ENTERTAINMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 138, 13 February 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"THE CLIMAX." FLORENCE YOUNG'S COMPANY. Groat statesmen, writers, and stage stars have arisen from time to time, have had their short heyday of popularity, and have then passed just a; rapidly from the public mind, but (according to an Australian writer) Mis: Florence Young still' manages to hole her sway over a fickle public, and remains to-day, as she was twenty years ago, the uncrowned queen of the Australian theatre. It is t-.renry-two year? since Miss Florence Young first starter with the firm of J. C. Williamson in Melbourne. "-Many changes have taken place since then,' 'she told an interviewer the other day, "and many new faces are to be seen in, the head offices of th firm, but I have been practically, a fixture all that time. I went to England in 1897. and played at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. From London I went to South Africa :■.'

prima donna in "The Scarlet Feath or," and several other light opera;?. This trip was a huge success, and I was repeatedly asked to stay in that country, but I decided to return to England. T then toured England for fifteen months till Mr. Williamson wrote asking me to come back, and so I returned to Australia in 1901. I played steadily till 1905 and then took a holiday trip to America. Since my return I have been playing continuously." Miss Young's versatility is indicated by the fact that she has played in opera, musical comedy, tragedy, and pantomime, and she has played thorn all equally well. She has now achieved her overwhelming desire of years to appear in r lyric play, and that success has beeroverwhelming is amply proved by the full houses and eulogistic press notice* everywhere accorded "The Climax.'' M ; ss Young and her company will appear at the Town Hall, Taihape, on Wednesday next. Seats may be reserved at Finch 's Bazaar without extra fee.

PICTURE THEATRES. "A Woman's Triumph,' 'adapted from Sir Walter Scott's famous work, "The Heart of Midlothian," and produced by the ever-popular Players, was screened for the second time at the Station Street Theatre last night, much tc the evident enjoyment of a large house. The other films, including the comelie?, "An Eastern Lily" and "A Modern Samson," the nature study "Prairie Dogs," the educational scenic "life in the Phillipinian Islands." and the latest Gaumont Graphic, proved also of the greatest interest. A magnificent budget of films wss screened again at the Three Stars last night, the most intense interest being maintained in all cases, especially in that of the star feature. "The Foreman's Treachery." This powerful drama depicts how a foreman of cue of the great Welsh mines, a man avaricious, cunning and cruel, tries to lead the hero and heroine astray. However, the plot fails, and the vallain meets a just end in a startling manner, and the hero and heroine live happily ever after. The nmerous remaining pictures were veilreceived, especially the Keystone comedy, "Our Country Cousins," which evoked much merriment.