AMUSEMENTS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10710, 14 September 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THOMPSON-PAYKE PICTURE. The audience which attended the Forester's Hall last evening was delighted with the excellent programme provided. It would be hard to imagine a hotter programme being provided. 1 The "Mine on the Yukon" is a very fine drama, founded on 'that famous work by Rex Beach. "The Thaw, at Sliscoes." That general favourite. Maurice Costello takes the leading role in that famous law court drama "The Counsel for the Defence," this being a particularly fine picture. "Won by Waiting" is one of those homo truths which the Lubin Company is' now featuring, and it is a very telling drama. A series of 6creamg is contained in "Tho CostBaby," "The Chant illy Cream," "The Leading Man" and! "Helen's I Marriagethe two latter being A.B. I comedies.' --- Several ..ether pictures f-Coihplete a. capital series.? - . Special attention has been given to :j the jv.pgr apimjj ..fop ,tlie,, cjbifelren.' s'.t ma* tinee this afternoon, a- fine array of the world's brightest and best pictures having been selected for their., amusement. 'The entertainment starts at -2.30 o'clock. The current programme will he shown for the last time to-night. WYK EHA M-N-/S.Ei.E COMPANY. AT THE TOWN HALL. 1 A larce audience -vns n r oseht at tho Master'ton Town' Hall last eve'iins to witness the farcical comedy "Who's William ?" This is one of the smartest comedies ever presented., to a Master ton audience. -There are many good comedies whose authors find it rather difficult to avoid dull explanatory passages, these usually occurring in the first and last acts, and others ogain only manage plant art onsfc of real remedy in n d<" <-.f verbosity. "Who's William " h f rn r. is reil'v a sh v Mt. almost fro*" the rise of the curtain, p.nd it dorp "if let, rn until the tac is melt en. an:l ■the becins M feel for its hat. Mr Reginald Wykeham threw the weigh? of his boisterous nersonal- | '"tv into the nnrt of Frank Hawtrev. and proved to be the mainspring of the | whirring action of the mece. He was adminblv . seconded by Max 'Hentecolfi na 'aek Cnrrnthers. while Miss Prnnsv Preston is quite Charming as Mrs Carnither?. Mr Edward N"ble pponnfed a clever character c-t-iv'Jv Mi rs Maud) Ohetwvnd iws nncanni'v ] «)!? V ++ le Coeknev woman, Mrs Smith. The of the company all took their various part° to nd^nntace. "Whc-V William'?" ■ wiTlr-'brt--ntared... in the Grey-town Town Hall this, even in and A n thr» residents of that, mmmiri'+v who npjYr<v>into the value of laughter on the eold evenings, the fare© .should make a strong appeal.