AMUSEMENTS.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 September 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

x‘ THE SILVER KING TO-NIGHT. "Allan Wilkies’ brilliant dramatic ‘company with a complete production of the greatest of all dramas, the Sil--ver King, will appear for one night only at the Town Hall this evening. The day of human drama in which the heart interest is deep, does not ‘pass, and that is why “The Silver King” has always been kept Within easy reach for periodical revival. The ‘play is almost forty "years old. It was 'written in 1882, by the well known English playwright, Henry Arthur Jones, in collaboration with Henry Herman, and in the same year WaS produced and ran for twelve montlhs at the Princess Theatre, London. Ack-nowlmlr--~d at the same time to be the best n.:;lodl'anla ever written, that disltinction has never been wrestled from] it. As a. matter of fact it Was a studlicd. attempt on the part of the authors ; gt? prove that a higher standard of; melodrama than that in Vogue, not} only could be written, but would bet—, ter appeal to the public taste- Tm“ [collaborators recognised, and made, ‘concessions to tile If-Opular denland for I ‘thrilling situation, but in contrast ‘U ’ lthe sensationalism in the plot. of “The I 'silvo,r King.” they placed in it :2 - theme, the pa’thetiC and infinitely! ttcmc-.lli'rlg nature of which rendered the 2 apiece, despite its melodramatic atmos-U 7pliero. a f’aitllful"trallSCl'iDt from life 5 j_..~.na so it still liives. and will no doubt t be welcomed bY l!l2!.V'f—roers of the future -as entliusiustieally as it, was on the opening night of Allan Vvilkiefisl season at His Majest.y’s' Theatre. Auckland, where it ran for sewing nights to capacity business. _ I “The Silver King” by special ar-I mngenlents with J. C. Williamson Ltd. , win be staged to-night at the Town] mm. The box plan is at Swedlund’s. A. meeting of the committee in com I nection with the recent Fire Brigade Ball will be held,in the Brigade Sta—' tion