AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 3 October 1911, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. . This week’s programme was screened- for the first time at His Majesty’s Theatre last night. The chief dramatic picture was “Henry YIIL,” dealing with the King’s affair with Catherine Howard. The picture was clear, the acting was of a high order, and all the incidents held the attention of the spectator. “The Lonedale Operator” is a highly •exciting story, dealing with a girl’s perilous position in a country tele,-, pliohe dffidc oh Svhich'thieves have designs, help arriving on a special railway engine. “The Outlaw and the Child” was a touching story of an outlaw’s self-sacrifice; “The Little Goatherd” dealt with a lad’s bravery in time of war, and “Society and the Man” depicted phases in the fast social and commercial life of American society. The scenic pictures were of a varied character, including scenes on the oast coast of Africa, the capturing of bear cubs in the polar regions, and a film entitled “Pleasures of the Sea,” which gave some grand of yachting. The comic films—“ The Unexpected Review,” “The Tale of a Coat,” and “All’s Fair in Love and War”—were all up to standards. The programme will be repeated this evening.

FRANK HUTCHENS

A TARANAKI RUBINSTEIN

Whilst the New Zealand public in general have felt proud of the achievements of Frank Hutchens, the people of Taranaki must have felt doubly so, seeing that he came from their midst. Although he exhibited abnormal musical gifts at a tender age, Ins parents wisely refused to exploit the boy, at the expense of the child’s health and education, and the results have justified the course. Frank Hutchens comes before the public now as a finished artist, bearing the ballmark of academical distinction and concert success in London, the world’s musical metropolis. His great genius has been well directed, and the great conception revealed in his playing is the result of his natural gifts developed by education and experience. Nature has been kind to the Hutchens family, for she has given Mr. Hutchens’s brother a fine voice, combined with the faculty of using it artistically. As a boy Mr. Will Hutchens possessed *a contralto voice, wind:, according to critics, would have taken him to Chapel Royal, had be been in England. The alto has now become a tenor, and the rich quality and artistic style is better than ever. Another young New Zealander, Miss Ethel Carter (mezzo-soprano) will contribute items to the programme, which should attract a record house at Stratford Town Hall on Wednesday next. The prices charged ordinarily are 4s, 2s 6d and Is, but in Taranaki Mr. Hutchens is charging 3s, 2s, and Is.