AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 64, 21 July 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

"A WOMAN OF IMPULSE."

The title of this interesting drama,! which the Hamilton-Plimmer Company played to a Stratford audience on Saturday night, is more apparent than real. Not, however, that the play suffers to any great extent thereby, but the fact remains that the woman herself, Lady Langford, far from being "a woman of impulse," is really the dupe of the villain, and the inci-l dent round which the plot hinges is one more of compulsion owing to her family pride than to self-willingness on her part. In the part of Lady Langford, Miss Beatrice Day had many opportunities of displaying her histrionic powers,and old-time theatrical friends were delighted with the renewal of the acquaintance. But the outstanding feature of the evening was undoubtedly the high standard of the profession set by the villain, Navourac, which was the name part of Mr H. R. Roberts, His was a difficult role as the foreign diplomatist, calling for exactitude of study in every word and action, and he proved to have every detail at his finger ends or on the tip )f his tongue. It was a fine character, arid earned the full measure of applause that was bestowed upon it by a satisfied audience. Mr Harry Plimmer made a rather better easygoing free-from-suspicion sort of husiand than, later in the scene, when he i discovered that his wife had been proved to be engaged in an' intrigue! .vith tlie foreigner. Mrs Robert Rrough, found a part peculiarly suitable to! her, as Mrs Dudley, a woman of the world with a daughter to get off her' bands, and she made the most of it., Mr Sydney Stirling imparted a healhy breeziness into his part as "lucky lack," who gained the affection of Mrs Dudley's daughter (Miss Ena Jollins) in spite of the mother. Other minor parts were well acted, and j lltogether, drama received a decided! fillip in Stratford. There was not much variety in the scenes, but the settings were appropriate and good.! Despite the unfavourable weather diere was a big Saturday night house in the Town Hall, and the manage- 1 ment must have been favorably impressed with the reception accorded die company. Stratford theatre-goers' will lie pleased to greet the Hamil-!;on-Plimmer combination in the future.

HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURES. To-night at His Majesty's pictures he managements arc screening a beau-, tiful set of star films. There are "olored Pathe dramas,, scenics, educational and cornics, and the pro- j gramme bids fair to rival any yet' jcreened here. The star drama entit- 1 'ed "The Bridge of Life," is sensational to a degree. The scenario deals vith a circus proprietor, his wife, and her escaped convict brother, who, without disclosing his relationship to her husband, gives him work with the show. Jealousy follows upon the husband discovering the affection be:\v(een the workman and his wife. He releases a bear, but the wife and f, hild are saved by three acrobats, who form a bridge over a ravine with their bodies. The brother was mortally wounded and his identity was disclosed to the husband. "A Dangerous Wager,' a dramatic by the Kalem Co.,' is a fine western Indian story depict-j ing a stage coach robbery and some I most daring horsemanship, the scenes!

being taken in California's beauty spots. "Tiger Hunting" is a new colored picture which is said to be beautiful and interesting. "Scenes Around Chicago," and "In the Trossacke Country" are pretty scenic and travel films. The comics are headed by "A Mother's Day Out." New incidental music will be featured by the orchestra.