AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 284, 28 November 1914, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The programme screened at Bernard's Pictures last night evoked great enthusiasm. The star drama -Hinemoa" is beautifully portrayed amidst! the magnificent scenery the world famous tonrist resort, Ko"horua. The cast of characters were entirely in the hands of some fifty Maoris, and their acting puts many en ohe white performers in the shade as far as deportment is The Actions and gestures denote caiead training, «nd not one sxgn os ,- uess is observed throughout the p c Lure, which is a credit to New fcealaad md the producer. "Just a Song Might" is a splendid pathetic story,, to which great effect is added by the singing of the well-known melody by Vk Will Diamond. "Feats ot Strength iu the French Army" is the best educational series yet seen here, showing the marvellous evolution of the«o K reat soldiers. The comedy element Ts headed by John Bunny. The same programme will be screened tins even;„g for the last time, when Mr Will Diamond will render two of his latest descriptive song«. On Monday eveniug will he shown the latent war topical entitled "Lord Robert, inspects Kitchener's London Army: Hie March Past Mansion House: Swearing in. the Troops by the Lord Mayor at 'lie Tower. Here Lord Roberts makes .lis famous speech: "I respect and Honour you more than I can say. My deling towards you is one of intense dmiration. How very different is vour action to that of men who can .till go on with their cricket and football Is if the very existence of the country were not at stake." Owing .to the great demand for this picture, it will be screened on Monday night.

"BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS." To-night at the Stratford Town Hall Mr and Mrs Graham Moffat's company of Scottish players present "Bunty Pulls the Strings.'' '"Bunty" is a story of home-life amongst Scottish Presbyterians and Calvinists, told by a humorist, who is also a keen and faithful observer of human nature. The author plays the part of Tarn ma s Biggar, a successful shopkeeper i,n the village of Lintiehaugh, a dour, hardworking, sanctimonious "widow-man, who rules his family with a rod of iron, and is ruled in turn by the tactful artifices of his daughter "Bunty." A deal of animation and fun are brought into the quiet home-circle by the antics of Rab, a boisterous, prankish youth, who hates the dull village life, and is .determined to get away from the shop, and see life in Glasgow, and liberate himself from the tyranny of his father. "The nervous trepidation of Weeium Sprunt, the joiner, engaged to Bunty, who has been promised to "stand at the plate" placed on i stool'in the open air near the porch, .and the arrival of the villagers in mid-Victorian fashions, the girls in crinolines, chenille hair nets', and pork-pie hats, amusingly carries on the comedy to the tinkle-tinkle of the church bell. In the last act Bunty holds the reins and ' brings everything into line for the general good and her own interest.

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