NTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 659, 9 November 1909, Page 3

NTERTAINMENTS.

; \ The.;audience wKich gathered '"■ at the Opera /House 'last ,iiigtt;.in, Quest. Of s'ensation.'could , . have, no cause .for, complaint 'against' "The Great World of. London . as depicted, by the : -William; Anderson-Dramatic. Company.■> The '■.' play; abounds with -/.thrilling -situations, the most i sensational'.of which: is a" murder ■ in' a railway train which'. : is at fullspeei The chief.share of the work falls, upon Miss Kate Gair, and' Messrs. Vivian Edwards, Her- ' bert-. 'Linden,. and', Throsby. : .'' The.-.-.Great World' of- London " will : be repeated■';this even- . ing- arid .to-morrow, evening .the'."first -; change will/be '.presented, (jwr-.en . another. : "of- Walter Melville's sensational :■. melodramas,, "The Female Swindler,' , , .mil:.be -staged. ■ This play ■feives. ample scope- for, the scenic artist,.'ana. Mr. 1 - Rege.Robins' has. paittted-sonie.fine..stage .pictures,.:,; Among.'the. many '.scenes; that , may..; be mentioned ■ are .Nickestein'e. Pawn •'.■ Shop", Lee- Wolroy's. Boudoir;, a.London Roof-tops- (by nißht),' showing ' the" mechanical ,change :tp , the'garret,■ etc.;.' The cast- ; will <■ be ..further'• strengthened; by' the .first .appearance of 'Mies ■jVIay I ' ; Grariville, -.who-, will appear! as Loo ::Valroy,;-the ; female .'-swindler.'■ The .box plan'.-win';be open at jAbial'e .to-day.;.;.-, ;.■.•,..'■. ; \:'';}?- '■■'■'• 'K: THEATBE r) EOTAt;\ ; ; ;:''-'.; '.,-. ■■■'- .'• .An ..appreciative'.. audience greeted: the new. -bill-' at ,the; Theatre ■ Royal' yesterday /evening, applause'-being..liberally showered on'th'e ; best of - the pictures.- The; .whole: of :i the '.subjects; industrial, dramatic, and humorous, wefe. well ; treated' and jaduiirably'arranged. The -play-. .house,of.yidocq,,.the".,attempt of. M; Latham ■■$>'' fly.across'.the;English Charinei in-'a■ niono^ planei' " The "ipp'un'dhng,"- , . and ..."Beauty Spota ■ ofvßiviera" ■werevsbnio.iof .the; most choice , selections,..but a Jiigh -.standard , was. set', from' i the ■ beginning: ahd',' maintained ■■;Ttntil ) the- end of ; tho. pr'ogramnio.,.;;,,,,;'.-, ;'. ' '~';■'■■■■'s. 'S ; '"^■,:'■;'"' ;.'.■•:; ■''' ■'.'■■;■ : '.'. .The''series of bioscopie pictures now. ;heing shown'; by-the'Royal.Pictures'comprise somesof the'very ;best,-and''drew; a (..-oa-ded. house.-last eveninit. Calling for special mention is. "Nick Carter" and,'(The Black Hand.!' To-night the preserit'prbgramme/will be shown for the last , time, and to-morrow a complete ohanffo of programme will, be. made. A special matinee Iwill' be held this afternoon, when children will-be admitted for sixpencejto. all parts.' ' ;... \' .',„:':... 'STAfI ■PICTXJBES.', ■"',; , ■'..■ '.',.. > Admirably Selected; pictures. finaV places . in' the Dew programme, -submitted;-.at St. Thomaß'aHall,' Newtown, last.evening, by the Star Picture ; Company. . The best pi£ture of : the excellently: arran;;ed bill;was ;one"entitled ; ""Winterv Sports in Ojinada"—a ; picture full ;of variety' and excitement.- "A Life for a" Locket" ; was astrong dramatic'film. Which was, much ■ appreciated by. the aildience,■• and ?"The' Wand ; of the Devil'' provided , study in whicK thei youthful : hope and pride of a, putable family • is -.invested with ; temporary, power by the' use of a magic wand, which power he uses ito .the discomfort of the whole household. /Another comic ; item "was 'The [ Policeinan'3 Dreams"-r-a'laughable skit on the [ long-suffering "arm of the law." Other screenings were: - 'Cprsican Manners and Customs," "Distributing Handbills," "The Three Musketeers," "The Kaleidoscope," "Land, of the ' Pharaohs," "The and "Mrs. Jones's Entertainment.". A. matinee performance'will be given this afternoon, and the programme :: will-be repeated .to-night.. ; ..-.- '■; ''•,' PICTURES, TOWN HALL v j ;i ._Aa -already announced,; the' Royal ' Pictures, : will give a special performance in .the Town Hall this-ovening. The. films-to'be. shown in-, ■ elude a. number; of novelties,' amongst others ': '."Whore.; is - ,my .Wandering . -Soy?" .a- , picture'that strikes all that is deepest in hu-'. i man nature/-, There, will / also be- pictures' of i diversified subjects; such as '"Diabojo," '.'The' ! Abduction" (which are beautifuUly coloured), , "A ': Woman's Way,". "The Pretty Dairymaid," i and "The 'Legend, .or 'In ' scenic: i studies, .fine, views are promised-in "Niagara , if rFalls; under Snow," 'India,"'.and'", Egypt." The i ■ cp'in'edy'velanoflt".he's not' .been Neglected;" aid , - such' items iis '/The Super's Debut,"; '.'The Chess :. ,Playeri''."The,Tribulatio / ns;of;a'Neph'6w ) ",ati(l ;■■ '.'ofi-Billy Brown;" ■ 'should- rnoriiiithiin-'! satisfy, the audience.--.-Th'c; e chargesjwillibe.the-:eame,-as : at'HJs"Majesty's,' s>; , and Beate''mß|^b(>:b'oqked:ta-da3r I .at:'Abil'«. i v .