AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 4 August 1915, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

“A SCRAPE O’ THE PEN.”

j “A WEE BIT O’ SENTIMENT.” < Perhaps no country in the world Is sc j full of superstitions as Scotland. Par- [ lieu July is'this the case in the brave I days of old when the historic blacksmith at Gretna flourished on the toll of the runnaway romantic . couples. The parties of this curious marriage custom were each presented with what was known as a scrape of the pen, and Mr. Graham Mofiiat lias written a three-act play of Scottish farm-life using this as lus title, and when “A Scrape of the; Pen” goes on at the Town Hall on Wednesday, August 11. i playgoers' will witness a production which the* Sydney Morning . Herald (quoted as striking a, deeper and a-ten' | defer note than “Bunty Pulls the j Strings.” The play, in addition to oraj bracing all the cld romance of a Scot- [ tish marriage ceremony, features the I particular observance of the New Year /as usual in Scotland, and the comedy w'as described by the famous comedian } Harry Lauder as a “bit of old Scotland,” and he stated afterwards that lin viewing the performance he felt “just like being at h.arae. ” Since their .last visit to New Zealand Mr. and Mrs. Graham Moffat have considerably augmented their “Bunty” Company, but most of the old favourites will be seen in new roles in this production. The Box Plan will open at Finch’s Bazaar on Monday morning next.