"THE BURGLAR AND THE LADY" AT THE LYCEUM.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3022, 17 August 1916, Page 2

"THE BURGLAR AND THE LADY" AT THE LYCEUM.

"The Burglar and the Lady" screened at the Lyceum ,I'or the first time last night is good. It features Jim Corbett ex-heavy-weight champion pugilist, as Raffles, the dresssuit burglar. The play opens with the legaf separation of Henry Uaiificld and liis wife, who have two children, both boys. One Js given over to the mother's care an-la. iiie of poverty and the other remains under the ■ruanliauship of the father, reared in The hin of luxury. Ihe poor lad becomes a thief and rises to .notorious eminence as the most daring burglar of tlie aye. The other boy becomes a minister, and a friend of Mr Harmon ,a wealthy banker. The minister is in love with Norma, Harmon's daughter, who does not reciprocate his affections. Raffles is successful in winning Norma's love, however, and, with the aid of a. confederate, he loots the mansion of various jewels and later robs the Harmon Bank. See tlie thrilling sequel. A good supporting programme includes a. remarkable, travel see no, "Through the Gemini Pass"; Lillian Walker and Wallie Van are .semi io advantage in "Art for a Heart" ; there is a capital number of the Australian Gazette. "The Golden Claw," a Triangle play, featuring Bessie Bnrriscall, is underlined for the... week-end, commencing to-morrow niglit.