J. C. WILLIAMSON ATTRACTION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4526, 18 April 1917, Page 7

J. C. WILLIAMSON ATTRACTION.

FLORENCE ROCKWELL SEASON

THE HOUSE OF GLASS

There will he two famous productions during the two nights of the Florence Rockwell season finder the management of J! C l . Williamson Ltd. The House of Glass and, the Land of Promise. The box plans will he opened on Friday next at Miller’s corner, thus enabling patrons to make their reservations without interfering with i prior engagements. The play selected for the opening is Max Marcin’s •powerful drama The House of Glass. Great care has been exercised in the selection of the repertoire and it would seem that J. C. Williamson Ltd., in presenting two such important plays in so limited a season are liberally catering for the public. Each come with a unique record, and any one would doubtless prove sufficient attraction for the entire season. It is invariably the custom of the Williamson directors to present at all times their stars in their strongest characters, consequently as this will be Miss Rockwell’s only visit to Gisborne, the big firm is anxious to present this charming actress in her two most popular impersonations. Admitted to be the cleverest and most fascinating of all the present day emotional actresses, Miss Florence Rockwell, whether on the theatre stage or the cinema screen, lias an alluring personality permitted to few. Besides a- liberal share of good looks Miss Rockwell has been generously endowed with a speaking voice—musical and sonorous, an asset that has greatly assisted! her to the undoubted success that she has achieved. As Margaret Case, the heroine in the House of Glass, she brings to bear, it is said, the whole of the heavy artillery of her artistic fascination. The play is spoken of as a particularly strong effort of stagecraft, novel in construction and manipulation. Miss Rockwell will be supported, by a fine company including Mr Frank Harvey. The company includes such well-known J. C. William.son artists as Messrs Leslie Victor, Artlius Stace, Stephen E. Scanlon, Leonard Stephens, Boyd Irwin, Misses Maggie Knight, Gertrude Boswell, Ruth Phillips, Rose Rooney. THE LAND OF PROMISE. The production of the Land of Promise, with which the J. O. Williamson management propose to terminate the season should prove of unique interests from tlie f&ofc that it is from the peii of that distinguished dramatist, Somerset Maughaum, who will doubtless be remembered as the author of the charming play presented here by Ethel Irving a few years ago, entitled Lady Frederick. In the Land of Promise, Miss Rockwell will be seen in a totally different class of play to that of The House of Glass, a fact that will go to prove the extraordinary versatility of this artist. ■Vlso Frank Harvey, in the onerous part of Frank Taylor will have one of those virile characters that suit this clever artist so admirably. It is said that the play takes an astonishing firm hold of the audience, and opens up a remarkable argument amongst the sexes. It will be presented on the curtain rising at S o’clock. The principal scenes are laid m Canada, fo which the well-known Melbourne artist, Mr George Coleman, has paintedi some beautiful effects.