OCTAGON AND KING EDWARD THEATRES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17634, 26 May 1919, Page 6

OCTAGON AND KING EDWARD THEATRES.

'At the Octagon and King Khvrerd

Theatres oil Saturday there ■was screened t selected feature in'-which Norma Talmadg< is the star. The title of the most receni attraction at tbase two places of entertain ment is "The Safety Curtain," which is t dramatic story of stage life. Miss Talmadg* appears as Pack, a nrnsio hall dancer, anc makes the character most interesting'. Pncl is married to the strong man of "the show,' Vulcan by nam©. Endowed with exfcraordi nary strength, he is remarkably deficien in feeling, and frequently beats little Pnok There is a. fire at the theatre—a most realis tic scene,—and Vulcan is supposed to hav< perished in the flarrres. Puck's retreat ii cut off by the descent of the safety curtain and but for the intervention of a Captair •Merryton, who risks hia life to 'rescue her would inevitably have been burned t< death. Having resetted Puck, he convey! her to his apartments, and there showß th( greatest solicitude for her wellbeing. It ii not; so "very long before a mutual interest develops into_ a Tery _ warm and smoer< affection, which, culminates in marriage Merryton 313, ordered to IndJa, whithe] Puck acoompanies him. She has never tok Merryton of her former marriage, and th< appearance of a man named Sylvester, wh< has known her in _ London, threatens dis closure Sylvester informs Vulcan (who ii also in India) of Puck's presence, aaid Vul can off to claim possession of his wife. Merryton, returning home, finds i note from Vulcan demanding- the cteliverj to him of Puck, another note from Puds begging for forgiveness. Seizing a revolver. Merryton hurries away after Puck, and arrives at Vulcan's • place of abode at tbs same time as Puck. There is a dramatic scene, which passes off, and Vulcan, being seized with plague, dies shortly after, and Merryton and Puck aira reunited. The music supplied by the symphony orchestra, under the direction of Mrs Reggiardo, is a feature of the entertainment.