"THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXI, Issue LXI, 30 January 1911, Page 5

"THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

The great American actress, Miss Katherine Grey, will make her first appearance herr, at the Opera House on February 6, with Mr J. C. Williamson's company in "The Lion and the Mouse," a powerful play purchased by Mr J. C.. Williamson in America recently. The part of the resourceful young' woman who, like the woman in the fable, enables the lion—in this case John Burkett Ryder, the controller of hundreds of mil'ions—to extricate himself from thenet that corrupt influences is spreading over him, is one of big acting possibilities. When Mr Williamson bought ih& piay, it was on the understanding that Miss Katherine Grey was to come to Australasia to play the part of Shirlev Rossmore. When "The Lion and theMouse' was staged in New York, thepart Mr William Desmond will ma kerns first appearance in here, was impersonated by an actor, who was selected' S? l ac,co l iwt of ni's likeness to Jnl-ir Rockefeller. On tour of America wc-^o seven companies, and the leading actorin each ro«.de up according to his personal feeling in the matter,' so that quit-v a whole gallery of financial' ma<ni;;:.--:-resulted .There was Pierpont Mortal, there was Harrima^., and others wb/-e----methods seemed to fit the dramatic story Tlie box plan opens at Cole and Dn'::~ r.ei'y's on Thursday next.