AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 20 March 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

I* KING’S THEATBE. To-night, at the King’s, a splendid programme has been provided, the star item of which will be “Bridges Burned.” As Mary O’Brien, in this her latest Metro wonder-play, Madame Petrova has one of the most interesting and entertaining roles of her career. From the time that she enters the play as the daughter of an Irish gentleman in straitened circumstances, until the interesting conclu«ion of this remarkable story, Madame Petrova holds attention .by her remarkable acting. Her vast knowledge of European social life, and customs serves her in good stead in “Bridges Burned” and in the different phases of life that are shown .she fits with a perfection that makes the play, a living story and not an acted one. Madame Petrova wrote “Bridges burned” and in so doing created an ideal picture play for herself. Thera will also be a comedy, gazette, etc.,

“LOOK WHO’S HERE.”

BOX ‘ PLANS TO-MORROW

MORNING.

It is rarely that a company contains so many musicians as does Mr. Jack Waller’s company of English artists who will be seen at the local Town Hall on the evening of Tuesday next. In the merry musical burlesque “Look Who’s Here,” Mr. Simms Waller, who is the conductor-leader of the Purple Band, is a violinist who has appeared at Buckingham Palace. In Mr. Fred Dennett the company is said to possess one of the most brilliant pianists who has ever visited Australia. Mr. Gregory Ivanoff was first violinist in the Czar of Russia’s Imperial Orchestra and Mr. Wylie Watson is a ’cellist who has held Australasian audiences for the last twelve months is largely responsible for the musical orchestration of “Look Who’s Here.” The programme, it will be found, besides containing a liberal sprinkling of comedy in the form of burlesque, Is also resplendant with concerted numbers, potted plays and topical skits, all terminating with the famous 1812” overture, performed on four pianos simultaneously, with the assistance of the Purple Band, “Look Who’s Here” has just terminated a season of twenty weeks at the Palace Theatre, Sydney, and the success of the season at that house was so great that they wire compelled to transfer the show to the Theatre Royal, at which theatre they continued their successful season for a further four weeks Altogether there are twenty five members in the company and not once is there a pause in the .evening's

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