ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 51, 10 February 1911, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

! ‘THE LION AND THE MOUSE.’’ TO-MORROW NIGHT. Never in the theatrical history of Hastings has the appearance of an actress or the production of a play ■ created so much excitement as ; that which is being displayed over the debut of Miss Catherine Grey , in “The Lion and the Mouse.” an I event which happens at the Princess Theatre tomorrow night. Love, the most potent of weapons. • ►vcrcomes the power and influence of the richest man in the world. ' This is the basic theme of Charles Klein's remarkable drama. “The Lion and the Mouse.’’ So much ‘ has been heard of “The Lion and the Mouse” that a brief outline of the plot would probably be appreciated by play-goers. In the first scene we are introduced to the humble home of Judge Rossmore, who. as the result of having ruthlessly exposed the tactics of a group <>f millionaires, has been brought to the verge of ruin. He has been deposed from the Bench by his political enemies, and is falsely accused of accepting a bribe from the men whom he had held up to public condemnation. The leader of the group of millionaires is John Burkett Ryder, the ‘ lion,” who is determinedly endeavouring

to crush the Judge out of existence. The daughter of the Judge arrives , from Europe, and is grief-stricken at the misfortunes of her father. Her grief is intensified when she, learns that Jefferson Ryder, with whom she has fallen in love on the voyage homewards, is a son of the millionaire who is persecuting her father. She, however, sets her-elf to work to defeat the machination, of “the lion.” Four acts are devoted to the unfolding of tie* scheme adopted by Shirley Rossmore to save her father’s honour, and there is a series of intensely dramatic scenes. Those desiring seats in good positions tor to morrow night’s performance shoo’ I not delay in reserving them, as the plans are rapidly filling.