ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 190, 9 February 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

J. C. WILLIAMSON'S 00. IN "THE SPECKLED BAND."

10-NIGHT. . "Sir Arthw Conan Doyle is said to be the king of mystery writers" says an English critic, "and, after witnessing 'The Speckled Band,' a dramatisation of one of his Sherlock Holmes series, you feel disposed' to admit it. This latest \ London success is full of original ideas, and holds its audience breathlessly intent from curtain rise to curtain fall. The characters are actually drawn from life, and the incidents are of every-day occurrence in different parts of the world." "The Speckled Band" is to have its first and only performance in the Theatre Royal to-night, when it will be interpreted by a remarkably fine combination of dramatic stars, personally selected by Mr- J- C. Williamson to portray the various distinct types of characters created by the author from the best available English, American and Australian artists, including -Mr. William Desmond, the brilliant young American, actor, who made such a favorable impression when he "was last in New Zealand as equal staT with Miss Katherine Grey. Miss Dorothy Dix, an accomplished and beautiful English actress from the Lyric and principal London theatres, who will be making her first appearance in New Zealand, and Mr. Gaston Mervale, one of the best character exponents in the dramatic world, who has been specially retained to appear in his original character of Dr. Rylot. Other particularly prominent people will be east in suitable roles, and the general ensemble promises to equal any dramatic attraction yet presented by that firm. The box plan is at Collier's.