ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

: ■'/ "THE DAIRYMAIDS." .-i v Another full house onjoyed the Royal Camio ::: • Opera, Company'? performance; of- that .bright i musical curacdy, "The Dairymaids," at tho . Opora Houses last evening. This comedy is ■ full .of, ohainij. and 1 wbolesoino and, *, liappily' cast, runs smoothly on; artistic bearings. ) A.-good- proportion, of-the- cliarm ' of x i ■' -tins/ new - and< attractive • work; is. attnbutablo . i to the. daintiness and'vivacity of Miss Fanny. , ; , -Dango, as.Peggy—aaeally,delightful perform- : ance. . Mr. "Higginson,. ravels as the loud and . - boisterous. 1 Sam Brudencll> and Mr. Reg. S.v 'Roberts has a qongenial role in.that of Lieut. Brudenell, -R.N. Mr.- Bantock- dispenses an oily kind of. humour 1 as Dr. O'Byxne, R.N., -and Mr.. Si: Percy skips.breezily through the.comic meanderings. oi Jon Mivens. Miss ■ •Florence Young sings : delightfully ; and Miss Georgio. Musgrovo acts 'with grace and dignity at Lady vßrudenell. . "The Dairymaids" ' will be given three more-performances, when it gives ; way.. ,u> ."The Girls of Gottenberg," the box plan for which' opens this morning. "THE BROKEN HOME." .. The melodrama, "The Broken . Home.',' at- ■ ..tracfeda : good ..audience' :tp the'l/ieatre Koyal f last Qvoning.: . The. chief parts are in tho capablo. hands of Mr.- Robert liimnn, Mr; Kenneth Hunter, Miss Ethel Buckloy, . . Miss .Jlaud Appleton. Messrs. J, P. O'Neil, ! C ■ Albert /Lucas,., and 'l'hos. Curran, ■who : are well: equipped to do the .play the. fullest justice. .The,drama:.has a strong human, interest, and is well mounted. -,- ... ?': 'HIS MAJKSI.'V'S THEATRE. ' J . Tho excellent , bill of faro provided at His ; : / Mi'.iesty's- 'i'lieatro'.attracted a large audience ■ .last evening. -;' Tito most '.interesting of the jnStruetn e screenings was the pictu.e de- ■ v. Picting i:through'. which Dreadnought/guns have to go ' through in their manulacturo 'l'ie Allan Vale Pottery / --Works was another./ihstruo£ive picture, 1 The scciuc films were up to . tho .usual high ; standard,, and. tho humorous side Was Yc-prc- ;. aectod by ..the sereamingly. funny pictures, Aif -Obstinate Lover, - ' "Hunting Extra- : ! ,ordinary,'.' and .''An ,\ Awkward "Return." Ihe programme will bp repeated this evening, and a new set of pictuies'-will be shown to-inorrow night. . • .■ „ WEST'S PICTURES " The 'Wellington season of the West's Picture Company/was brought to a closo at the Town Hall last evening, when tlio new sot of pictures; screened .met: with' the approval of , the : audience, which applauded the various : ■ enthusiastic-'illy. :: , I T lie company goes - 'froirrTv elJingfxni to fChristcliurch,: opening at , .the southern city on ( Y/edncsday evening. ; ■ madame MELBA. : .Madamo Melba's first concert will be given - in tho Town Hall this evening. Tho programme, which is a very fine one, appears in our advertising columns, and is such as sp""ld attract a largo, audicnce. .The box . . .plan.. for tho/.guinea and I.' half-guinea-' rd- . sfiiTcd scats ir« open at; tlio Dresden,' whoia ' Sji ! . tickots . are,: alsov.'on.: sale. : "lnxjughout/jestcrdfty thuro was . a .steady stream of purchasers for these tickots,'and . inteiiding purehafcjs 'aro advised, in order . - r :. avokl .the . at /the'. .doors, 1 - to : obtain - their tickots at tho.-Dresdon. Company's offices during tho day. The doors of tho Con- - Ayill. be open at-an early hour/ All the great .London;, daily, liewspapors : havo < , published r glowing: /notice's of Melba's tri- . timphs. •:■/;•- ■' MEYNELL AND GUNN COMPANY. l Bojs," a now drama by, Walter Howard, ivill bo produoed cn Monday evening next. May 3, bv Moynell and , . - Gunn s Dramatic Company,. The cast will, ih- . . elude many new people and old friends, and it :is,o,nnounced-.that .th© play- contains-nne , yyvdramatic -.effects ; and v; thrilling - / situations. Tho two boys from whom tli'o' play takes the :. -:title../are,-Cyril and. .Tom, ; . .Tho former is a •» son of Admiral Gray, a; retired naval com- . V-. inander, with a wife, lyola: the. other, tlio don : ~ of .Captain .'4orka and .was.'taken away - by tho woman when.sho deserted -her first /•'■ : . : husband, and : handed over to thti' caro of' ouo Jim Royston, to bring up. in a life of : thieving / and ■ roguery. .'Cyril's . influence, - , however) deterniines him to i steer: a. straight course, . ... flrid;;when ho .finds- that/ Lola is his mother 'he tncs'in every v^av. to shield lior from the cffect of h<;r past Itfo. Miss Beatrico HolloMiss -Mabel .Rnssoll -take tho paits . of Cyrd and, Tom, "Tho 4wo little-.sailor boys. ■ ■ Miss Lillian Myers will play Lola . Gray, .an,.adventuress,/ and Mr.' Flerbert J. will tako the character of /Captain - jNoel l'rcgarthcn. R.N. ...Mr. :C. R: Stanford r 17ii| personally supervise ;tho production, and .. Mr. Alec-Verne will control the front of -he .. . //■ house./ Popular .prices, viz., 35., 2e.. and Is., aro advortised.. Early door, tickots may bo obtained from Abel's, and the box plan /./ :■ is on; viow at tlio Dresden. ' -' . I',. :