rebellious, is very soon discharged. Still hankering after the atmosphere of t]je school, one day she meets one of her bad boys who has been suspended by Strong. She goes home with him, and there meets Strong. She finds out that he has missed her and he also discovers that she is a woman to love and he loved. Ellaine Teiriss and Seymour Hicks, England’s foremost performers, appear in the latest vaudeville dances, with special music. “The Oil Industry,” “Motor Racing,” latest “Gaumont- Graphic,” and a host of dramatic,' scenic, and • comic films tend to make a first-class programme. To-morrow evening (Friday) an entirely new -series will be iscreened, including the New Eiko Co’s star feature, “Clue of the Broken Fingers.” This picture depicts in a .vivid manner how an ex-convict, although quite innocent of the crime for which ho is being pursued, is persecuted and hunted down by the police. It introduces all the up-to-date methods* employed by the police in the tracing of criminals.