AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 99, 27 August 1915, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

"THE MAN WHO STAYED AT HOME." To-morrow night at the Town Hall, J. C. Williamson, Ltd., will present the stirring spy drama, "The Man "Who Stayed at Home," which, it is stated, teems with thrilling dramatic situations. The J. C. Williamson Company organised to interpret the new drama has been acknowledged one of the finest which has ever toured Australasia. The cast includes Miss Violet Paget, a universally popular actress, who quite recently delighted New Zealanders in a number of charming comedies with her husband, who is'at present assisting the Empire in the trenches in France; Miss Florence (Sleeson, who will he remembered as Xat-K Rich in "The Squaw Man"; Mr Frank Harvey, who is filling the place in J. C. Williamson's companies, 'created by the departure of Mr Julius Knight; Mr Arthur Cornell, whose clever comedy work was one of the factors which made the Hugh Buckler tour so successful; Dorothy Cumnii.'ig, who proved her histrionic capabilities in her representation of Marie Louise in the recent revival of "A Uoyal Divorce" ; Mr Leslie Victor, one of the finest all round character actors the Australasian .stage has known; .Miss Emma Temple, whose successes 'arc many; Miss Temple Pigott, a talented comedienne; Miss M. browne, 'said to be excellent as the lady who imagines she is doing her duty to her country by presenting white feathers to airy voting able-bodied man she may happen to meet; Mr Charles Morse and Mr Austin Milroy, who come with credentials won in England and America. In order thai, nothing should be left undone to make the production completely successful, the Williamson management specially brought from America Mr George Barnuni, under whose direction the spy play was produced. Box plan at (Iruhb's.