AMUSEMENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10661, 10 January 1911, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

'■THE LION AND THE MOUSE." Playgoers of Oamaru are looking forward with eagor anticipation to the first and only appearance here on Monday night next of the great American actress Miss Kathorinc Grey, and she will doubtless be greeted with the samegreat enthusiastic reception as that-ac-corded her in Christchurch and Dun--edin. Monday night will also sigrialisethe first appearance here of the brilliant romantic actor, Mr "William ;Desmohdj; and the initial representation of- Charles Klein's world-famous drama -.'"She and the Mouse,", which-has createiva, profound, sensation:wherever; staged. Miss. Grey comes to-.us with "a" greater reputation;than any;dramatic; -' 'star".-.- who.' .previously; visited! -the Dominion. '"Her described, as iand.it was genei;-; jilly after-:her brilliaht: "characterisation='• of t the- -.role .of ■"■ Shirley ■ Jrßossmore in•"The. ; Lion l the Mouse". .-tlijiifcV'ato finer actress, has: appeared 'in tliijviCbnimonwealth since- Sarah. "hardt.i V''Ti'e'''Liok..:and-!thei'';;Mouis6"-..|iis: "a human play.. The .plot in i brief is as" follows Rossmorei an, 'upright judge, has the anger of- Johns Burkett iHyder, a imillio'nairp ; . .several;.tiineS'r.'over, by.: certainiadyefsei ' rfilings.-.tf -Ryder, -hi seta; out itp : . ruintSossniore, iandidoes jvidge; yisito .be impeached' aud imprisoned. I Shirley>-tlie^daughter of :the -Judge,:who has-been iurEurope: during these happenings,", arrives': and finds'-.her -father crushed >aiid ; :.broken. .; Learning the causejishe.determines" to Ifight the imV placable, eiiemy .alone. How she; does so is;rthrillingly told by Charles-.iKlein: In .addition ,to Miss Grey .iand. Mr Des-, mciildj- the -cast : will include., the ii)gl"hrilh'ant artiste:-r-Messrs Cyril Mackjyy'"/Leslie -.-Victor, Jv B;, Atholwood, Winter .iHall, George Bryan.t,< :T. .W,. Lloyd;- : Rupert;.. Jnliah', and: ..George, Chalmers, '■'. also Misses rVaughan,; ■Floreiice.'iGleeson, JSlsie: Wilsom Alma VAUgJian,;-K-ate Alma .Phillips, ■ K;ate. .and-'.Maii'd-.Wingfieldv 'PAsitiyejy.only [the: one performance'can h 6 giyeu ~ui Oamaru "The Lion and the. Mouse,",- for' ;which the: box , iplans wiljvne .opened. at the Dresden .on :TJuirsday, morning next at half-past eight o'clock. ■• - -

iOn*- Saturday i nextj Januarys 14th, Messrs. Rupert Clarke Meynell«arej,;J}rmging to;.rthe:;Opera House a I splendid attraction in ■-, Mr. George Wdllougld£y's;> English'-Farcical Comedy Company,,! "The Night of the Party.". This piece -was written... /by . WeedonCrossmith,rthe famous cpmedian, uiider; whose ;ihe : .present company hiijs been rehearsed iji London. With thW'-Abject,j'of selecting the. : very'; •' best/ combination fof ..comedians that, could be prqßure'djY'Mr George Willoughby. spent a considerable time, in England sp; that "The Night, of the Party" might he, presented under the most favorable cir-;' cn'instances, and in-a manner befitting the importance of the, attraction, The Company will include Mr Harold Partes (formerly of.. the;, late Ghas. Arnold's Company) and' Miss Beatrice Day (well kuown in New Zealand)-—two of the. best artists procurable. The play will bo ijroduced under the direction of Mr George Willoughby. The box plan is to bo opened at the Dresden to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, when a big box ollic e business is anticipated.

'; THE SQUATTER'S, DAUGHTER.''

' The ..picture play "The" Squatter's Daughter," the longest picture story ever told, will -.be screened -for the. .first time'in Oamaru at the Drill' Hall tomorrow evening. Speaking of the prediction the Evening Star says:—" 'The. Squatter's Daughter''- is a home-made production, and, if only for that reason alone is deserving of. support. Everything is. entirely the manufacture, of'.the film. As a result, thpn, of Australian enterprise, we.now, have that well-known drama, presented in i biograph form, and the Messrs Miic-i Malign Bros: can lay-: claim to, a trump eaj-d in having secured from Mr William Anderson - -jfclie New Zealand rights-to, this pictorial representation of Messrs Bert .'Bailey and \Edmund Duggan's drama. The biograph film was taken aniidst picturesque surroundings, which, introduce some of Australia's "best bush scenery and serve to give a natural-setting-to the' story—one that cannot; be: looked ; for On the,- stage. ' This is certainly, a. decided advantage in favor, of-l the; biograph. display, which takes the'audience through soriie parts of tralia noted for its scenic views." The, picture-is full of exciting; and interesting incidents}': and should prove a subject worth seeing. ' Other good, picture numbers make up the rest of the entertainment. '--'"" -•=■'■' \\>'"'-' J