AMUSEMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 135, 7 June 1907, Page 2

AMUSEMENT.

ITHE "HT3IAN- HEAB.TS" COMPANY. To-night, at His Majesty's Theatre, will witness the init.al in Auckland of tbe celebrated comedy drama, "Human Hearts." by Hal Eeid, the foremost American writer of the day. The play is j iin four acts, the scenes being laid in j ! Arkansas and New York City. Briefly, j the story is as follows: —Tom Logan. blacksmith of the Cross-roads, has wedd- | ed an adventuress, who has cleared out from her old associates in New York. The natural sequence follows —the wife '■'< tires and pines once more for the old I life. Tom is surrounded in their little niche tn the hills of Arkansas by friends who adore him, types on his father's | farm who would wield a rifle at his call, j and parents to whom he is devoted. A : i serpent enters their paradise in the shape J |of a former associate and lover of his j' 1 wife's. There is not much tempting re- ; quired, and she decides to clear with i him. Fearful, however, of the vengeance j ;of the hills, they decide to mu:«ler Tom I ; first- Accidentally they kill the father j. instead, and Tom is falsely accused of , the crime, and sentenced to imprisonment j for life- The blow sends his mother j, blind, and she has but his l.ttle child i left to comfort her. and all those on the j farm, who mourn lovingly with her. j Tom's eventual pardon, his tracking his j wife and her lover to New York City, his i | search for his child, whom they have de- 1 i coved away from Arkansas, are but a- few ! |of the incidents of this human and stirr- ; j ing story. The production is under the , j direction of ilr. Edwin Geaeh, and by ari rangement with Mr- J. C. Williamson, I The performance commences at eight o'clock punctually. The plan is at Wiidi man and Arey's ; the day sales at His j Majesty's Cafe. OPERA HOUSE. j; ! Tbe Opera House programme this week | ■ jis brimful of good turns, and is being I i presented to exceptionally large audi- j ( enees, whose appreciation is of a flatter- .- - I ing character. "Beck." the lightning - ; sketch artist. Raleigh and Slay, the slack j | wire performers, the Melbourne Meister- j [ singers, tme Stagpooles, Lucia Lavinia, j i Doris Baker, the Lewis Sisters, Miss Amy j ! Blackie, Messrs. Slade Murray, Bob ■ Lloyd, and "Val Newton all contribute : well received items, while a number of " ! interesting -Sl-mc are shown by the bio- ' ! scope.