AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10189, 15 March 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

, Axt appreciative . audience •• h wit» : ixessed the current programme of pictures at the Foresters' Hall last ©veiling. The dramas a- fin© -lot, the favourites being "A Be&rdi '•Bd- v l(a'' Wild West : story)', and "A Knight Errant," and "The Aerial Submarine" (an exciting and •marvellous picture). . Amongst the iconics the views of Moscow were particularly good.. The remaining iilms went to make up a delightful programme, which will be repeated for the last time to-night.

"THE LION AND THE MOUSE;"

TO-MORROW NIGHT.

To-morrow night, at the Masterton Town Hall, Mr J. C. Williamson will present for' the first" and only time to playgoers of Masterton the great American actress, Miss Katherine Grey, the brilliant young romantic actor, Mr William Desmond, and a powerful supporting company of over 50 artists in Charles Klein's world fam- [ otis dramatic sensation, "The Lion and I the Mouse." The great interest which is being taken in this event is clearly i demonstrated at the box office, where i there has "been an enormous demand 'for seats. The theme of "The Lion and the Mouse" is one very nvucE before the world to-day. It Is the Tyiirning question of America, and to a. great extent it is a subject that is forcing itself on other countries. This is the power of wealth. The lion in Mr Charles Klein's drama is John Burkett Ryder, a powerful financier, whose operations in the - struggle for supremacy which great wealth brings to its possessor, have gained him the title of the great American Octopus. The mouse is Shirlev Rossmore who, as interpreted by Mis 1 * Katherine Grey, is said to be a delightful picture of a girl imbued with a noble purpose, in the fulfillment of which she is prepared to sacrifice her own harm«ness. The new "leading man." Mr William Desmond, it is said, gets everv ounce out of thei character of John Burkett Ryder (the lion). His voice, appearance, manner, diction, are all in accordance with the general notion of the heartless Yankee plutocrat. The furnishings of "The Lion and the Mouse" are snoken of as being of a particularly handsome character. The fact that a great portion of the niece, is enacted in the living room of the richest man in the world, necessitates th" "mbenishinp bein??: of a moi ,A than ordinary luxuriant . nature. Aq;n.in. the costumes worn by the ladies are. it is; said, rare "dreams" the modiste's art. The eomnany will arrive b.v the first train from PaTmerston North to-morrow. . and as the scenery and effects has all been sent on ahead, there is no possibility of a. hitch occurring. The company will leave for the south on Friday. The plan and day sales are Kit Miss Rive's.