AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 207, 6 October 1909, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

THE JULIUS KNIGHT SEASON. "THE BREED OF THE TRESIIAMS." To-morrow evening will see the reappearance of Mr. Julius Knig.it am" ■'. (.. Williamson's Company in a new play. It is easy to understand «hv the' character of Lieutenant Reresby.' alias "The Rat," should be a favorite with Air. Julius Knight. Rercsby is not a mere fighting-machine, though he lights bravely; he is n man—not a saint by my means; not such a Paladin of romance as Margaret llungerford in iter innocence imagines all soldiers to be. He is of the "breed of the Trcshams," thoii-;li not a lawful "son of the late lord, and in some respects it is nnt a good breed. The i|ticslion is, "How far will heredftv assert itselfT He has inherited Hie personal courage of liis father: will he develop his father's vices or rise above them? When the curtain rises. Charles f. is still King, but he has only a fciv i years to reign. Rercsby, though noininally a Royalist, has carried "treasonable <ommuniealioiis" from Sir ('lenient lliiu'gerfonl to Ahum I ford. Hi,. 1,.a,1e, of the "rofn I" army. In the course of the lilav Rercsby has three battles l„ light. He wins two of them, and lias hope of winning the third. The Hist is against a mob of mutinous soldiers. The second light is more severe, and is fought with no weapon except an indomitable will. Before a court-martial, over which Viscount Dorriiigton, Sir Clement's falll:o'. preside*. Rercsby is charged with treason. A paper written by Moimlfnrd to Sir Clement is found on him. and he refuses, even under torture, to betrav I his associates. It is not for the sake of Sir Clement, whom he despises, but of Margaret. w |, o reminds him of another Margaret -whom be on,e loved The third fight, in which he seems to engage from Margaret's first entrv, is against himself and his disreputable pasl.