ENTERTAINMENTS

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13751, 26 April 1918, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

THEATRE ROYAL.

America nowadays has her work cut out to supply her own munition contracts, but in "Richard the Brazen," which is now showing at the Theatre Royal, is shown the enormous help given by U.S.A. to the Allies. One of the principal foundations of the clever plot of this play is the voyage of a big English official to arrange for a contract with American firms. THE KING'S.

Large audiences have attended the sessions of "The Dormant Power," which is now screening at the King's Theatre; to-night is the final presentation. The story deals with the life of an unscrupulous millionaire and a young man who is leading an irresponsible life on the Mexican border. The picture is very entertaining. "DADDY LONG LEGS."

"Daddy Long Legs," as staged at the Theatre Royal, Hamilton, last night, to a crowded house, was hardlv the success anticipated. This play of sentiment depends upon its characterisation, there being no melodramatic sensations to help along; and in this respect the members of the company, in several important instances, were not quite equal to the demands made upon them. Particularly was this so in the case of Judy Abbot, the charity school waif, upon whom the whole "story hinges. Miss Mabel Bargrove failed to suggest the Judy of many moods, intended by the author—fiery and loveable, pensive and gay, with a deep love for her unknown benefactor, the shadowv Daddv Long Legs. She delivered her lines, too, with a monoteny of tone which became almost irritating. Mr J. B. North. in the title role, pleased everyone, giving a straightforward and manlv interpretation of the character. " His Jarvis Pendleton will be pleasantly remembered. Miss Kathleen Bishop "doubled" the widely diverse parts of Mrs Lippet, the vinegary matron of the Home, and Lizzie Semple, tlie sweet old nurse with a good deal of succeses; and Miss Cliff Palmer was satisfactory as the match-making friend, Miss Pritchard. It was a pleasure to renew acquaintance across the footlights with Mr Bert Nicholson,, who, despite a tendency to over-act, caused much amusement as the inane Jimmy Mcßride. Minor characters were filled with varying degrees of success by -Misses " Harrie Selwyn, Ethel Thompson, Hilda Boati, and Mernice Vert, and Messrs Bert Deans and Richard Johnson.