AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 308, 7 February 1910, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

•'MOONDYNE."—TONIGHT. " Moondyne, the Gold King," the sensational drama to be staged at the Theatre Royal this evening by the Tay-ior-Carrington Company, is' a play founded on fact and written round a number of incidents of the life of the once-famous outlaw of whom Boyle O'Reilly has written so much. Moondyne was transported to West Australia for a crime of which he was innocent, and after a remarkably chequered career he died in Perth a few years ago. His sufferings as a convict, 'his daring escapes from prison, and his life among the natives of West Australia furnish excellent material for stage purposes and give many and varied opportunities for scenic display of the most realistic description. Seats may be booked for tonight's performance at the Collier and Colonial Piano Company's 1 . HEWITT'S PICTURES. (ANOTHER ALL-STAR PROGRAMME. There is not the slightest doubt that the mere announcement that a film of "Sexton Blake, detective," is to be shown' should ensure big houses for Hewitt's Pictures next week. The stirring adventures, hair-breadth escapes, the marvellous feats' of Sexton Blake nnd his dog Pedro, are known by almost everyone. The film to be shown tonight at Stratford, and on to-morrow and Wednesday nights in the Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, depicts a thrilling dramatic story, with the lovers, the villain, the victim, and hero all complete. The story is clearly told. Randolph Lovell, the squire's nephew, is banished for forgery, and Roger Blackburn and his father are evicted by the s'quire because the latter courts the squire's daughter, Marjorie. The squire is murdered by the nephew and bis accomplice, who continue to throw suspicion on the Blackburns. The film follows closely the entanglement which results, the detective's hairbreadth escape from death at the hands' of Randolph and Faggas', the interrupted wedding ceremony, the triumph of the detective, and itlie ultimate joining of the bands of (Roger and Marjorie. The film is 1280 feet long, and an entertainment in itself. The programme, which is published elsewhere, includes four very fine humorous pictures, scenic films, and other dramatic and industrial films'.