“ THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3357, 25 October 1911, Page 2

“ THE WOMAN IN THE CASE.”

HIS MAJESTY’S TO-NIGHT.

To-night and to-morrow night, Mr- J C. U 1 lb unison will present the much-taUeJ-oi play 1 lie Woman in the Ca-.e. ft will be played by a powerful company, headed by the Misses Mabel I ievor and Elinor Foster, two of England’s most brilliant actresses. Both of these ladies appeared in the original pi reduction 111 England. 'The 'Woman in the Case” lias been creating a big sensation, at the- Criterion Theatre, Syciii’Sy, and the (theatre Royal, Melbourne. The full strength of the company will appear here. The “Sydney Daily Telgi'apli” says:—“ln theatrical circles there, is a good deal of talk about t> brilliant success of Migs Mabel Trevor and Miss E.inor Foster in ‘The Woman in Case,’ at the Criterion Theatre, tho English actresses, without reiving 011 Ibo gift of beauty and their commandiuig personality, Wi.n their way by ths sheer foree •: f their dramatic talent, hue thrilling situation is the one jn vhi.k. under the melodramatic light of a supper t .ble lamp, Miss Trevor as Mrs. Rolfe coaxes from the adventuress the. confession that sire has accused Julian Rolfe. ;ui inn:.cent man, of arnirrier. it, is a very brilliant production.” On Friday and Saturday the company ivi l fn-cduc,a remarkable play, entitled "3. Fool 4 here Was.” It is founded on Rudyard Kipling’s remarkable poem eo armen - img— A for,l there was and he made his . prayer Even as you and I. To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair, Wo called her the woman who. did not car e, But the fool ho ciilcd her his Jaciy ia Lr Even as you and f.

Tim play, which is the dramatic work of Borter Emerson ihowu, illustrator the character and methods of the Vampire Woman- New scenery painted by Phi,: Goa teller. W. Hogg,' and AY. R. Coleman will include a striking set of the deck of a Trans-Atlantic liner. This will he shown with promenade deck, boats, and all top hamper and gear complete. It is on board the liner that another grim chapter ini the tragedy that centres around the fascinating powers of the Vampire Woman is enacted. The scene is one of the most realistic ever depicted on the stage. To build this ship over three thousand feet of canvag amd eleven hundred feet _• f timber were used. The construction occupied a number of men for three weeks.