AMUSEMENTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16036, 29 January 1920, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

THE KIWIS. TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY. Interest in the approaching season of The Kiwis, to be given at the Opera House to-morrow and Saturday, should certainly be increased by the remarkably eulogistic criticisms of the performances that have been given in the leading North Island centres, as well as in the provincial towns. In the towns so far visited the enthusiasm has been boundless, and * the rendition of the various numbers have delighted the audiences. There are features about The Kiwis’ entertainment which makes it attractiveness ever fresh and _ insistent. The musical numbers are always pleasing. Then the clean humour itself is something that appeals to all, and creates endless laughter. The principals include Mr Ernest Graham, comedian and dancer; Mr 'Wilfrid Thompson, female impersonator; Mr Harold Hill, tenor vocalist; Mr Wally Pulford, soubrette and dancer: Mr Will Ootterill, tenor soloist; Messrs Skam and North, baritones; and Mr Leighton Bane, light comedian and siffleur. The box plan is now open at Messrs H. I. Jones and Son’s.

J. C. WILLIAMSON ATTRACTION

“THE SILENT WITNESS.”

*cvuiu vi iiLuxiei otarr, jn association with so popular a leading man aa Mr Frank Harvey, and supported by a first-class dramatic company, under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., ‘will doubtless be hailed as an important theatrical event. Of all the high-class emotional actresses that have visited us for a decade, no more popular or talented artist has been seen than Mias Muriel Starr. Miss Starr possesses in a superlative degree that hypnotic something that unfailingly carries across the footlights and enters the hearts and sympathies of her audience. Miss Starr is to appear at the . Opera House for one night on Thursday evening next, -with a new play | which comes with an exceptional reputation, “The Silent Witness,” a production which is said to show Miss Starr in one of her greatest impersonations, that of “Helen Hastings,” the unhappy mother of an unfortunate son. The fact that Miss Starr will have as leading man Mr Frank Harvey should prove & salient factor in the success of the production. The author of “The Silent Witness” is Otto Hauerbach, who wrote “Katinka,” the musical comedy which achieved much popularity in the Dominion some time back. The company selected to support Miss Starr is an exceptionally powerful one, and includes Messrs Arthur Styan, J. B. Atholwood, Harold Moran, Edwin Lester, Fred Coape, Harry Power, Frank Allanby, Victor Tainall, Frank Fatherly, E. W. Morrison, and Misses Ethel Morrison, Marion Marcus Clarke, Beryl Bryant, Mattie Browne, Daphne Bairn and Elsie Manzies. The box plan will open at H. I. Jones and Son’s next 'Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock.