ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17752, 2 July 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

LITTLE THEATRE. MEETING TO FORM SOCIETY. A meeting will be held in St, Peter s Hall to-morrow night for the purpose of forming a Little Theatre Society and electing officers. All Interested are requested to attend. Acting and subscribing members are required. The Importance of thi movement cannot be over-emphasised, and in veiw of the success of the recent performance tf “ Falling Leaves it is likely that there will be. a large attendance. THEATRE ROYAL. Using Joseph Conrad's masterpiece, “The Rescue,” as the vehicle for his first appearance as an individual star for Samuel Goldwyn, Ronald Colman appeared before his public in a new light when “The Rescue came to the Theatre Royal last night. The hero of “ Beau Geste and "Two Lovers” now has a role of the sea and desperate intrigue among the natives of the Malay archipelago. Lily Damita, Samuel Goldwyn’s new French find, plays opposite Colman as the beautiful Mrs Travers. There is every opportunity for beauty of setting and matchless drama in the plot of “The Rescue.” Ronald Colman never appeared to better advantage than as the daring wanderer of; the sea—“ King Tom,” in this thrilling, romantic drama.

STRAND & FRANKTON THEATREB.

“Ginsberg, the Great,” with George jessel, created much merriment last night. In the cast are Audrey Ferris, Gertrude Astor, Douglas Gerrard, Jack Santoro, Theodore Lorch, Jimmie Quinn and Stanley Sanford. “Ginsberg, the Great,” details the astonishing adventures of a tailor’s apprentice who joins a carnival with. the intention of winning fame and fortune. He inadvertently witnesses a robbery, knocks out the crooks temporarily, wins a reward, and in the end, the lady for whom his ambition flames. “Spotlight,” the second picture, featured Esther Ralston. It is a happy snappy story of stage life that starts with a laugh, continues with a gasp and ends with a surprise! ALLAN WILKIE COMPANY. “Much Ado About Nothing,” which Mr Wilkie is staging at the Theatre Royal, Hamilton, on Saturday next, had never been produced in New Zealand prior to the Allan Wilkie Company’s presentment of it during their three weeks' season in Auckland last March. It received there, and later in Dunedin and Christchurch, a rapturous welcome from press and public, and has now taken pride of place as the biggest draw in their extensive repertoire of •27 plays. Its greatness lies in the comedy of Beatrice and Benedick, which dominates the play almost to the exclusion of the sad story of Hero and Claudio. Add to that the quaint humour of those immortal creatures, the watchman Dogberry and ■ Verges, and the astounding thing is that “Much Ado” is so rarely revived In the Old Country. Lovers of Shakespeare have much cause for gratitude towards Mr Allan Wilkie.