ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144150, 21 July 1913, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

CLEOPATRA. TO-MORROW AND 'WEDNESDAY . NIGHT. What has been described as the best thing in cinematography yet seen' in New Zealand will be Shown at the Theatre Royal io-morrow evening, a representation of Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra.” One critic says: “The story is one which embraces so many ramifications, each necessary for the perfect whole, that it has evolved •■no less than 6000 feet, and it is divided sinto five parts; but no words can'adequately convey the full dramatic .and , emotional quality ,of the film, and it would bo difficult 1 to over-praise .it.” Tho,-picture will be supported by others /of a “high grade nature. The orchestra .-will he specially strengthened for the i occasion. Prices are Is 6d and Is, and iseats may be booked at Collier’s., •'“TIGRIS” & “SWIMMING THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.” “Tigl'is” is, tho name of a picture shown, at tjio Empire Theatre on SatUirday night, that for brilliance, versatility and mystery has never been equalled by anything screened in Now . Plymouth before. It is a long picture, but most of those who saw it on Saturday night must have wished it could have lasted twice as long, so interesting, indeed, so absolutely thrilling were the incidents’Tn this modern delineation of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” It is pfter the style of “Zigomar,” only more spectacular, varied and interesting. In it are introduced some gay scenes of life in the cities of Italy. It is a detective drama, the skill of an accomplished i detective being; matehed with the resource, ingenuity and dar-' mg of a prince of criminals, “Tigris,”.' with the inevitable love story-.entwined; Tho picture will be shown to-night and-to-morrow night. There will bo an additional attraction to-night, when that remarkable man, Skipper Francis, champion cripple athlete of the world, will personally describe the incidents as they appear "on the screen in the film;showing his gallant achievement of swimming the Bristol Channel.