Theatre Royal.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7736, 11 February 1905, Page 2

Theatre Royal.

WILLIAMSON HlO-TAISLI'jAI . . ' That a good show will always attract a large assemblage was u'»>l>iy proved lost, night, when, notwithstanding the fact that the Htej lienson Company lia<i a fu|U house on both liighta of their performance this week the theatre was again well attended. Possibly tlio interest taken in the Kusso-.l a pnjie.,l' war in some way accounted for the presence of such a large number of patrons, but there is little doubt that the certainly of seeing many ' startling novelties shown from the latest and best lilms procurable gvuutly assisted in attracting innnv of those presents. That the living 1 pictures were well up to expectations is saying u good deal, and tltc applause which each evoked showed how much the spictai.ois en joyed the treat provided for tiiem. Naturally the war pictures were watched with the keenest inte.est, especially the naval and | theie was an »:>.!'.• J semblance of reality given to e.,c'.i of these representations by mechanical contrivances which emphasised the movements on the screen. Anions t] u . war pictures were The bombard- , nient ol Port Arthur, llat tie of LiaoVangf, street scene in Tokio, march 01 Hussians across Siberia (Jeneiai Kuropatkin at Irkutsk, troops entwined and on their journev, artill ,'L a n -, U, | ant, ' y in action ' 'crossing , Lake Baikal, and a number of other nvi.uary movements, all of which wonderfully life-like and inter! I Th th ° pictures t ' an Exhibition at ' Eaila Court, hawkers in C4uv.ps.kle, the great Nikko procession (a per- \ feet marvel in its way). For a scene of exotement 1 the great Toronto lire | was a semes of movements that has not been exceMed. The dashing o the enginte |fro,n the station, the } itself showing the flam u s' being fought by numerous jets of watei and finally the dynamiting of dangerous walls, thrilled the spectators and evoked a atorm of applause fnT e ,lr V<?le ,i SOl " e exCcll '-' n t humorous ?. diamatle episodes (hat please l the assemblage immensely, and caus- * J a,ll,| senient. Altogether the Mr mi"' . W£>S Well worthy 0 f .Lef" ' a ! nson '? reputation, the only n Ming t'Jiat such uiamiiiicvnt I films should not have been LT - w;t of ; ,u r ,ic H « ht - ™» '»»«. i nowc\ei, so far as Xew Plymouth is concerned, bo a thing of the near fu- | j r TO-DAY, j | Time will be a matinee as well as an evening performance, and so lai-ge is the collection of lilms t:hat an entirely new programme will be given • at, ea(<h exhibition. It is one of ' those entertainments that evervono -hould enjoy, and as it is rarely the opportunity is given to see such a first-class collection of animated picuies there should be a large muster of the public.