ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

' THE TITTELL BRUNE- SEASON.: r ■ % - : . The/Dresden worea-bußyiappearance yesterday morning when thebox. plans for the whole thirteen nights- of the-Tittell Brune season were .opened. The results showed tho -interest being .taken inJthe; reappearance. of' the young actress, who has captured the good: opinions of: theatregoers 1 throughout Anstralia, and who seems not, only to have .ratified, her star position, but'to' have be-: come a greater 'individual'.: attraction than any; artist that. has 'visited ■. the colonies for years...Miss Brune,,as "Tho■Girl," the hero;ine of David Belasco's American play, ','The Girl ofthe Golden West," which is the company's opening production on Saturday next,' does: splendid.work throughout' .the unfold-iing-of. the story, andris said to portray With unerring skill'and'Veracity tho, warm, frank, and; passionate nature of a wbiriatfwhohas managed to retain the innate'freshness.and purity of her. girlhood, among-ithe' roughest and mpst unpromising 0f... surroundings. Mr. Thomas Kingston, as Dick'V'Johnson, has many opportunities for the: display, of .emotion and vigour.. Another ■ important ■ role is that of 'Jack Ranee (the sheriff), .played by Mr. George Bryant. .'' 'The Girlof the Golden West" -will be staged for. five nights,/fol■lowed tby "Diana of Dobsonsj" a romantic comedy_ from the pen of ■ Cicely Hamilton, and written on an .episode- in '.the life of a London.shop-girl. The delightful ''comedydrama, "Sunday," will be revived for three nights, and "Romeo '. and ; v Juliet" will be the company's-final production; 'The scenery and staff- for. the opening' production.arrive; :in Wellington to-morrow, ■.-■ so that everything s will be in readiness for the.o'pening'performance.oh Saturday evening. •";>"• j,{'. :■■'. .."• .". v '■':'; '■' TBEATRB A {;' : "■ A well-selected seriee of'films is being shown at'the Theatre Royal this week,- and the audience- whichJ-'gathered-.-t-o see; them ■run off last night 'was not slow in showing its" appreciation-qf the selection. The subjects were varied >enough:'|o : ':a'ppeal to the. tastes of .all, and they apparently did so. Probably the most popular of :the slides were those:of ."Italian-Cavalry';'- , ":■"■ The Vaeabond," "The Road of Life; ,, -'. and "Ostler Joe." ;.-.■' ..■.■:'.'.. "■'. :, 1.. ,, --:/",'■ -.r.: ■ .•■.-■■ ■: -

; HIS MAJESTY'S !THEATRE.-' :'"* ; The pictures; at ;His. Majesty's continue to hold the;.popular- taste, and' t the current week s'programme,; -which .was.-screened for the.last time.last-evening,,has been.no':ex-' oeption to.,.the excellence which stamps the quality and. selection of th"e ifilms/presented week-,by. week. This evening: an entirely new programme will'be presented,.-.:... ... 7 ■:■'; ■'.':'.'.' PI(7TUIffiS. ; -, : ; 7'; :. ;The Current programme pictures at;the. Town'..Ball' isVarinost, attractive one,: and offers excellent testimony to the enterpriser of the "management of-, the West•• Pictures ■ Company.-..■.-.Ther-series-■•'d*. scnptive of Sicily-and the'localities recently devastated .by the;••'appalling''seisinic :'catas-trophe,v.-which plunged the-rltaJian-Wiqa-in-' to mourning, are- very'.fine,-; and of. great topical interest. .The: other, series are- well up. to ■ the standard • which has -built to : the reputation of. : the; West:-Pictiires,-organisa-tion. >. Added, to that,, is,.the, music of the Dβ :Groen-; Vice-Regal Orchestra, the iwhole .constituting ran' entertainment well' Worthy. of public -patronage'.* ■ -The l programme' will be repeated to-night.-•■> 7 '-■ :y-[ -. ,-/V*.; '■::-■:■ v - ':■ : MADAME ADA CRJaSSLEy. ;V :■; _A '.treat to -lovers "of ■■gbod.'music ; .will* he ??°I- d ' ln Madame Ada--OrosEley;^ / the.-r,epreßen'tative •English contralto, at the. lovm- Hall on- Monday and i'Tuesday ;nest.' In- addition to' the star_.attractionj.tiio •concert, : will-be ' well worth-^tendine ! 'to : hear the ■•artists who aW supporting. Madame -Ada'Grbssleyr The bos plans open this-mprning-at;the Dresden.". : :.'. ::--. ; "CAMBRIANS»,TO THE^RESGUE.v,.i;'' as.that 'bqcurfed'in S's? e^^i arboilr . ■Theri'-'fif : bf H.M.S.- Encounter lost' their lives;' make a ; ?H^e, appeal_to everyone.Fand'm'particular .the,cre.ws of other, warships,) who are -dailyf.? s fe t ed;\with--the'dangers of"the--sailol'l Me. ■••Many.rwill-Yejoicß : at , "the , 'opportunity of ■• ..assisting > the wives "and: dependent relatives of those ■ Ehcountei-'r men-, -.who : • were drowned,-- and-'this will be- affofdea-bn Sa'tur-' .the 'Masonic''Hall- where Captain' Vaughan'Lewes," of-H.M.S.- "Cambrian, 'has' tb : -give'.;a:minstrel'"and, 4in aid "of-the -object noted.' There s is .said to.be'some' bright- talent amoh'g' the Cambrian's crew, ; ahda-iollv entertainment- is assured; : ; :''. '•''.' ,',{ , ■ ' •■••

