ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 2 December 1914, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EIII'IKS PICTURE PALACE. A perfect picture is "Orders Under Seal," Messeters. COOOft. production, which was screened at the above popular house to a fairly large audience last night. It is one of the best military drama.3 seen in Now Plymouth for some time and was thoroughly appreciated _ by all who witnessed it, the slojv being unfolded on the screen. The plot in brief appeared in yesterday mornings issue. To-night this him and supporting films will' be finally shown.

JULIUS KNIGHT AS NAPOLEON. At tlio Theatre Royal to-morrow night, tilt* J. C. Williamson, Ltd., management will present to local play-goers for the •last time that very popular actor, Mr Julius Knight, seconded by Miss Irene Brown, and supported by a company of over 70 specially selected artists, in a ■representation of the wonderfully successful NapoliMiiie military dramatic spectacle, "A Hoyal Divorce." There lms been a large demand for seats but positions in centra! parts of the theatre may be selected at Collier's. It would indeed be a hard matter to select a dranu v.'ith the same resourceful demands upon the public as "A Boyal Divorce," for it is a well known fact that "with each of its successive revivals its popularity has increased, and (luring the present tour it has broken every known record in each theatre in which it has been presented. It is not only in IS e'.v Zealand that this experience exists, as in England it has been almost consistently performed for twenty years, whilst in Australia it has over and over again proved itself by far the best and r n I" 01 * in t ] >c wonderful . , ■ Williamson, Ltd., repertoire. It might have been Napoleon himself who stalked on the stage, wrote a critic who witnessed a recent performance by Mr Knight as Napoleon. His Napoleon is a characterization which is full of artistic nobility. When he leaves the stage—his wide circle of admirers—a" circle never connecting, but always expanding, ? will always recall this dominating fig- j ure of the all conquering and conquered t I'reiich Lmperor as one of the most impressive yf lus greatest achievements. S hpecial interest will centre in to-morrow i nights performance from the fact that ! it will introduce to us a new Josephine, 5 and in ■ tins cnuracter that brilliant act- jj ress, Miss Irene Browne, is said to be at her best. Her representation of the hapless and discarded wife of Napoleon T' l u sr a fiction in Melbourne lecently. Miss Dorothy Cummiiig sjiij to be one of the prettiest actre'sses on tin, Lnglish speaking stage, lias been of'tl, •'] !>ra w"' l her r,! P r(, seiitation or tin, haughty jlistress Marie Louise Napoleons second wife, and Miss Lizette hrs created quite a mild sensaT"\r f V " ? 01 Stephanie. Messrs ' Bentw T W aley Turner > Herbert We } i ; lrvcy ' and Martin Lc wis , a 'l most congenial parts to portray New scenery and effects were i intently made for the thrilling battle .ableaux which depict "The battle of am] «Tl°' r , c Burni,, S of Moscow," i and The Hock at St. Helena." The I eham i airWl<!y arrivo(i in the j ° f mechani » I