ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 98, 10 April 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“ LAND OF THE SHAMROCK." TO-NIGHT. Txtvcis of di ur i and then name "> legion. will have a great treat to-night .it the Punce-,-. Theatie. Hastings, hr the presentment ot the; new and 01 iginal Irish pin.'- It is founded upon one of Lovi'r's liest Irish novels, and the fact of its characters, including French spies, Irish t-xiles. moonhghteis. smugglers, etc., gives promise of plenty ot excitement during the action ot tne play. Tlie sienu- effects are varied and effective, one of the most realistic being “ The Smugglers' Lair." One of cm exchanges says, “ For tun. sensation, and situation * The of the Shamrock ’ is an casv winner against the majority of Irish plji ~ the onh tun that are in the running with it being ‘The Shaugraui.'and‘Aiah-na-Pague Theie 'ould lx* no higher praise than this, so lie look forward with confidence to a very successful perfmnance this evening. “HAMLET.” * “ Hamlet ’’ is the tragedy of thought. The prince tries to reason out every situation, with the result that he reasons away his convictions. “The native hue <rf resolution is sickbed o’er with the pale cast of thought.” Putting al! his energy into resolution, he seldom comes to action. You can reason about every conviction until you are no longer sure of it. Few can analyse themselves without cutting away the roots of their inspiration. Moreover,-Hamlet shrinks from the vengeance to which the ghost urges him. His is a fine, gentle nature goaded by untoward circumstances. “ The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right!” Himself generous and free from all contriving, facts destroy his confidence in human nature. The treachery of his uncle is followed by the perfidy of his mother and the unfaith fulness of his friends. All this he bears with deep anguish ; but when Ophelia seems to fail him he is driven to distraction, and the thunderstorm of grief and rage follows in the nunnery scent 1 , of which the terror of the closing scene is the sequel. At the recital to-night in St. Matthew’s Hall, Hastings, Mr P. W. Tombs w ill supply the incidental music. The occasion is enlisting the interest of the lovers of good th.ng-, throughout: the community. KING’S PICTURE PALACE. The rush of the holiday traffic is now over. Many Easter visitors to our fair town have seen the pictures at the King’s Theatre. Hastings, and have gone away quite satisfied. To-night a «-oaipiett> change of programme will be screened, which promises to be quite as good as those previously shown. The Gaumont Graphic is somewhat similar to the Patho’s Animated Gazette, and contains pictures of all the latast doing., in England and on the Continent. “A Day with a Circus ” is a novelty picture by the great Selig firm. “ Winter Flowers “ is flower study nicely got up. Rich and poor should see “ Makin i Money,” and learn a few wrinkles in this art. The dramas again are a strong feature of the programme. “A Tale of the Wilderness ” is a great star production by the American Biograph Company. The story deals with the wilds of Kentucky, and introduces two brothers —the eldest an outlaw. The WMter prevails on the Indians to attack stockade of a new settlement, being uirant of the fact that his own brother is one oi the settlers. Some s.-ve-e fighting takes place, ajid the settler- are eventually forced to <ap,t ilate. Then tin- blither- meet, and •Ju outlaw has sufficient good left in l:i-.i to plead with his Indian friends to spare his brother's life. Altogether it is a powerful and exciting story. — The Lucky Card ” i- a sensational gam'/mg story of well-sn-tainvd interest. “Saving the Special " i- a Selig Compani latest railway drama, and it is ,< fug number. “ Baptiste is Bitten ' “ fur Tenacious Hubby." “ The W!- i >: : i ~| Brother Ambrose.” and “ Mother-in-law " are ail superfine comics with a good laugh in them.