AMUSEMENTS.

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13420, 18 March 1914, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

"WITHIN THE LAW."'

THEATRE ROYAL, TO-NIGHT.

At the Theatre Royal to-night J. C, Williamson, Ltd., will present the phenomenally successful play "Within the Law," interpreted by the original caste from the Criterion. Theatre, Sydney, and headed by the brilliant young American actress, Miss Muriel Starr. No play in recent years has, held such a strongly sustained interest as the intense drama of the New York underworld. From the moment the curtain rises until its fall, it takes a firm grip upon the senses, holding the nerves taut like a; fiddle string, on which the strong situations and forceful realism of the acting strike a note of vibrant intensity. _ As "Mary Turner," the acting of Miss Muriel Starr is said to be a fine example of the power that can be obtained by using the American methods of suppressed emotional intensity, which imbues the character with a tremendous degree of strength that makes itself unmistakably felt across the footlights. Another excellent restrained and subtle study is said to be presented by Mr. E. W. Morrison as "Garson," the forger, whom this fine actor depicts as a man of natural refinement, full of nervous impulses, and with decent instincts, apart from his trade. Mr. Lincoln Plumer, a leading New York actor, is .credited with giving a life like picture of an American police inspector, whilst Miss Mary Worth has been highly praised for her delightful comedy work as "Aggie Lynch." Mr. Eric Maxon, a popular young actor, gives strong support as'"Dick Gilder," whilst other members of a strong caste include Messrs Boyd Irwin, Winter Hall, Herbert Ford, lon Maxwell, George Chalmers, and Misses Sylvia Brerner, Marjorie Soper and Rose Emerson. The four shilling tickets admitting to pit will be on sale at the Theatre entrance to-day from eleven o'clock. Intending patrons are advised to secure these tickets during the day as it will save them from undue crowding at the doors in the evening. Holders of ■these tickets are requested to come as early as possible in order to secure their seats. The doors will be opened at 7 o'clock, the curtain will rise at 8 o'clock sharp, and the performance will terminate about 10.35. The box plan will be at Jackson s till mid-day, thereafter at the Theatre.