AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13813, 26 January 1909, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

WILLIAM ANDERSON' S DRAMATIC COMPANY,

at the Theatre Royal. Mr Wimani Anderson s Dramatic Company "•»l coniilttmee their rcturii Seas'oh bf two nights with, the sensational drama of London life by Charles Darrell : in iour acts, and entitled " When London Sleeps," a play that has aroused the most lively interest wherever it has been presented. It contains tnany scenes of a sensational nature perhaps the most'striking-being the escape from tlir- burning building by the heroine "When London Sleeps'' can onl.v be with the aid of the telephone wires, produced for this night oitly ;uid on. to-morrow evening which will lie ilnlast of a short Season Brooke Warren's most weird drama "The Face at the Window" will be presented. The'story of tile Face " is brimful of exciting incidents of a character sufficiently thrilling to satisfy the most exacting. The prices y.fe 3s, 2s and Is. Reserved seals -liiay bo booked- at the Dresden.

. THE TITTELL BRUNE SEASON: • Miss Tittell BfUile, supported by Mf Tlios. Kingston and Mr j. C. Williamson's dramatic company, will at the Theatre Royal on Monday evening iiext. The pfocluction will be David RelnSCb's great play, "The Girl of the tiolden West," which has been running at the Beiasco Theatre, New York,, for the last two years, and when staged reeentlv in Sydney was voted as the best Miss firune lias yet given to Australasian tlieatrecoers. The Sydney Press were unanimous in their appreciation of the all-round excellence of both play and: players, and bestowed liberal plaudits on both. In " The Girl of the Golden West" the audience: are transported to California, the Golden West of about 60 years ago. At that history-making epoch of American progress pioneers of all nationalities were reaching out across the plains, almost burnt-iip by the heat of the dusty "trails," choked by the alkali-like dust, or wearied by the toil of tramping over rugged sierras, but with hope undaunted, in the search for geld, tie communities were formed together wherever the prospects were encouraging,, and the uncouth, but mostly honest, miners, drew up a code of morality for themselves, and frequently administered their locally-manufactured laws without resort to duly constituted tribunals. It is to one of these camps at Cloudy Mountain that the audience are introduced. There, with the exception of. an'lndian squaw', a young girl is the only female inhabitant. She is the proprietor of the "Polka" saloon, where she administers to the'-require-ments of her customers, and tenders good advice to the boys—as boys they are. To her admirers—and they embrace the whole community-—she is known only as "The Girl." Miss Tittle Brunt; as "The Girl" has abundant opportunities for displaying lier wonderful gifts as an exponent of the emotions. Strong,, "-clean-souled," her "Girl" is just that kind that inspired the lawless wayfarers with- such erudo notions of chivalry as they had to redeem their manifold vices with. Air Thos. Kingston appears as the " Road Agent," and others in the caste are: Messrs George Bryant, Tenord Willey, Loring Fernie, T. W. Lloyd, Greghan MacMahon, R. Staveley, H. Sweeney, F. Cambourne, Rege Carey and Miss Adele Kelly. The box plan will lie opened on Thursday next at the Dresden.