ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 608, 10 September 1909, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■■■■'. ' .■■■'■ '' ° .-■■;' "JACK AND JILL." ■ ' «, Williamson's cheerful pantomime "Jack and j| Jill" continues to nttroct crowded audiences to c , tho Opera House; indeed, the piece bids fair ( lo put up a record for productions of its .class. r There is so much to see and hear packed into „ the merry three hours the pantomime takes to „ run its course that it can be..witnessed over .5 and over again with pleasure. "Jack and j, Jill" can only run for another six nights, and }, as the booking, is heavy,' already intending _ patron? .should hasten to the bos..office: The | next matinco will bo given to-nibrrow after- j. noon at two o'clock sharp. ■• . .■. '. „ ; ' -■• ■ ; THEATEE ROYAL'. : . ; , '■ -.'. 1 ■' ,Tho star item'in the programme at the ! Theatre Royal is that striking and topical l , film depicting Bleriot's famous cross-Channel ■ flight in'his; monoplane. This, added to. the ' interesting and varied .subjects'also selected '■* for the.current wcckVprogramme," makes' an l entertainment of. a really excellent kind. . , ' ~ HIS MAJESTY'S. •.;.'••.■ c , The now.prejTamiae of .pictures '..at '-. His. ~ Majesty's his"apparently hit the/popular taste: It - is ; certainly one, of • the. best yet. screened c by the enterprising management of the Eoyal.il Pictures. The show should bo well patroniee'd 6 this week. To-morrow/ the usual matinee exhibition, in addition to the evening presenta- E ,tion, ( will: bo. given. ■•;'- • ■■'-; ■'."'' '. '..< ••,' ; - v' ' . A CONCERN ';; )/\C". > A very nice little, concert was that given in rft. Mark's Schoolroom by .the .'Church Choir. ' The orchestra contributeoV.two items—"Waltz ' in Q" (h. F. Watkins) and 4 serenata,, "The- ; Lake"-(L. F. 'Watkins)i' Very, pleasingly ■ snng ] 'were the choral items'"Come; ,'if You Dar«" . (Purcell), with solo by Mr. W. Liptrolt,' "In- 1 Going to. My Lenely Bed" (& madrigal by Wil- I ■ bye), "LoTe ■ Wakes end Weeps" .(Hires), 1 . "Sweete Flowers, Tβ Were Toe Paire" (Wai- i misley), and "Slumbtr Song" (Lohr). A well- J balanced and artistically-trained cloir of boys' ] , sang, with excellent finish'and effect; a charm- ( ing little part-song; "The Snowdrop".(Dunn), i St. Mark's' Licdertafel also sang the. full I : choruses, "Jnanita" and "The Three Crows," ( I "Ovor the Sea to Sky«," "Die, Lorelie," and , ( ! "Tears of Anguish" (solo by Mr. Culverwell). i The .'soloists .were:—Miss Gladys .Watkins, i I "Gloriana" (Mallinsonb Miss Mariori;e v Butler, , "Aw'fully Lovely PhilosopTiy" (a recitation); Mr. Frank Johnstono, "Eomauce (a violin solo ] : of Light's); and Mr. H. H. Fletcher, "The , ! Twilight Hour." Mr! J. H. Smith played the • . !iccohipaniments, v and Mr. K Johnstone- was' i '■ leader of the orchestra.... '. ■'■■'■■■'''. "." l ■ '; ,;