AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 360, 11 April 1910, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

PETER PAX.

TO-MOREOW NIGHT. r At the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening at 7.45 sharp, Barrio's worldfamous fairy creation, ".Peter Pan.' will be produced for one night only. Mr J. C. Williamson's company, whic.h ha» been playing lo enormous business in "Wellington, is headed f by Mr. Thomas Kingston, who plays Captain Hook, and Air. Daning. He is a firmly established favorite with Xew Zealand playgoers and is sure of a Oiearty welcome. The original in both parts) was Du Ma uric J', th? clever sou of the author of "Trilby,"

Miss Lizette Pafkes has been especially selected (from a great number of aspirants) by Mr Williamson as particularly suited by physique and temperament to give the author's conception of the title role.

Dr. Maurice Dudley will appear in his! original part of ''Gentleman Starkey,"' and Mr Fred Cambournc as "Ssonea.'"' Missi Valentine .Sydney will play Mrs Darling, in which she made such an impression during the Australian run of the piece. The remainder of the cast is virtually the same as in the original production. In Glasgow (the centre of Scottish art) "Peter Pan" was received with ecstasies; its quaint humour made a direct appeal to the people, equal to the demand upon it. Dublin, too, caught the spirit of Barrie's fantasy, and it was) there that a child, who had followed the action of the story with breathless interest created a hostile demonstration against Captain Hook, as lie descended with the poison to the cave, which the lost children had forsaken, and poured the liquid into Peter's drinking water supply. A little chap in the theatre got do worked up .over this dastardly act that he jumped up and excitedly shouted "Look out, Peter!" All the other children in the theatre immediately took np the chorus. As instancing the immense fascination of "Peter Pan" as a play, the American production is now in its fifth year of uninterrupted success. The box plan for to-morrow's great treat is on view at Collier and Son's.