AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 16628, 10 January 1918, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

‘GRUMPY.’ I here was another largo audience at His Majesty’s Theatre last evening, when Mr Cyril Ma-ud-o appeared for the third time a. Grumpy, or Andrew Bulldv-aut, the soft-hearted old lawyer. It was a magnificent piece of character-acting artistically treated by Mr-Maude, who carried the audience with him throughout the whole four acts. The famous actor is supported by a good all-round company. It is a performance that should not be missed by theatre-goers. ‘ Grumpy’ will be repeated again to night, ‘LLOYD GEORGE, STATESMAN AND LEADER- OF MEN.’ Tu connection with the bowlers’ patriotic effort Profcsor Maxwell Walker, of University College, Auckland, will afford Dunediuites an opportunity of hearing his lecture on the most notable man in the world at the present time—one whose every word is of the utmost importance, and in whose doings all_ are intensely interested. The professor is quite competent to deal with the subject. The lecture lias been given m . various parts of Auckland, and never fails to draw large audiences. Professor Walker has a strong individualitv. He is a sterling orator, with a fine telling voice and splendid platform style. He has made a. study of his subject, and. deals with it irom beginning to end. The great statesman's boyhood and professional life is dealt with, his early political career is touched upon, and a- good deal of attention is bestowed upon his’doings from the time of the Boer War up to the present. Many anecdotes concerning Mr George 'will bo told, and the professor is perhaps at his best when declaiming some of the statesman s most famous speeches. Those orations, as delivered bv Mr Walker, are striking indeed, impressing one much more than a perusal of cold print could possibly do. An advertisement in this issue give's some details concerning the lecture, which which he held in Burns Hal! on Thursday. January 17, and lurther particulars will be advertised later.