AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 361, 12 April 1910, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

" PETER PAX."—TO-NIGHT. ; Following on a record season of two w«eks in Wellington, J. M. Barrie's delightful fairy play, "Peter Pan," will be produced this evening. The curtain will rise on Mr. J. C. Williamson's great attraction at 7.45 pm. punctually, and there is little doiut as to its reception in New Plymouth. Much has been said of the special appeal "Peter Pan" makes to children, hut an Australian critic writes:—•'The necessity for any sort of limitation is less apparent after witnessing "Peter Pan" than reading about it. It is something so entirely new in spirit and conception, something so altogether out of the beaten track, something so genuinely clever, that it should appeal to audiences of all ages and tastes. No one need_ be fearful that it is necessary to metaphorically put- on pinafores and short trousers to be able to enjoy 'Peter Pan.' The open 'Sesame' to the charm of the story and spirit of innocent fun which runs through it. is only the willingness to appreciate it. The author and very competent company by which it is presented do the rest. It is as 'Peter Pan' says, the spirit of eternal youth and joyousness. it is Mr. Barrie's eloquent protest against everything which tends to rob childhood of its imagination, its .'trust, its freshness, and its capacity for innocent enjoyment, his plea for the fairies and cherished nurserv beliefs of days when young children did not sit for examinations. His text is the sentence 'When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they went skipping about, and that was the beginning of the fairies.' Peter Pan is a delightful and convinolng p?ea that civilisation shall not make an end to them." As it has been found quite impossible to o-ive more than one representation of this famous creation in New Plymouth, those residents desiring to s«e "Peter Pan" should reserve their seats early to-dav at Messrs Collier and €«•.'«. the box plan having assumed record proportions. GEORGE MARLOW'S DRAMATIC CO. "MARRIED TO THE WRONG MAN."

The box plan for the one-night season of drama to be given by Mr. George Marlqw's Dramatic Company in tihe Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, on Monday next, April 18, opens at Collier's music warehouse on Thursday. Judging by the success that has attended this piece throughout Australia and in Auckland, 'where it broke all previous dramatic records, by running for ten consecutive performances, its reception here •frill no doubt be a warm one, and the .booking should be big. A leading Australian metropolitan paper, rererrwig :o "Married to the Wrong Man," remarked: "It is full of incident, the plot holds the interest of the audience throughout •and there is some excellent comic relief." The paper goes on to describe the drama as out of the beaten track, and therein lies its charm. It is said the main features of the drama were really enacted during the progress of the South African war and the characters represent some well-known figures in military and London society circles. The plot deals with the marriage of a girl named Ruth, who is supposed to be a heiress, but who turns out to be a pauper, and her husband sells her on his wedding night for the sum of fifteen pounds in order that; he may fly the country. Then there follows scenes in various parts of London, while the -leading actor, Mr. Hilliard Vox, was the original in the London production, and he was specially brouffht to Australia by Mr. Marlow for this and other dramas which he appeared in in London and which Mr. Marlow boinrht for Australia and New Zealand, The full metropolitan company, with complete scenery and all necessary effects, will be in evidence in the production here. The box plan will be opened on ThiirsflnT morning next (it Collier's music ' warehouse, where seats reav be reserved immediatolv. »-hi!e dav sale tickets for the buck stalls find pit may also be, obtained nt Coliler's. 1