ENTERAINMENTS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2645, 29 October 1909, Page 4

ENTERAINMENTS

“.THE MAN FROM MEXICO.”

“Bars -all round me, and I can’t get „ ,i ..id[- 1 ’ ’ was the doleful complaint of Beni a min Fitzhugh after serving part of a thirty days’ sentence in the pom+(»ntiarv Benjamin was a bit or a gay spark, and his predicament emphasised e truism that a scrumptious spree may have a sorry sequel. As his | friend Roderick Alajors, had pointed t it would have been all right if heM only been. civil to the Magistrate, I -f v-hen a fellow’s making a night of it liis attention to these little details doesn’t amount to a set oi chewed iceddrinl straws. Providence was watchi i Van and Rod when they Jo t the Cleopatra—a questionable cam eh an tan t—-i n time to escape a raid by the police. But when Fitzhugh fought the cabman he tempted his luck too r‘ r Result —Dctetcive Cook waiting wiili Majors at Fitzhugh’s house to ? ke Ben off to do his thirty days, and Ben suffering recover- m b.issrul ignoriUlf‘o cf Tilts ! _ - Thus the curtain revealed the prmrttyil figures in “The Man 1:0m nmnJ> toll large audience at His Mr.jes+vk Theatre last night. Ineie wa., no orprtim/awav from the situation, and fCtadVgo »"<! *» to* M The situation was iuriher complicate.! by the fact that his wife had been m the Cleopatra when the place ,\a.-> raided and was in deadly, fear of discovery. Then Majors had given one of ks friend's cards to a German whom lie had insulted and walloped on the nose. They, really had been having a time °*Fitzhugh gives out that he is going Alex'co and goes to gaol instead, under the name of John Martin., lhe German lias had a warrant issued against him for assault, and is nunseh arrested in Fitzhugh’s place the latter’s wife maliciously telling the police he is her husband. They are quite a happv family in the prison, ami the audience were treated to a quaintly novel scene as the prisoners marched into the Warden’s room to a peculiarly haunting march tune. - The author has contrived to bring all bis characters there on some pretext ‘or another, and a thoroughly amusing act is witnessed. There are further complications when Titzhugu returns home, and finds that his wife ami her sister have been learning ~.nanisb and have donned Alexican garo lest he should find the change too sudden. Lies follow lies, and explanations follow explanations, till at last the air is cleared by a.fina, but thoroughly satisfactory misunderstanding, whTch Fitzhugh bolsters up like the practised tarudiddler he is. Air. 1 Gigli J. "Ward took tne clue! roll last night, and made the most of a cleverly -written part. His dancing was very smart, and Ins song * Nobody” was one of the best bits in.-the gaol scene. Alaiors was Air M ykeham. who had a clever song on . /The simple Info” and co-operated with Air. \\ ara in a duet “Off to Alexico ” at the end ‘of the first act. A great character was Air. Robert Greig. as the New lork detociire: and Alias Grace Palouta ac.e<l d amir ably as Airs. Fitzhugk Her 5,0117 and dance. “Tammanee,' given in fmPau costume, with the assistance of Messrs Ward and Wvkeham, was toe best number of the evening. lhe piece -are everybody plenty to to, ana the other parts were admirably sustained. Air. Wernham =>. Ryott, as. the AVarden. and Alias Ruby Baxter, ui a minor role, being worthy of special mention. _ , , ' „ This evening “Air. Hopkinson. described as a gem of satirical comedy is to be staged for the first time. * Alr. Hopkinson” is a hit at the shams am mockeries of “The Upper Ten." ln e principal figure is a parvenu of the most pronounced type who is mtrodeed on the scene owing to the financial embarrassment of the Duke or Braceborough, whose astute Duchess has bargained with the Ean of Addleton to find a. suitable husband for ln> daughter. Tlie Earl is a choleric individual, who is endeavoring to atone for a dissolute youth by rushing to the other extreme, and he. stipulates for a speckless husband “without a past, but- with considerabuT'means. Difficulties beset the Duchess in obtaining a suitable husband, but in Air. Hopkinson she finds many desirable attributes and strives to overlook his discrepancies. The dialogue is sparkling with humor, and the situations are irresistibly amusing. To-morrow evening the season conclude? with a revival of “A Bachelors Honeymoon.” PATHE PICTURE CO3IPANY—“THE BOY SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE.” 011 Alonday night next at His Alajesty’s Theatre the Pathe Picture Co. are billed to re-appear. Picture presentation in its many phases must always appeal to the lovers of the.lighter class .or theatrical entertainment Through no fault of Air. Hayward’s,- he was unable to show during Carnival Week the star picture. "The Boy Scouts to the Rescue.” The manager of the Rathe Picture Company has arranged to have this picture shown in addition to their usual programme on Alonday night. In "other centres this picture has proved a great incentive for boys to join tlie< Boy Scout Contingent by awakening, in them the anticipation of the "duty they may some day be called upon to fulfil for the defence of their country's flag. A long list of pictures includes a beautifully arranged series of the scenic srder, called “Snapshots in India”and “Frostbound Nature.” While something new in melodramatic pictures will he presented, entitled, "The Hard of the Victim.” Special arrangements will be made to enable the local Boy Scouts to attend the. pictures at a reduced figure during~~tlio projectment of the “Boy Scouts.”