AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10530, 17 January 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

"THE SPECKLED BAND" "The 'Sjpeckilted Band" is Cbnan Boyle'® Sherlock Holmes play, which by 'the! way anust not b<e confused avitih the ''Shea-lock Holmes" dramattihlat was presented 1 'here some eight • or mine years ago—this play being! entirely different . It is said to pos~ I sess mcfe dramatic power, pathos,; andi humour, and perhaps more sensation than* the .previous production with .wihicdi tiheatre-goeiis are 'familiar. , The story 4s rich (in" incident, intense in. its (narrative and' the situations ,are striking, powerful and engrossing. "The Speckled Band" grips its tiudilence witli absorbing force, and draws it on iresistlessly till the final j denoivemenit, wQiicih culminates in> on l © ; of the strongest dramatic situations I ever placed upon, the stage, The Oompiany to produce this play in I M<i sterton, which is to have its sentation in the Town' Hall on Mon>day inext, January 22-nd, is probably I the strangest dramatic ofganisution that h'as appeared under the J. C. | Wlilliaiwsoni direction- The whole production! is said to reflect the greatest credit on the firm, and adds anI other triumph to be placed to their account. For tUie adequate representation of this new comedy drama parl ticular caire has been taken to ens iu fi-t-he organisationi of a company specially fitted to the various important roles. Hie company will! in chute, i n addition to' the eminent young American actor, Mir William Desmond, Miss Dorothy Dix, a leading lady from tlhe Lyric Theatre, London, wlho is making her fir sit appearance in New Zealand, and Mr Gaston Metvale, the brilliant character actor, tpeoially engaged for this importanttour, and many dramatic favourites ohoseu from tlie front ranks of their profession. The box plan will be opened at t'lie Dresden to-woi iow ' mionnang, at 9 o'clock.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES.

Another large audience was present nt the Forestei-s' Hall last evening, the programme being an excellent one. "The Old Captain," "The Pal'« Oath,", and "The Wthite Indian were stirring d.ramas, and "How Betty Won the Sctliool," and "Trailing the Counterfeiters'.' were exceptionally good comedies. Parker, "the handcuff king," showed, how "mystifying" tricks are actually performed. A capital picture of the Peni'isvlvania •floods was screened. A number ot other first-class dramaiic. weenie, and comic, pictures were als*" 1 presented. The programme av-\V he rhown tor the last time to-fnight.