A POPULAR COMPANY'S RETURN.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 101, 29 April 1916, Page 5

A POPULAR COMPANY'S RETURN.

«5» WITHIN THE LAW COMPANY. —:— Under the Dramas "Ltd. management j the popular and talented "Within the ! Law" Company, who last year pre- | sented "Within the Law" to Taihape j theatre goers, will this year stage two I successful J. C. Williamson Plays, ! "The Man Who Stayed at Home," and "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford." Miss Hilda Dorrington and Mr. Lion- , el Walsh will be seen in the title roles j supported by the full strength of the i Within the Law Company which this i year includes Mr. George Chalmers, | for many years principal character | man with J. C. Williamson, Ltd., Mr. j Fred Cqape, who played Nero with I the original .Julius Knight production, I and Miss Kate Towers recently with | J. C. Williamson Ltd. In "The Man Who Stayed at Home" Miss Dorrington will appear as Miriam Lee and in "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" as Fanny Jasper, Mr. Walsh will play the title role in "The Man Who Stayed at Home" one Christopher Brent, who turns out in the end to be a Secret Service Agent, and in "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" will appear as J. Rufus Wallingford, Esq. Miriam Lee in an interview with John Preston (the Conservative English J.P. who is of the opinion that everyone but himself should go to the front) says—"Mr Preston, don't think me impertinent, but I want to bring? home to you the fact that there are many men besides yourself who have responsibiliies which they cannot reveal to the world, but which are more than sufficient to justify them in "Staying at Home." "The Man Who Stayed at Home" is insulted and whitefeathered at every turn and all the "time quite, unbeknown to even his most intimate friends he is rendering his country -an 'even greater service I than the man in the trenches, as subsequent events In'the "drama gd to I prove, in reality' he is a Secret Service agent in Britain's employ who is told off to run to earth a dangerous nest of German spies, intent on sinking, by submarine, British transports carrying troops to France across the English Channel. . A high-powered wireless plant, costing the firm over £IOO. is travelled Especially for the production and may beMnspected by mechanics and others interested at the Theatre during the

afternoon. The Company will be appearing at The Town Hall, Taihape on Saturday, May 6th, presenting for the first night "The Man Who Stayed at Home," and on Monday, May Bth, for the farewell performance "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford." The Box plans are now on view and will be opened at Finch's at 10 o'clock on Monday morning, where seats may be reserved without extra charge.