ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 172, 25 March 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

‘■THE GLAD EYE." The huge success' of “The Glad ‘Eye’* in Loudon, and more recently in Sydney!, ,Mul bourn o, Wellington and Auckland makes its advent to-night at the Town Hall an event of considerable interest; added to this is the fact that Mis s Ethel Dane who plays “Kiki” was the original in London and is regarded there as one of the leading comedy artists of the day. Mr Frank Bradley, who has been associated with the Australian tour is a leading character actor of distinction who graduated with Sir Eerbchm Tree. For some time he has been identified with the productions of Mr Louis Meyer of “Th e Strand” and “Apollo” Thentires, London, and was specially selected by that able manager to play “Gallipaux" in “The Glad Eye” in Australia and New Zealand. Other imported comedians are Edward Land or. Tom Sholford, Henry I. Ford, and Claud fornon while Mis s Alice Hamilton and Miss Sinna St. Clair are amongst the rest of a very full and complete company. PLi MM E R—H ALL CO,VI PAN Y. PATRIOTIC TOUR. “lady Windermere s fan.” This wonderful play opened to a packed house in Wellington last Satin day under th e patronage of Herd Liverpool, the Premier, and Ministers of the Giro win This remarkably brilliant comedy has been selected by Messrs Plimmer and Hall as (lie opening play of their patriotic tour of New Zealand, which commenced at the Grand Opera House last Saturday. Tc- those familial" with the writings ol Oscar Wilde this comedy. needs no introduction. It is perhaps the best play he ever wrote, and is alive with scintillating epigram and aphorism. Such plays are not seen every day in New Zealand, but “Lady Windermere’s Fan” has recently been revived in America with, enormous success by Miss Margaret Anglin. The whole of the profits of the ft nr arete be handed over to the Belgian Fund, which should be an added incentive to the public to consider their tveiling engagements during the next week or two. ■ The box plan ejens at' Finches on Saturday next. Buy a Souvenir Book and help the suffering Belgians. Mr Cochrane has kindly consented to supply the pianos for the occasion. E SCHOLL’S PICTURES. At Nicholl’s picture theatres tonight will be presented a complete change of programme. At Station Street is to be screened the mucktalked about ‘.One of Onr Girls,” with Miss Hazel Dawn in the title role. This is a famous picture 6000 feet long that is a faithful portrayal of a mo,he than ordinarily adventurous girl’s life, and is brimful with intensely human and sensational episodes which are the secret of its immense success. The War Budget is made up of incidents in the war of a particularly interesting character at this time, and in addition to these two tyuly beautiful films there are some half a dozen other pictures, comic, scenic and dramatic. At the Three Stars Theatre the Star picture -is of semi-historic interest and is entitled “The Night Riders of Petersham.” From start to finish there is no slackening of sensational adventure. It is a heart-tingling drama of true dramatic appeal, and for virility, vigour, action and power it is claimed to be unsurpassed. It is an exciting play of lawlessness, in the wild mountain country of the west, the plot centring round illicit whisky distillers, a newspaper - editor and the famous night raiders, and it ends by a glorious triumph of virtue over vice. The comedy portion of the programme is headed with a screamingly funny Keystone film, which i s said to have no dull moment in it. The war budget is more than ordinarily interesting and several other fine filing make up one of the best programmes yet presented'.