THE KATHERINE GREY SEASON.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12376, 9 February 1911, Page 3

THE KATHERINE GREY SEASON.

•i "'. . " s To-morrow morning, at Miller's, the box .plans will be opened for the production of Charles Klein's enormously sic cessftil drama "The Lion and tht "Mouse," which is to be staged by tht J. C Williamson Katharine Grey Company at His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday night next for the initial representation ; on Thursday next for the m tensely human play "The Third 3)e---f-re'e,". and for Eugene Walters' bx-il-iarit,dramatic work, "Paid m Full," which is to be staged on Friday week. Judging by the large number of inij nines -which have, it is stated, already I; -'h madfe m reference to the booking ju'j igements, there is likely to be a lai'gi demand 'for seats, so, to obviate ahy'cr'shing, the management will hr.ye a staff*\. f ushers m attendance to form a queue . wl'ich will ensure that the earliest arr'v-uL will have first choice of seats, lf ye may go by reports from Australia and .America, the disappoint ir?ent experienced by playgoers at not , jic-tiing an opportunity to welcome the fa,* ions tragedienne, Alias Margaret Anglin, to Gisborne will be more than atoned for by tbe appearance of Miss Katherine Grey, for she has been unanimously acknowledged as one of the greatest emotional acL-esses yet seen m the Southern Hemisphere. Her representation of the character of' Shirley Rossmor'e m *'The Lion and the Mouse," it is said, never fails to rouse the audience to a high emotional pitch, and nightly at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, crowded audiences greeted her efforts with great enthusiasm. Mr J. C. Williamson purchased the Australian rights of "The Lion and the Mouse" with the stipulation that the character of Shirley Rossmore snould be portrayed by Miss Grey. The new play, which is by a famous American dramatist, Mr Chas. "Klein, deals with a theme that has human nature as its keynote. The conspicuous element that Mr Klein has so vividly pictured represents the influence which the moneyed interest' of the country is exerting on the social and financial phrases of present-day life. The triumph .which the play has achieved is express- _-_ by the fact that it ran for two -years m New York, has been played ( f qr .12 .months to crowded audiences m Boston, and broke all records m Chicago, whilst its Australasian career has up to /date been phenomenal. The coming season will also present for the first time to local playgoers the brilliant romantic actor, Mr William Desmond, who Was engaged by Mr Williamson to fill Mr Julius Knight's place m the company. .Positively only the one representation 'con be given of "The Lion and the Mouse," and on Thursday night next Charles ' Klein's remarkably interesting and fascinating dramatic work, "The Third Degree, will be staged, and tlie -season will close on Friday with a production of Eugene Walters' brilliant tragedy "Paid m Full," which created sucli a sensation "m Wellington on Saturday last.