ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13388, 16 January 1917, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

KING'S THEATRE.

The highly fascinating drama, "At Bay," has been responsible for huge audiences during the season here. Tonight will be the final opportunity of seeing it. "The Perils of Divorce," produced by the World Film Corporation will next be presented. The star drama portrays with masterly truth of humanity and heart interest the cruel injustice suffered by a pure and noble-minded wife nt the hands of a jealous husband. In this remarkable picture this grave and difficult social question of divorce will be strikingly presented. THEATRE ROYAL. "Fer Great Hour" retracted a la"se audience at the Th<;alre Rcyal ' night, and it wii! be -I again ' evening. It is a.u niie story 01 ...*e and with a deno: _nwn. and it held the x;tc-ifor> of , :tro" from start to finish. 'iiie suppon ag themes are of a high order of me. it. HYPOCRITES." "To the pure, all things are pure."' This maxim is strikingly brought home to those who have seen 'Hypocrites," the beautiful allegory which will feature the programme at the Theatre Royal next Thursday. A monk, working secretly iitf his cell,. carves a nude statue of Truth, but when the masterpiece is publicly shown, the ignorant multitude, seeing immodesty where to the pure only the sculptured symbol of truth is presented, kill the monk and destroy the statuj}. The spirit of Truth then rises from the shattered fragments,' and, taking'her lamp, goes forth into the highways and byways, of life holding up the mirror to the shams and hypocrisies of men and women in all classes. With Margaret Edwards in the role, this striking and much discussed film presents a perfect example of a difficult subject chastely r.nd delicately handled.