AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10130, 5 January 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. \ The current programme was; shown for the last time at.;, the, Foresters' Hall last evening to a large audience, the pictures meeting witb general approval. To-night there . willj be 'a complete^jchange.^of', prcK : ; gramme; ; Among' the pictures ■W; v be' ihown \ , "ofle ;• erititled ; ? th% &tpleh said th% f sen&a? ;tion,"al ;marine.::pictures ever ; takeny; and,' ; abounds-, with thrilling j situa- ■• ; tions. Of the dramatic studies ''The I Mistaken Bandits'' is -, a splendid of* Western life, and ,is one of the Essanay; Company's ■ best productions. : ./;- "John Graham's Gold" is an entrancing <'drama * by -.'.; ihs? Company; The scenics include "Fry's Mercury Boys"and! "The ;: ; Cana^di^a.;VlHfl«^'^.;- ] ;;' A. strong; pro--'.igrjamme s | completed with '/ some, ,^a j pital.iiCom,edy r di:amas comicsV. chief/•;'-.l ; a''tti'qng; N ." which are : -'Davy Jones' Landlady,". ""The Grandsire," 'Rent Day," ''The Policeman's Ma-in-law>' 'and ".Tfie^'*Tec'a,'Dream." THE GEORGE WILLOWHBY CO.: OnWednesday next, .January 11th, a one night laughter,season will;be played at the Town Hall by ;Mr Geo. . Willpughby.and his English ;. Farcical: i Comedy CoV, headed liy Miss Beatrice ;Day : and ;;"JiMr'';;^illpu'g^by : - :; 'Preedy land' the Countess;" To - judged by the London critic.; ques.of this-latest, effort' pf,R;.C;'Cartons, tlie piece is one that should, exactly; suit'': the ■ ■ ■ epicuriari. tastes . of. jlbc'al'•'.'*-theatregoers".; One gathers that" it; lias : 'a highly humor-' . ous;plot,,which is evolved ,from excellent material, and unfolded in epigrammatic and most witty, dialogue. "Itfr i*i'eedy and" the! Cfountess." in Jslaprt' appears .to possess s a double- * barrelled :■', popularity. Its literary quality gains it lavish approval on the part of those; Avho insist upon intellectual fun as distinct from mere nonsense, and its extremely comical Situations make it a wnvm favourite '.'with those playgoers,who are less particular about standards of merit. In other words, it is a piece that appeals both to the classes and the masses.

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