';: ■;THE SCARLET TROUBADOURS. : ; -- 'LS e i 4 m ract^l'^: P f ;' Scarlet .Troubadours, , drew:/another-large' audience to the .ConcertV Chamber 'of -the' lown Hall last, evening,; when'encores were tne general:, rule, and were '■ /.responded to the;:seas oa cib now. within-sight, the , -Troubadours -continuinc their march onward at the. end'of-'the week An entirely,ne.w programme; '.the fifth-of the season, isannounced for''to-night. r .'••■

.' :- ■■'v : '-^.NING;--EXCTRSiqN;'.''.' ; --'-..'-/' ;', : An. evening excursion '■ Bay ''■■ fcak & 'Spebial illuminations will. be made m. the Froimrk 'and rnent.wilUe^given.on;arrival at the- Bay. ■I in m 45, retur ™6 V:fr6m' -the Bay at lu o clock. ■ . y- : '-j<: . : * ■■ .--•. ■. \ . -

;;• -/.THE CHERNIAVSEt CONCHEOTS, \ Oh Saturday aftornoonnesfcthe'.'young inatrumentahsts, the CherniavsWs, will special matinee at the TowmCpncWt Chlmbor at 3 o-clock, and, bearing in: mind the.recent ienthuswßm-shoira ■ m/Wellington;' on 'the occasion of. their initial, performances, it "is" but reasonable.to expect;.'a';crowded house, especially as this will W the last, opportunity of. hearing the, gifted 'trio, --rk -fTature of more than usual ; interest the performance f of a\> so;Brillante ; ( fr.bm the pen of Mr. Maughan Barnett, with .'whose compositions for-tho pianoforte pianist of the narty, is very muolrtaken;.""The vocalists will bo as boforo, Madame Slarie Hooton and Mr. Peroival Drivor. ' The ■ box : plan is now ppon at tho Dresden. :'■', . :Y.'?''■'■:•''■ " : '■ Tho. Cherniavskis;'have":iustv' ; put .up, a travelling record in Nelson. Acceding to.a, strong wish,of,Nelson musiclovers, to mako a third: there on: .Tuesday, .thoy had to' get, ; b'ack with . speed from' Blenheim, .'where they're billed to appear on Monday evening; They left Nelson by the Penguin at 10 a.m;:oh'Monday, reaching . Pictoh■ at. 6 p.m., ■ and; Blenheim in time for' the concert. . The. return trip had- also : to be carried out with equal, speMj and to-day the party will motor through to give a second concert there; v "i ■ ■