ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

" THE CIIAI'IORDX." 'J lie lirst not of this amusing eomidy is decidedly intcrc-wting, but tlic fun becomes last and furious i u the second. As II- there were not already sullicient ; tangle in the Poltinger household, tin: haikce <>l Hilary .Chester presents hcrscll to the ei'iisiernation ~f "..Mr. Jones." and "e and |.ne .M.l', have a particularly atiMnu;, t, m „ trying to explain awkward appearances. Chester, however, proves i equal t<> every compromising situation, being forced ultimately to represent to I tne mind of ,1 furious sister ol J;or«as society mould that lie is a Scotland Yard detective. How the affair runs eli'cctivcly into three acts is a matter oi some amazement, but it does Great preparations are made for the accommodation of the young couple for the night much to their discomfort, as well as to the adventurous Pottinger—but ithe room they are to occupy is discolored to lnu'e a smoky chininev and a most complicated situation, is solved by everyone sitting up all night until the visitors are rescued in a most timclv fashion by the arrival 0 f a motor-ear belonging to a neighbor. Commenting on .the performance iu Wellington the Times said: "To describe the acting in detail would be quite invidious. It is sufficient to say that in a particularly effectnc cast jfr. Tom Shelford eaiuo easily first by the irresistible way in which he fashioned the character of* Hilary Chester, the emergency chaperon. He simply levelled in the part from beginning to end. Mr. frank Bradley came next iu order 0 { merit as Christopher Pottinger, M.P., an d Mr. Harry Sweeney evidenced the strides he is making .as a character actor bv the maimer in which lie handled the role of the \ i\arious and voluble resitaurantkeeper il'aul Kominisky. In subsidiary male parts Messrs Henry J. Ford, Kdward Jjandar, Reginald Kenneth, Claude A enion and iYed Twitchin gave an excellent account of themselves—comedians or eccentrics all. who missed no opportunity. As for the ladies, Miss lithe* Dane as Rosamond (I'aytllorne did much more than iu the opening piece to vindicate her .title to be considered the "star" of the company, and altogether presented a particularly ingratiating personality. Miss Alice Hamilton impersonated the -wife of the M.P. naturally, Miss Sinna St. Clair was an admirable foil as the .Dorcas impossibility, and Miss l'-iwyn 'Harvel was the wrongly-treated sweet j maiden to perfection—otherwise the forgiving fiancee of the chief fun-maker. Miss Clarice Hardwicke completed the cast as an assiduous maid." "The Chaperon" will be played l>y the "Glad Eye" company at the Theatre Royal, Xew Plymouth, on Thursday; June" 24 and the box plan is at Collier's.

On Wednesday, June 23, "Tlie Glad Eyo." the most amusing of all comedies, will <be played at Tngle-wood.

EMPIRE riCTURES.

Head of the new programme at tllia Empire Tlieatre (commencing to-night) is "The Intriguers," a Lubin star drama. The picture is a fresh study of tlie modem society of America, wliere money is the passport to the highest functions. Xaturally everyone who appears to be wealthy can be, received into such society, and this leaves the opportunity for well-dressed parasites to prey upon all who may have a. weak spot in their lives. Viola Vincent and. Winthrop Ifagen lire society parasites who secure an invitation to a society week-end and party; Viola finds immediate prey in Henry I'lackstone, a diplomatic agent connected with tNc foreign service. Ilngen takes a fancy to a society girl who is wearing a magnificent set of diamonds. which llageii steals. The working out of the plot is interesting. The programme will include also, "Tlie Red Signal'' (a railway drama), "The World Gra/bber" (a scries of animated subjects), "Coney Island Xightmare" (comedy), "The Wonders of Magnetism" (an Edison invention), "Gaumont Graphic" (topical), "Gussie the Golfer" (Keystone comedy) and "S.S. Lupitania," a view of the ill-fated liner recently sunk by a German submarine.