"THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10187, 13 March 1911, Page 7

"THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

BOX PLANS OPEN TO-MORROW

At half-past eignt o'clock to-mor-row morning the box plans will be opened at Miss Rive's for the first and only production to bo staged here -by Mr J. C. Williamson's Katheririe Grey Company at the Town Hall, Master ton, on Thursday night next, of "The Lion and the Mouse" Great interest has been centred on tho initial appearance here of Miss Grey through the brilliant triumph . she achieved in Wellington, and Auckland, and the possibilities are •that there will be a very heavy demand) for seats. To avoid any unnecessary crushing a .staff of ushers will be in attendance to form a queue from 8 o'clock, which will ensure that the earliest arrival .shall have first choice of seats.Thursday night will also signalise the first appearance here of the brilliant romantic actor, Mr William Desmond. Miss G'roy comes to ais with a greater reputation than any dramatic "star" who has previously. visited the " Dominion. Her success in Australia wa<- d«'?eri!«.,&; as electrical, and 't > «';•> {£(i.ualiy acknowledged ; 't<T dier brilliant. characterization' of the role of Shirley Rossmore in "Tlio Lion and the Mouse" that no finer cbtress has- appeared in the Commonwealth since Sarah. Bernhardt, "lli,e -Lidn audi the Mouse" is a strikingly human- play. The plot in' brief is as follows Judge Rossraor£,'an upright judge, has incurred the anger of John Burkett Ryder, a ■millionaire several timesOyer, by cer-

tain adverse' rulings, .Ryder, in rc-: v-MLge,-sets out. to ruin Ros&more, and aoes so. The .Jndg? is to be impeached and imprisoned. Shirley, 'the daughter of the .Judge, who liar; been iiv Europe during thesd happenings, arrives and iinds her father

crushed and .broken. . Learning the cause, she to fight tho implacable enemy alow. How she does so is thrillangly-cold"by Charles Klein.- In addition", to Miss Grey and Mi* Desmond!, the cast wiiiinclude, -the following brilliant artists:

—Messrs Cyril Mackay, Leslie Victor, J. B. Atholwocd,' Winter Hall, George 'Bryant, T. W. Lloyd, Rupert Julian, and George Chalmers, also Misses Susie Yaughan, Florence . GleeKom, Elsie Wilson, Alma Vaughan, Kate Trowers, Akna Phillips and Kate Chalmers, Only the one per-

formance, can be given in Masterton, as on Friday, next the company will leave for Wellington. Mr Thos. Foster is stage manager.