AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 43, 20 February 1914, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURES. To-night will mark the greatest epoch in pictures ever screened in Stratford, when the world's leading Thou) will be screened for the first picture, "Quo Vadis" (Whiter Goest time. The picture conveys to the eye more than could be possibly he conceived by reading this great book. It follows the wonderful history of Koine under the Tyrant Nero. Quo Yadis ran for 10 weeks at Sydney, 9 weeks at Melbourne, and 30 weeks at Albert Hall, London. On 6th May, 1913, at x the Royal Albert Hall, their Majesties the King and Queen witnessed the screening of Qno Vadis, and expressed their delight. On Monday night at the new series, Kalem's sensational story of the making of the Panama Canal, "Sacrifice at the Spillway," will be the star feature. WITHIN THE LAW. Miss Muriel Starr, who was brought out from New York by the JVC. Williamson management to create the part of Mary Turner in the Australian production of "Within the Law," to be presented at the 1 Town Hall next Wednesday "evening,: February 25, has been;warmly praised by the 1 critics of the leading Australian papers. Speaking of the opening performance in (Sydney tlie-Daily Telegraph sa'ys :"Such a play is remarkable in itseljy'butl'stiM' inone re'in'a'rkahJe when a I 'pebsdnjUity like that of Miss Muriel Starr is added to it. She is the finest actress we have hand in Australia since Margaret Anglin, and it is with Miss ~ Anglin , she will probably be most frequently compared. Miss Starr is young, strikingly handsome, with wonderful eyes. Her first swift look of hatred at Gilder is the first revelation of' the power she is going to display.' As' s the play progressed the audience went wild'With enthusiasm." Miss Muriel Starr received strong support "from an exceptionally strong cast, which includes three newcomers from America—Miss Mary Worth, Mr Lincoln Plumer, and Mr R. W. Morrison, together with'Miss Sylvia Bremer, Miss Marjorie Sopor, Miss Rose Emerson, and Messrs Eric - klaxon, Boyd Irwin, Winter Hall, Herbert Ford and Harold Richards. The box plans will be opened at Gri#>bs tomorrow morning. "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD" PANTOMIME. "Old Mother Hubbard" is to he produced at the Town Hall on Tuesday next. The pantomime is to be staged by the Royal Pantomime Company after a most successful tour of the Dominion. The Company when last here made a favorable impression in "Little 80-Peep," and the management claim that "Old Mother Hubbard" will bo even more successful. The musical numbers have been specially written for this pantomime, and are of a catchy nature, the principal numbers being: "1 am a King of the Night," Mr Wilier Cornock ; "All Among the Girls," Miss Kathleen Mack; "1 am a Simple Little Girlie," (song and dance), Miss Bertha Aschman ; "Boys of the Young Brigade," (vizier and chorus) ; "In the Sea" (bathing song). Miss Elsie Nicolas; "1 am Old Mother Hubbard," Mr Bruce Drysdale; "Don't look at me Like That," Mr Victor Loydall. Dancing will be a feature of the performance, including a hunting ballet and rag-time revue. The box plan is at Grubb's.