ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 83, 5 October 1910, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

NELLIE STEWART. The stage manager and mechanical staff of the Williamson Company arrived to-day with all the scenery and stage effects of "When Knighthood was in Flower," /md to-night the Opera House will' be closed to enable the extensive preparations for to-morrow's production to be made. Miss Stewart and the company will arrive this afternoon by the Main Trunk express, and all the performers will have time to get over the fatigue of their journey. "When Knighthood was in Flower" is the attractive title of the opening play, which is by the author of "Sweet Nell of Old Drury," Paul Kester. Miss Stewart's rendering of the loving, warm-hearted, petulant, and in truth obstinate Mary' Tudor, sister of the much-married Henry VIII, has met with much admiration and applause. Mr. Harcourt Beatty is said to second Miss Stewart most ably as Charles Brandon, her knightly lover, and Mr. Eardly Turner as "Bluff King Hal" is credited with a striking impersonation. The same may be said of Mr. Gaston Mervale as the historic mental giant, Thomas Wolsey. "When Knighthood was in Flower" is limited to a five nights' run, when J. M. Barries much-discitssed comedy, "What Kvery Woman Knows," will be presented for the first time in Wellington. Revivals of "Trilby" and "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" are also promised during the season of eighteen nights.