AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 31, 21 September 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.

' This week’s first programme was presented for the last time at His Majesty’s Theatre last night, the prof;rammo being diversified by two vioin solos by Mr. You Lubbo, of Now Plymouth. To-night a new programme will bo screened. One of the chief dramatic

pictures is “Tno Copper and the Crook.” A new-chum policeman, doing his first bit of street duty, is set on by a crowd of rowdies. A chase over roofs follows, the policeman being captured and further maltreated. The gang of roughs, however, is broken up. Five years later the policeman, while in uniform, meets one of the leaders of the gang, who pleads to bo given a chance to mend his ways. The policeman, forgetting past wrongs, gives the rough a fresh start in life, and everything ends happily. Other dramas are “The Village Coachman” and “The Girl in the Mountains.” The scenic pictures arc entitled “Italian Cuirassiers,” “Karlsbad Porcelain,” and “Moscow,” and the industrial section fs represented by a film entitled “The Life of the Salmon.” The comic pictures include “Up-to-date Servants,” “The Unexpected Servant,” and others. Perhaps the most interesting dramatic picture to be presented is “The Golden Supper.” Lionel wins the love of Camille, and the filnp shows the rejoicings following on their wedding. Soon, hoyvever, gloom succeeds, and Camille is placed in the family vault,' she being supposed to be dead. Lionel flees from human haunts to hide his grief, and in his absence Julian, who also loves Camille, goes V J the vault and finds that Camille is not dead. Julian undergoes a severe internal struggle, but finally he conquers his longing for Camille, and he re-unitos» Camille and Lionel at a “golden supper.”. WEST’S PICTURES.

At the Town Hall to-morrow evening the weekly change of programme will be submitted by West’s Pictures, when an' excellent selection of pictures will he shown, chief among which is “The Golden Supper. Hus deals with the love affairs of Lionel - and Julian, both of whom are enamoured of the one lady. Lionel urns hpr for-his bride, but she later on appears to die, and is placed in a tomb. Julian goes to the tomb —“it was mj wish,” lie said, “to pass to Stoop, to rest, to be with her till the giea> day.” But ho finds that her heart u beating, and he removes her at one. to her mother’s house. Lionel, however, is away, having gone into seclusion as the result ot the shock _ol lmloss. Julian finds him out and invites him to a solemn feast in honour of his dead lady. Here the lady is produced to Lionel, and all ends happily, Julian stifling his love for. his fnond s wite. Another star picture is Fox Hunting.” and, the rest of the programme -is composed of the usual number ol dramatic, scenic, and industrial pic tures. ■ , J C. WILLIAMSON’S ROYAL COMIC OPERA COMP AN \. -< ‘ t “OUR MISS GIBBS.” ) Oh Wednesday next, September 27, the members of Mr J. C. Williamson s Roval Comic Opera Company wil. show us what they can do in the latest and most successful piece iron, the London Gaiety Theatre. Iho performance is for one night and win be the introduction of “Our Miss Gibbs”' to Stratford. For the part of “Miss Mary Gibbs,” the shop girl heroine, 1 Miss Blanche Browne was brought out from Homo. From the first night of her appearance in Australia Miss Browne became the vogue. It is freely admitted that no other artist in musical comedy has ever ingratiated themselves into n polarity as this delightfully refreshing ano clover artist has succm.lid in deng in Australia. “Miss Gibbs” is cue o. the big London Gaiety triumphs. It is in its 3rd year in that City, and is as popular as ever. In Australia no musical play hqs been within measurable distance so successful. A rim of eight mo runs and a half at the Theatre Royal Sydney, is cn a population basis, equal to a vim or 2 Tears in London. During the Svtiney no less. than 51o, ! f00 poisons paid for,admission, more than the entire population of Sydney itself. Oui Miss Gibbs nas indolib’y stamped itself as the luck hunger of the Royal Comic Opera Company. As to the costuming of the play, >t is said that nothing that the firm has ever done comes up to the lavish display to he seen in Miss Gibbs in the way of costuming. Over £4OOO was spent on dresses, the bulk of which were made by the most prominent Parisian houses. We are given io un letstand that tho dialogue of the new play is exceptional'y sniar'- the music blighter than usual, the company well up to the standard, and the staging magnificent. Thai the comedy is full cf good things, and that the principals, the fun, the situations are at least a bit ahead of anytldag seen here previously. The I oiiyiany m numbers exceeds 100 persons, has iho famous Royal Pallinaris, carries 300 tons of scenery and effects, al lof which are to bo shown .here, and the music is catered foe by Mr Frit/. Hart, the eminent vitudso, and an orchestra of grand opera proportions. Tho play will be produced hero precisely as 'in Melbourne and Sydney. The box Elan opens at T. G. Grubb’s on aturday next at tho usual time.