ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

, "MB, HOPKIXSONV' . : '['\i ~ Tho- Hugh ..Ward-Corned?-, Ccnipany. repented.\i; Us, capital.performance of "Vhe Man .Fiom ■;'.' Aloiicq" lost 'cvenini! to ,, a-largu and 'higliiy« y appreciative audience. . . . . "::''.■ -10-night- and .to-morrow cvcr.inj- "Uγ, Hop- . kinsoa" will be revived. ;.!'Hoiipy..':s.ußrccer, V, of a vulgarity which, is appa..ing, but of re- : ■ cently-aoquired wealth; : : Um>ii iuni tails the 1 ; choioe of the • Duke and Ikchcss of Uraco- ■■::• borough when 1 they, arc'--trying: to find-a'rioh" .v> and moral husband for Lady 'iiiyru, the.daugh- V ter of the Earl of Addlcton, who has boon con- ■:.; venient]y : obliging over :■ a . iubrt{;aee..» The 'At comedy of-the play then lies in the absurd be-..■■;■ hnviour of "floppy," when admitted into,;; society; tho.faet , that Lady Thyra oventuully .': marries' Lord Gawthorno, nnd that "Hoppy." V, vcdiv hrt old flnmfr, E'jji Dit\ really does not ■' ,■> matter much.' It is.the caric :uvo of a grocer' v cut. of hi*,'oircncni - Hint really timuses, and■'■;■:; uiat would bofar from ami: ing wore it not '• for; the oomic scenes and- dial- jue .with, which '; 111 , . Cavton lias sui-roumlcd tbo central idea ol . tho play. But Mr. Carton is original enough"■l ; -v to keep "Hpppy", vulgar thic-.ighoutj he;doei-.\t not allow him to improve in Ms new position ;. Changed conditions do not alter him,; as, foi ■ "V instance, in' Mr. Barrie'e play, they alter tin ' Admirable Chrichtou. In tact, "Hoppy" with -i his-wonderful appenranco and still more won-. '■' derful slang, becomes' more vulgar ae Eoon.ae/ , be becomes accustomed to hia- new surround- ■ ings, so that the artfnl Eliza ie the only ; poe-A ■ siblo fate for.him if v he- is to marry. MUf '• Grace Palotta appears ■a 6 tlie Dnchess "of V, Bracoborongh, Miss 'Ease-MusgroVe'as Eliia ; : " Dib; and Mr.'Hugh Ward as "Mr/ HoptospaV , '--:? ;' ■'";■;'.'; THE4TEE BOTAX. . > ': .' . ''Hats of: All Apes" is the title of a nictoM ' bemg shown at. the Theatre Hoyal this week, ; r NatutaUy.itMs. oner of the ; most . populai k : pictures *ith.the lgdies ever'shown by -the : kinematograph, as the range.of,feminine head-' ■ gear includes the curious hats of -the 'fifteenth • ; contury. tight-,up.,to. the,; agfressive -"Merry-, Widows' of the present day. • Other good films-■-.'•■■': projected are- "Salome Mad," "A Trip Thtoudi ; ;v Ceylon,"-" A Gale at Biaritte," and; "Tt»' ■ Widow. A complete change\will be pt»» ,i sented to-inorrow evening. ' . ■ , ■;.■;;■• . . ' THE EOYAI,' HCTTJKBS.' . '-, ; •'{'" ', ■■■' . A ,capital. programme •- of:' the very -.'latest', :■'% 'Pictures is being 'presented at His Majesiy'a-. ■■}, Theatre this week. Among the best are: ."Tb,e '■ : Gambling Fever," "Love and.Sacrifice," "The : Adventures of a; Fountain Pen." "The Conviefs .Sacrifice;"..-and''-.'"Sweet and, Twenty." '.' The usual matinee performance' will be given '■ ." tomorrow , afternoon;,',,.■■■■. •>.; . ,'i.''.:,,. , .- ; ■';■; - ; STAR'PICTURES.': ; ■:. ' The fine ' range;. of kineinatograph pictured - ; •."' being .'.exhibited iri St. Thomas's Hall nightly •-'■ are.commanding extensive patronage from the, ',■'' South Wellingtonians. 'There'will be a matint)e' >.: well;as; an evening performance..to-morrow, , :j-,| land on'; Monday, evening,' a', complete chaiige' of ' programme will be presented. . ■~: .-'."■. i ",..' '•]

