AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 20, 17 February 1909, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

AUSTRAL UNISCOPK COMPANY. The above company is to appear in New Plymouth this (Wednesday) evening, and also on Thursday .mil Friday. It has met with success in every town visited. Speaking of their performance. at Carterton tire Daily News says—"One of the best picture show- that .has visited Carterton appeared in the Victoria Hall on ThmsdiH and Friday evenings. Tiie lilms were thi. verv latest, dirctt from I'iilhe r'rercs. Paris, and the tinting AVlls excellent. the faked pictures were woiidcrfiillv will dune, and the audience showed' its appreciation by frequent bursts of hcartv applause. Omof the most plea-ing features of Hi" en-lertainini-nt was the smooth milliner i" which the progra c was earned out. due to the fact Hint i.h'e plant is divot the most up-to-date and convenient in the cinematograph line. The pictures were projected on to the .Screen by means of a. powerful electric arc light. During the evening -Miss Hand 'Kenton, the possessor of a sweet soprano vViice. sang "Sing Met„ Sleep.", and was vociferously encored. The joggling and balancing 'turns' by Levari,, were unique and exceedingly clever, and were received with hearty applause and an emphatic demand for more."

"THE THIEF." Lovers of hijrli-class dramatic art and Iheiilrc-go'ers generally are promised what may be (-.inlidcnjlv .announced as o'te of the verv best dramas of. the times, on Monday next at the Theatre Poyal, when Mr. .1. ('. Williamson's new star ilriMiuitic combination will present "The Thief." This play is described as one of lire strongest anil most fascinat big of modern times. It is an emotional drama in three act-, adapted from the French of Henri Hcrnstein by 0. Cordon Lennox. This vigorous pliiv turns on the lengths to which love of'lincrv niav lead a woman, a wife passionatclv attached to her husband-win, returns her undivided direction. It is indeed for love of him and the joy of his admiration that her desire for dress develops into a mania, and, when her allowance proves inadequate, steals from her host the ■money to meet her bills. When the theft is discovered, her'fear of detection and degradation in the 'eyes of her husband is so great that site persuades a young boy, with a romantic' attachment for her, to take upon himself the blame of her crime. Subsequently the husband discovers the truth, and in a. trenchant powerful scene insists upon confession as the only vindication or ins honour. Thenceforward, and until, the final curtain, the play is said to grow and throb with absorbing intensity. The. company selected lo interpret this great play is of a. calibre that ensures successful 'presentation. With such nn acknowledged artist as Mr. (leorgc Titbcraihrc. who will nlny the verv exacting rolo~of linyli'oml Legardes; H„- reappearance of the liilcnleil and popular emotional actress lli-s (11a Humphrey ils y,|,„.j s( , y(,Vßillanil the first appearance of Mr. Il'eurv Kolker. one o, America's lending Toinsuiic actors, as Tliehard Vovsin. supported bv ii company which includes some of ho orcniostarlislosof Australia..., rare treat may l„. anticipated. The box plan for tins notable prod,„. (i „„ will ,„. „ ~„. '■•} " l lllf ' ''"l'ier and Colonial Piano (oinpauys to-morrow (Thursday) morning at !I o'clock, when a large number of seals will no doubt be reserved.

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