AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10084, 5 September 1910, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

'THE GIRL, FKOM RECTORS'."

The return of Hugh J. Wtriand his Company of comedians at the Town Hall on Thursday night is a iheatrical event of considerable moment. "The Girl from Rector's" is a farcical comedy by Paul M. Potter, author of "Trilby." During the three fcours taken to produce the piece, the audience is kept in a. perpetual state of merriment. Bright, vivacious and sparkling, it is a complete antidote for dull care, and those who enter a theatre, feding perchance a little depressed, go home light hearted and on good terms with themselves and the world. What better can be said of "The Girl from Rector's?" True, some critics may complain that it is a little uneven in quality, that, whilst in places it attains the j highest level of genuine comedy, in | others it deget.drates into merely broad farce; but what does that mat- j ter, so long as the general effect is satisfactory? lhe play is said to be a real fun*maker, full of ludicrous situations and mirth provoking episodes. The dialogue is brimful «f humour, the songs and dances reflecting the madly merry mood of the author, and the incidental music is of that bright catchy order that appeals to the popular taste. Miss Grace Palotta, as Loute Sedahe, '"The Girl from Hector's," has the title role. Mr Hugh J. .Ward appears as Professor Maboon, a quaint and eccentric study, Mr Reginald Wykehara as Colonel Tandy, Mr Aubrey Mallileau as Richard O'Shaugnessy, Miss Celia Ghiloni as Mrs Copley. Misa Maud Chetwynd as Angelica, Robart Greig as Judge Caperion, Mr H. H. Wallace as Deacon Wrigglesford, and others of this popular Company are suited admirably to their respective parts.

THOMPSON PAYNE PICTURES.

The programme to be presented ai the Foresters' Hall to-night will be sometniog above the ordinary, cverypicture being specially selected by Mr Payne, and patrons can be assured of seeing these for the first time outside Messrs Thompson and Payne's laboratory. Among the series to be shown will be "The Toreador," a convincing Spanish love story, with the excitement of a real bull fight and the death of the Toreador by being gored by the enraged bull. The American Biograph Company in their advice note claim "Thou Shalt Not'' as their masterpiece, and the situations incidental to the story are most pathetic. "The London Fish Supply" depicts the hardships of the fishermen cmployed in supplying London with fish. "A Romance of the Western Hills" is an Indian story full of interest. "The Place Where Teak Grows" i.J a magnificent scenic and industrial film, and shows how elephants are usd as beasts of burden. The Edison Film Company are represented by "Gallagher," a detective story with plenty of thrilling moments and a very dramatic climax. Teh comedy will be supplied by "The Knot in the Handkerchief," "A Desperate - Duel." "The Right House,' But,—" "Foolshead as Porter," "Method in his Madness," and several others.