AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15486, 13 January 1916, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

' BOUGHT AND PAID FOR." "Bought and Paid For" was repeated last night by the Muriel Starr Company at the Theatre lloyal before a large and appreciative audience. "Bought and Paid For" will be played again to-night, and to-morrovy it will be staged for the last time. • "NOBODY'S 'WIDOW." On Saturday Miss Muriel Starr" will be seen in comedy, when "Nobody's Widow" will l>e produced. "Nobody's i Widow" is described as an up-to-dato i comedy more nearly on the lines of | writers like Pincro than anything else j that has emanated from New York, and has recently been most successfully .received in Sydney and Melbourne. Miss Starr will appear as Roxana Clayton, a bright and independent Americari | girl, Mr Charles Millward as the Duke of Morelan'd, alias Mr Clayton, and Miss Nellie Bramley will play Roxana's greatest friend, Betty Jackson. Tho pieco will ba played for three nights. WIRTH'S CIRCUS. There were present at the performance by Wirth's Circus at the Colosseum last night a largo number of returned soldiers, the guests of the management. The men took a very keen interest in the performance, and highly enjoyed the large number of first-class item's presented. Captain Huling's seals, tho performing lions, the novelty scena bv the "Wirth Family, the thrilling somersault riding by Miss May Wirth, the ba r performances by the Loretta Twins, and the other cxccllent turns all came in for hearty and prolonged applause. Tho performance will ba repeated this evening. A matinee was held yesterday afternoon, when the Colosseum was crowded, and the youngsters spent a delightful time. Another matinee will be given on Saturday afternoon. GRAND THEATRE. There will be a change of programme at the Grand Theatre to-day, when a varied and lengthy series of pictures will b© shown. Tho "star" item will bo" tho "Victor" drama of 30fl0 feet, entitled "A Daughter of the Nilo," featuring Mi?s Mary Fuller. ■ Other pictures will bo "Von Tirnitz's Hiding Place," showing the Kiel Canal, German warships,- submarines, Zeppelins, etc.; "Dreamy Dud Sees Charlie Chaplin" (comic), "Fable of the Treasuro" fGeorgo Ade's satirical comedy), "A Miniature Circus" • (interesting). "Eclair Journal," "Salisbury's Wild Lifo of Ariicrica" No. 5. SYDENHAM PICTURES. To-night a new programme will be Screened at tho Sydenham Pictures. The chief picture will bo Harold MdGrath's fino story, "The Lure of the Mask." .The story abounds with exciting adventure, and is crowded with incident.. An excellent supporting series is included in tho programme—"The* Armies ,of Bulgaria," a special film taken by tho Gaumont. Company; "Captain Judd and Ditto" (comedy). Tho "Gazette," showing tho memoriam services to tho late Nurse Cavell at St. Paul's" and "Jack Spratt's Parrot" (comcdy). QUEEN'S THEATRE. Tho now programmo'to bo sjiown for tho Jirst time to-day at Queen's Theatre has two stars, a drama and a comedy. Tho drama is a Lnbin two-reel film, "Under tho Fiddler's Elm," a highlyeducated snake is a novel member of tho cast. . The comedy is "Mac is Lovesick." a two-reel Pathe, featuring Max Linder. Tho supporting pictures*, arc "Corsica," Eclair scenic, and tho latest Pathe jGazctte, in which a fine portrait of Basset, V.C., is shown. fflS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. There, was again an excellent attendance of patrons at His Majesty's Theatre, last night, , when- the current j programme, which is headed by the fine pioture-story. "The Carpet' from Bagdad,'-' was repeated.. - The -same filniP' will ,ba screened this morning. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

The romantic drama "The Lure of tho Mask," with tho supporting pictufos on tho present week's programme, attracted further largo crowds of spectators at Everybody's Theatre yesterday. The same inctures will bo shown at tho usual houri to-day. • GLOBE PICTURES. Interest in the "Million Dollar Mystery" serial continues unabated at tho Globe Theatre, and «tliero were large attendances of patrons yesterday to witness the current episode, "Drawn in the Quicksands." The pictures will bo shown again to-day.