AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 July 1913, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

THOMPSON-PAYNE PICTURES. "THE MYSTERIOUS THEFT." Despite big counter attractions last evening, a large audience was present at the T.P. Electric Theatre, where the mid-week change of programme was submitted. A bag detective drama occupied the main place on the bul and met with general appreciation. It was entitled "The Mysterious Theft," and the intricate plot made it deserving of the name. "Nel" Iv," a Vitagraph selection, gave an interesting though pathetic story of slum life in New York, and made one think of our own "slumless" cities. "Two Heroes" wag an excellent Edison film, which appealed strongly to the audience. "He Never Knew" was a cleverly worked plot portrayed by the Rex Company, showing how ignorance'is sometimes bliss. "The Thirteenth Man," the latest from the Essanay studio, was a drama with a powerful theme. It showed an incident in club life and gave an instance of the luck which befel No. 13, the supposed unlucky number. The latest fashions in colour and the general topics of the hour were shown in the "Animated Topical Gazette." Several fine comedies completed an interesting programme among which were: "The Four Rivals" and "The Man from the North Pole." Miss Kuth Roland was also shown in the Kalem's latest comedy, "The Fired Cook." This programme will be repeated to-night.

"THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDCjfN," This evening George. Marlow's new dramatic company will produce ioi* the first time dn Masterton, the established dramatic success, "The Night Side of London," by O. Watson Mill, the author of a number of fine dramatic successes in England and' Australia. "The Night Side of London" has'just concluded a highly successful season in Sydney and Melbourne, the drama running for nine weeks in the former city, and seven weeks in Melbourne, showing that its success is undoubted. The same company that met with .so much appreciation in above cities will interpret the drama during the New Zealand tour, while the complete scenic and onier essential effects will be the same here as in the Australian productions. The story of the piece revolves itself around, two men, the one, Herod Steinburg, a procurer, who plies his w-hite slave traffic through a typewriting office, and the other. Manuel Erring ton, an Anglican Evangelist, who devotes his life to rescuing those who Herod has ruined, and to bring the Herod type of vampire to justice. The two men cross one another's path through their relations with a young woman, Esther Doringcourt, whom the evangelist loves, and of whom the procurer manages to obtain temporary control. In the struggle between the two, one (Naomi Merrick), Herod's mistress, plays an important part. She lures Manuel to her bedroom on© night under the plea of repentance, and then, unholy love being spurned, proclaims him from the balcony to a mob as her lover. There are fights, raids on night clubs, and other powerful situations to make this production one of the most sensation ones ever staged. Day-sale tickets may be obtained, and seats reserved at the® Dresden, without any extra charge, i