AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1923, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

"SCANDAL.” TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! As 111 > ll l Ihj assumed from the n; 111 io “Scandal” the comedy which will he presented nt the Princess Theatre totdnht by Marry 1. Cohen hy arrangonnnu with ,j. (\ Williamson. I.td.. and headed hy Miss Monde Duane, is a I-lny oi lilt- among tin.* upper class. Ni>l hi 11 g >n romantic as .scandal, according to mir ])l:tywrights occurs in the he ■- of those whose hearts have* never throbbed beneath the polished .surface of that insignia of birth and breeding, i lie boiled shirt. The story of this play develops from this incident: Beatrice Vnnderdyke. an American heiress goes tf> the studio of an artist after his working hours—a thing that no girl brought tip under “the best convcnj tioiis ’ ’.vould ever do. The young lit iress rises to the occasion, announces ! her rein lives a** they cnnie in that she ready came to -**o Lin* man who in tiic apartment opposite, a very ■rich young man. who spends his time in hunting big game or riding around in his private yacht. Me plays the dutiful husband luTnro Die family and although he doesn’t cure for her really, in the end both he and Beatrice find ! that- they are both mad about each other. Young women who want to lest the power of their reserve and the power of their winsome ways upon mere man. in a spirit of mischief of adventure and rather obscure p!.*ces will set* that it. works out in a most curious and embarrassing manner. As the name might imply the play is one that will hold the audience in a more or less expectant frame of mind at all limes. Sonic of the scenes are risque in the extreme, especially the scone which concerns: a man in tin* boudoir of Real l id* Vnudcrdyko. ft is interesting to note that .Miss Duane lias played "Scandal" some. <SIK) times, having played in the original production in America.

"DOVMS PENALTY.” A |)i"iure of surnrises, sensations, smile-., and sobs i- **i,ovi*’s Penally” a Fir.-l National !■ ■-a li.r starring. Hope llamptmi at the Princess Theatre* on Thursday evening. A drama unusual in st try. masterful in power, made even muiv remarkable hy the in i of Hope II iiapton. the hc.'utiiul star. ”1 am her si-tei*;" ft lh* cry of a girl triumphant, holding at la-i t-h** man who had robbed her ol lu*r sister. "I am going to make you tell the whole world what you have done.’’ She stood there laughing, her hair hanging in a gorgeous mass over her shoulders, her dress Lorn by liar own hands. And then a greater power than hers intervened. line snippo'-lirg -cries will also he presented including the latest Topical Gazette, a two-reel Comedy and an Educational siihjec t.