AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10116, 11 October 1910, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

GRAHAM'S ENGLISH COMEDY COMPANY,

Although the famous Oscar Asche Company did not visit - Masterton some of the members of that organisation are to appear here, as Mr Gerald K. Souper and Miss Florence Gretton have been engaged by Mr Fred Graham to support his new English Comedy Company, which will appear to-night in the Town Hall in a recent London success, "The Brixton Burglary.". Their appearance will.be awaited with interest. Mr Graham himself is sure of a welcome, as he is always popular with Masterton audiences. He is not a comedian who wears himself out in making his audience laugh, and for the latter part of the play "tails off" to ineffectiveness; instead, he keeps the ball rolling throughout the piece, and he is as funny at the finish as he is at tho beginning. His droll personality conduces to laughter. It was said by the London Daily Telegraph that he would make people laugh in the dullest of comedies. The company is strong, and besides those mentioned other important engagements include Mrs George Lauri," late of Mr J. C. Williamson's Company, Miss Nellie Dent, of the Julius Knight Lompany, Miss Gladys Hartwell, and Messrs Alfred Harford and J. de Lacey. Mr George Fowler has charge of the music. The booking has been very brisk, and judging by the reports received from Dunedin " and Christchurch, where the company commenced the New Zealand tour, its performances will be worth seeing.

THOMPSONS PAYNE PICTURES.

A full house greeted the _sual Monday night change of programme at the Foresters' Hall last night. The various subjects presented were received in a manner that left no doubt as to their popularity. "Snapshot at Henley" shows the huge crowds and the different events. "Catherine, Duchess of Guise" is a film dealing with French history. This him gives a good idea of the intrigues of the French Court and the story as shown upon the screen was keenly followed until the tragic denouement. "The Planter's Wife" tells again the old story of a discontented wife and. the oily tongue of an adventurer. "A Knot in the Plot" is a good film, away from the ordinary, and though several complex situations arise all ends well, 'ine various scenic pictures are good, especially -Buffalo Hunting," The comic subjects headed by "Tontolini as a Bullfighter" and the everwelcome "Foolshead in a Cannon Duel" caused great laughter.