.-.... HARRY BICEABI)S;S' .COMJAN?.' .; V On Monday, the Opera House willbe'opened'" .' ; with a firstjclass; vaudeville ■ programme, and ;'.V" it is/safe to 'predict that the- magio ■ words V-'\. ■ full, house!' will greet- the cye : of; the/late- '' ' comer , during the' coming season.' In; aproi/'""v gramme that, fairly bristles'..with good turns, '. thore are three or four that ere. likely -to '■"•'"" come as a, surprise. Of the ; Mexican dogs, : -'. winch holds pride'of place, the Adelaide'"Ad- v J yertiser", says:—"The; second '-item after • the, ,'■ interval, the appearance .of : '.Mdlle.; Rosina ■■ ■■■■ Cassolli and her' midget -Mexican'dogs, '.was ■:;: looted for with great cxpectancy, A -and some- • ' thing liko a sensation was causod when 'the • >"■ entire troupe of ■ oighteen. liny ■ canines• drove,'; v on' a.'midget-motor-car, driven'- by a wise-' looking quadruped; Then followed, in''quick ■'■: succession; , a ...series..,of lnarvolious feats. by '■:. ■ tlicse; dumb '. animals, who! proved themselves' -i to be-thorough- masters of the.'trapeze/ hori-''-. V .ladder, aud. balancing. work,. :; hof !• forgetting even the .eccentricities': of the time- '•■ ' ; honoured clo\rn, of whbm'tbero wero-twb:rc-prosentatives in this .'strange company, (ier- '' .tainly nothing-Vmore ' sstonisMiie' than theso . canine' wonders', has' beou.'secn'm Adelaide.".; .:: The. rest of the l programme includes-several- ■'■' new English and Continental acts,'as. welt aa ' |:a., long,list of first-class i.lenis.; by several old; V Mr..Fred Mies Nelliev , iiTi^P 11 n PP° a , r in a oncipcf. comedy,.ontitlod. . !| .As.iP .to 1, Chance," 6eiJurtdiibyi Mr. Barry Rickards :on his recent: trip to England. Tho box plan is now on view at the Drosaen.;- ■ ■ •., v . ■..'.'' .. .-■ ..... ..:.,;.• .--.;

Wellington, crioßAi/sociETir.i; 1 : , - ■■;■ The performances by the Wellington Choral booiety, this fcveiiing of Schubert's "Sjong; of : Miriam," and ElgarV "Black Knight", is-one '■ of the events of the season. These works have ■ never, yet been heard before, in Wellington,- .' sera prefatory note'mtiy not be out of place.Schubert's setting of.,firillpancr's "Songi or ' . Miriam" is orchestrated by Franz- Lachher.. • >' : it ojions with a soprano solo, with; intervening ' : chorus work. The second movement is l a -■■: smooth-flowing.■allegretto, in which, occur some ■ :• striking passages,, .a;notable ~onc.Cbeing the antiplional passage for male and female voicos ■ • " •.terminating in n licentiful to !the J. origins] tlicmp. A • dramatic movement,-.descvip. we, of the pursuit of/ ..-the" Israelites ; by ' ' l'naronn, is- succeeded', by a pleasing andante;' in which occurs an interesting cnnon.ahd ithe '••" ■ s .™B'finishes with an-imposing fugue.- •■• -■•'.-■•'■ ..JMgar s Black. Knight".', is symphonic, in de- ' sign, and is arranged in four distinct "scenes.". ■ «>s founded on J-ongfellow's translation of : ■': phlande poem, "Her' Schwarzo Ritter," and ' in construction -is rich \in orchestral effects, : characteristically typital 'of .the , .composer's ■ >■'■■: genius. Iho first. 1 , scene opens. with : a bold - and striking-theme,.descriptive:of, the Pente- : cost, aim is succeeded by a martial .thetae-=-,>-'. tho tournament, and, "the 'play, of, spears," the '' r most striking feature of which', is the tre-., mendous climax,,, followed tjr V reversion, ''* Pianissimo, to the original theme, : The second scene depicts the advent of the Block KnishV ' ■and. furnishes -a ' remarkable 'piece.' 0f.. : tone ; ■ painting* ... The ;.scene is-, , intensely dramatic /' ' gruesome even.. Elgar is hore represented in some, of his nnest conceptions. The third scene.' ' ■ opens, with' a;:aelicdte''.'dance; movement, ia which, occurs exquisite chorus work ' ' * l , cn ,. co ji;es a_ startling, contrast, a veritable Usath-.Dance, which .clrses...the'.isceho. :;The' +K |,V a l scene is introduced wHli.a. feasting ohorus.'' llienjfollows; the death -of -tho royal children; ' the.Kings distraction, and .the closing phase. pianissimo.--l.il the Spring d Gather SoW'- ' the song of the Ulack Knight.,.' „:. ■■:-: '-; ' :',