QUEEN’S THEATRE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XX, Issue 1133, 28 December 1911, Page 18

QUEEN’S THEATRE.

When over 11,500 persons pay for admission to a house of entertainment in two. days, it must have the hall-mark of quality. And such distinguishes Queen’s Theatre, where the exceptionally fine pictorial programme attracted so much interest on Chrismas Day and Boxing Day. Of conspicuous merit is “Judas Maccabeus,” which is a gorgeous production interpreted by hundreds of players, not a point being missed in the pictorial representation. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” dealing with the American civil war, forms another striking series, the various events being depicted to the minutest detail. Some beautiful tableaux, “Star in the East,” “The Wise Man,” “The Birth

of Christ,” “The Destruction of the Temple,” and “The March of the Angels,” heighten the interest, and the audiences every night show their appreciation in unmeasured terms. “A Bad Man’s Christmas” and “Italian Blood” tell tales of thrilling interest, while for real good comedy Messrs. MacMahon and Lodder’s programme stands alone. Without doubt the pictures screened this week have never been excelled in the Dominion.