AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 78, 2 December 1913, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

“PIRATES OF PENZANCE.” The final lull dress rehearsal of "The j Pirates of Penzance” preparatory to j performances by the Stratford Opera- t tic Society on Wednesday and 'lhursday evenings was held at the 1 <>" J' Hall last night, when there was a- lull attendance of principals, orchestra, and chorus. The principals all got through their parts with credit and , the chorus and orchestra well upheld the excellent reputation they gamed at the last performance. Everything went with an excellent swing, iinf * it is safe to say that the coming performance will he even more enjoyaole than the previous one. Several new faces will he seen in the chorus, which has been strengthened thereby. It is pretty certain that the, big audience which the Society deserves on both evenings will include the whole on the greater portion of those who witnessed the previous performance. 1 As will be remembered, the dancing j is made a strong feature and the ballet has been strengthened by the inclusion of fresh performers. The liediting will also be a strong feature, and no doubt there will, on this occasion, 1)6 no trouble with the fuse. BERNARD'S PICTURES. Last night’s change of new pictures at Bernard’s proved to be of a highly sensational .order. “Kelly of the Emerald Isle,” a 3000 feet Solax drama, introduces Barney Gilmoure, the famous Irish-American character actor and his company of star performers. The Thanausser Co. is well represented in the grand scenic photo-play, “The Girl of the Water Spring,” a most pathetic story taken and acted amidst natural beauty spots of America. The programme will be repeated this evening” for the last time. Wednesday evening’s new series will bring to liidit, for the first time, the famous dramatic study of “Dick Whittington and His Cat.” This is not the pantomime, hut a true-to-life story of this famous ■ Lord Mayor of London. Toe scenario, which is over 3000 feet in length, runs briefly as follows Dick Whittington, a poor child, hears about London’s gold-paved streets, and decides to visit the city. He arrives, footsore and hungry to find that he streets are not paved with gold but dirt. He sits on the stops of Fitzwarren’s house, and Mrs Fitzwarren gives him some work in the kitchen. The cook sends him to bed without supper, but Alice Fitzwarren gets him some and he saves a little for his breakfast. The rats oat everything in the night, so Dick buys,a .cat, which he afterwards sends a>y«-r on Mr Fitzwarren’s trading vessel, the “Unicorn.” Owing to the harshness of the cook, he decides to return, home, but on the wayside he sleeps and dreams that the Bow Bells command him to return and become Lord Mayor of London. In the meantime, the “Unicorn” is burnt off the coast of Morocco and the crew lands and finds the Sultan’s palace is infested with rats. The Sultan promises them two chests of gold and a ship to return home if they destroy the rats. Dick’s cat kills the rats, and the crew return home and the money is given to Dick. Later, Dick marries Alice, and becomes thrice Lord Mayor of London.