ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

:'"■;; HUGH WARD : ; Tlio Hugh Ward- Company of comedians concluded ji ;higlily 'successiul season at tho Opera House on Saturday evening, when "Mr. Hop.kjnson" .yas. repeated beforo a largo audience, 'which included , ' , tho Prime Minister' and a party.. The company is to appear in Greytown this evening.

■■."■;,- FULLERS' PICTURES. A new program'nie of varied, interest was presented at the. Theatre lioyal on Saturfiay ovoning by tha Messrs. Fuller. Ouo of tho most interesting,'./educational, and up-to-date pictures projci)t?tK.\ii)s. a . fovics.-;.of views dev picting ■ the recent:;aerial pageant at Rheims; Tho; audience is lirst(of all. treated to a review, of :the . lilying ./machines—Lathani's •aoroplamvlileriot's/ bird-like' structure, Voisin's. : and : Wilbur .Wright's':vbifplanes. . Spmo wore 'jbein'g itrundled appujt'itll^ , grounds on bicycletwheols,- btliers, tfera ..being tested , prior . to' 'flights." A-.magnificont xiew'iof Lefcbre making 'a.flight qiutho Wrightibirpltino is shown. The ifaa-bladc's aro civen .a Start,' the fabric is seen. jW ; vibr.ato(aSj;tlio'.inoti)r>-.wp>ks, it runs down' i'o,: , ; lcm'g''..'Bli(le," , *and then , ;! m'pnnts slowly and |gtacejhil!y; into tho air.^jecsdes.'.into' tho dis-' round.ftanff,. returns again. It jis;anTii;st«UJitl.iiiß. exhibition;; ; and : brings right Ihp'ine/taj.flie; audience:' the. iiowest marvels of ithe %'age:'. f ; Atter' seeing-, s'ucnj displays, or even vthtir.;. pictured jepriisentations, it-is impossible vtorjdpulbt'^at.the.time.i'sVnot-far-distant when ia. practical meari3 ''o^;vrabifl : transit...i.:if. v further .evicienco were jneedeil,:'on6:lia>. only,to'read of::tho. American,: jaeroplanist,'. : w,hp'.'-.(according to n cablo in ■.Uifa-'.rniprniiJß^s ,; paper)', cevered •' 750 miles in' il9i"?ltpurs;: ..Aijotoer';' interesting , picturo that .■has'tt'.,bearriig''.onvtlje'niilitary outlook in Eng-■,land-',iS'arre.yi'eiv';.pf the Lancashire Territorials at Knowsley. Th'o- pick of. tho draMatio; pictures is entitled "The Trappers,", the story of a feud betweon two camps of trappers. Ono has a fair. younrf" wife, who ,is insulted by' tho_ leader of tho other camp, for which .-act. ho .is.-'.shot,-but .only; wounded, by .tho/■.husband..,; the two gangs .meet.iii._the..woods,- and., tbjjre is a good deal or promiscuous 'shppting,. , ,.the husband being ■wounded'pri-'this "occasibn; , "" Ho crawls back ■to' his hut,'hqtly' pursiled : by_ his' enemies, and scek3;sholtorin;tho 'attic,:. ■Enter tho villains,--.who, failing', to .discover,.-.their: quarry, arcabout.to.leave,.,when a drop^of'blood falls oh the -hand;of the leader.., fie at onco guesses 'the-JTuth'," , tho'wounded'itiin is bound, th'o 'hut is 1 ii red, and v the-woman; is away. •As .SPPn:,o6.'the gang, moves;away, tho man is ■, tfleased ;from, his bonus,: , and the liro is sub-,d?<:di,..k^!&.-1 ' 0 .y. , tracks the villain's" ,hiding' T nlace;;: On ;his return an ei. pfdition"-is''organised,''^ri i d , tho wicked gang (s wiped outi'andtall"ends 1 happily. Other good : pictures arc: :"A-liife fora- Life;" "The Cigarette laidustryv , .;, .". He .Conld-Not Dance," "A" , vpyago on,, tho Nile," "Cpwbpy Explpits," and. Across ,tho Bpsphprus." ■' i.

,-.;,.;., royal mctures.. : : A Tory, large number-of ■picture-lovers attended ,His , Majesty's. Theatre .'on- Saturday afternoon/and evening, .pood .films are always ■appreciated,. , and tlie fare., presented by the •Royal-; , . Picturis Syndicate: is always of tho best. The chief attractions-were:—"Tho Convict's-: Sacrifice," 'Jl'ho llmbarrassing. Portfolio, , "The Gambling Fev.cr," etc. The usual change of-programme'will take placo on .-Wed-' nesdayiKiL-v :"■■■. ;t, .•.;■• ..: ■ . \ ,;

