AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 97, 2 August 1910, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

QEORGE MARLOW'S DRAMATIC CO." "AS MIDNIGHT CHIMES. " f it In "As Midnight Chimes" drama, with which Mr. George Mariows },/»»,/«»<V Jo.' appears for one night only here to-mor-row (Wednesday) in the Theatre Royal, there will be presented "a type of life which lias not been in vogue since the days when castles were really important places and their owners were laws unto themselves." A fine story with plenty of comedy piled on top of each other and the magnificent scenery aids in the illusion, while the military unii'orns euhace the realism of the piece. This drama has now been termed a wi.'id r.■. i "Mv-'aker, for when the last ni:t.i left i-:;: : ' '■'•: ""as being toured by t'u-.r 'I,:- ;; , '., \..;-ious parts of the !.'-.■ la.>.s, \.li'ua in Sydney the drama van to six weeks' big business, five weeks jin Melbourne, thirteen nights in Adelaide, ten nights in Newcastle during the [zenith of the strike there, and eight' nights in Brisbane, all to big business, while coming to New Zealand, "As Midnight Chimes" proved such a magnet to theatre-goers that his Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, was filled with delighted and appreciative audiences for eight consecutive performances, and six nights each recently in Wellington, Dunedfci" and Cbristchurch. There are four acts in the drama, replete with sensation, not of the lurid order, while there is sparkling throughout a (bright vein of comedy, which, however, never jars on the excellence of the main plot, which is constructed in a manner that would give one the impression that a new fashion is being evolved in this style of d*ama. The full strength of the Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand company will present the drama in its entirety. The box plan for to-morrow night is at Collier's Music Warehouse, where seats may be reserved, while tickets for the stalls and pit may also be obtained at Collier's, and thus obviate the usual rush at the doors. Prices are 4s, 2s Gd and Is; no early < I doors.