ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 273, 15 May 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. "CAMILLE." To-night the Empire management will show a beautifully-colored picture of Dumas' famous and tragic love romance, "Camille." This production has just been released and was shown in 'Wellington a week ago by John Puller and Sons and MacMahon and Donnelly to crowded houses. The part of "Camille" is taken by Vittoria Lepanto, the greatest and most noted actress in Italy, and the most beautiful woman in Europe. "Camille," or Marguerite G-autier, the most beautiful and famous woman in Paris, is under the guardianship of Count de Varville. One night when entertaining her guests, she is introduced to Armand Duval, a young and handsome man, with whom she falls desperately in love, and who returns her affection. Armand implores her to give up her butterfly life and takes her into the country, where, in a little cottage, she is supremely happy. Armand's father, a very haughty Prefect of Police, hearing of this liason, determines to put an end to it, and with this intention he visits Camille. He snows her that she is ruining her son's prospects, and at last she consents, for Armand's good, to leave him. Armand, almost mad at her desertion, follows her to Paris, and meets and quarrels with the Count, who is wounded in a subsequent duel. Armand leaves Paris, but cannot abandon his infatuation for Camille, and ultimately returns to find her deserted.by her friends and dying of consumption. The lovers are reconciled, and Camille dies in Armand's arms, happy and conT tented. In addition to "Camille," the programme includes "star" pictures by Selig, "The New Superintendent," A.B. Co., "Saved from Himself," and the Vitagraph Co., with "Regeneration." '

"THE NORWOODS." Seating accommodation in the Theatre Royal was taxed to its utmost capacity last night, on the occasion of the second night of the return season of Professor Norwood. The audience simply rollicked with laughter, and when it ceased, as it did at intervals, those present were held spell-bound at the weird and my&tie nature of some of the more serions turns. Many of these were absolutely beyond human ken. Miss Winnie Norwood again, while in «, hypnotic trance, walked amongst the audience and, unaided and uninstructed, performed an endless variety of mysterious feats, demonstrative of the subtle powers of mental telepathy. Judged by the number of the new achievements introduced by the Professor last night his repertoire is seemingly almost endless. During the evening Mr. Norwood announced that he would pay a return visit to New Plymouth about a jear hence.