::.'■/[<■;:■•■■ ••STAB'PTC'i'URES.- '..'.' -\ St.;-ThomaVs Hall TOs'weil. filled-on Saturi day night, when the'Star.'Pictures' were shown ,lo .anvapprwiativo jhiidioncc. Every picture ;■»« received, with, applause,: but.-"The Waif's .Christmas', was evidently, the favourite film. It_douicts ; a sad/pha.jo'of'child Jife, which is 'conimon''.in tho;larger cities. I lie-interpretation I of. ttose ■ dramatic films is igreatly,.lielped;by;tho>:aid .of suitable music, a.-fcaturO-hich.themnnagcment of the Star ricturos makes.-, a s\ special,feature, as it. is thronjh-the, mei|ium . of..music ..that the un-To-night mere will-bo. a; Complete ■.cliaftßo of. programme; and .films wilr.'.'bo'-slioirn' ivhielf,ore enb'roW new toMWcllington.-.:>Aino , ng, , those will'bo a' itnily of Italian lake scenery in' colours, and suitable selections, .of drama and comedy. <

~. ■■'RiC^ARDS^;yATJDEyiILE ,COIIPANY. : ...To-nigiit Sir. Iftrry.Eickarils will.commence ~ s f r ff Dr^ d , *''?' tho Prcseii« . company 15 ITvl W'-v**} th n n , been sent' avc" m$h■ n -^ ,, -- The.-pr "Ciphj? -will, include' : rhi^f" , l CasSo " l .»"<l for tronpo of midget thihnphiia dogs, natives of Moxico. Thev aro •f ( f£ nb fi nS - fc^, u t tiful »ni™l=v»Vhich appctt? ■,to.h a Melbourne. "Ago"/ s? ys:_"This turn enn only bd ?™«ed,m.superlatives To adopt a hackneyed ..d.efinitipn. of. ment.in ?i w , <lnmnut V»VlovnWe; croaturcs ff "?rt absolntely marvelljius.' Tliejpcoplo went into of ndmiralion over their hundred and .ono,tnnkv Ml-of-'which go'to--show the pitch 'tnffi *» ? *?1 which ' f tEo, i d W?3 have 'be" /SWd-, y v,#othn ß .p or f () rm%ce,.of unusual I^;^ H^ v i^ th -°>W» ra ™» : 'to;.bo submitted toi ; n.ght (( wiU,bo,, ; tkt- ; of- the -Mines':Florence-nd h Si"' J ?S j m ' ls,cal , s Pi«alty,iturn has been , h y.!y, ; .P.Wi?.i,*|irou B hout Australia. ■ThesA •ladies are bo clovo.r..%ecntants on a number of. musical .Instalments', and to present »« n '"'■tf- v Ost y?^'™ , * «nd attractive manner. -The'-Ivremka'Brothora, an imported ■ Mrobatic combination, arc said'to do seemingly )tebl t ,ktarfdHnr: and skill with a -.npncha anco and case bordering upon the mar.yollous., Th.qso artists arc said to have created mnto a-sensation 'on. their-first .appearance in .Melbourne, .in acrobatic work stito' that- it is the finest act. of its kind ever.-scon JNcllio 'JJent will'makS their rcappeafah(!e after a. Jonjj'intorval, and will introduce their ? ]«test snccessful* sketchy "Tho 100 to 1 Chance" A ?< "?h! i: vi f i Anstra!it >n M«st3 will.be inclntled m ; the .bill' ninny of. whom will-be sedn herd for, the first >.ttme. . Mr. Allan is in SfKo am, -ti!"!l arri ? c "•feoßLAuckland this hei * ta ;? lan s ?

,_■':.'.;,;„ ■ QRGAN• BECITAL. '. || .'"■.. f AVvery fine 'programme was presented by Mr : a ?d h , ? •Hall -on.Saturd.iy. evening. L'ho most notable item ( Was , unnuestionably the ,T?cer. Gynt", Euite, (Grieg).. \ho suitens the first, of a™,_-written by Grieg as tho incidental jnus'.ofor Ibsen's dramatio poem./TeerGynt." iho first /movement, "Morning/', is of .a pastoral character,vthoiscone, a remote Norwegian nllcge.- Ihc second, "Tho Death of Ase," deof Peer Gynfs mother. •The. Dance ot An tra" follows-Anitra, an Arabian dnncing : girl, ;W ith .Tvhom Peer Gynt falls in,loye,.wheedles;all his jowels from him; and leaves him alone-in'the desert. The, extraprd\nary; finale,, (fin. the Hall of the Mountain King, _ was inspired Jby the ' scene, in: which Peer Gynt finds himself ■, imps , and brownies, who finally attack him.-Slf/liarnett gave-an .admirable of. ; the suite Another fine item 'was .Wagner's prelude .to Act 111, ; i Lohengrin," an orchestral piece designed to picture tho festivities whidh follow' the'marriage of rihengrin and Elsai The bustle. and .'excitement of' the full ..tournameriti.idndStho'. blare of trumpets arinonncing each brilliant'feat of arms;:-are all suggested with that vividness and power which Wagner, hag made peculiarly his b«n. Tho organist, also, played. Handol's celebrated overture to' :*'Xorxes/' 'Schubert , s "Ave 'JMaria " "Question and Answer" (Wolstenholmo)—by imposing "Toccata and Fu(ruo in'D Jlinor." . . '■;{. i: The. Saturday 'ovoning next, Ootober- 23.'Will''include Hollins's bong, Boellmann'B "Suite Gothique," Wagner's ".Wttldweben,'.'-and.variations and fugue on tho ■ English National Anthem," by Max Eeger. ;