AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 178, 20 August 1909, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

"JACK AND GiILL." On Wednesday nml Thursday '.ligUt next, and on Thursday afternoon at 1.45 sharp, Mr. J. C. Williamson's marvellously successful pantomime, "Jack a'U Jill," will be presented at the Theatve Royal for a season of two nights only. The book, lyrics, cast, scenery, - and <'nsemble are said to exceed any former standard in pantomime productions, and. the profusion of specialty features is astonishing, making one wonder how it i« possible to cram so much into one evening's entertainment of about tli.ve hours. Introduced into the s'implc old nursery story are so many novelties of stage-craft, so much dazzling splendor, and so much wholesome merriment, that the phenomenal success achieved seems only a natural result. There is Mr. J Walter Stanton as the giant rooster, in which he made such a sensation at the Lyceum Theatre, London, in last year's pantomime; Misses Morris and Wilson in their world-famous animal impersonations; the sensational Pony Ballet, a combination of acrobntism and dancing by a company of clever young girls; the amazing giant family of eight; the dazzling Electric Ballet, said to be the climax of stage splendor; the faceograph, which was the sensation at the Xeiv York Hippodrome; the change of seasons; the Butterfly Ballet; the magic hill, and other wonders' too numerous to mentions.' Box plans will be opened at 1 he Colonial Piano Company's rooms this ! Friday) morning. The evening pernances commence at 7.45 sharp. I'm, 4.15 p.m. train from New Plyuiuutii will be delayed until after Thursday's matinee performance.