ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ANDERSON DRAMATIC COMPANY. -'A Lifo's Revenge" will be performed at tho,'■'.:..-..; Opera House to-night for the last time, and " to-morrow (Friday) and Saturday nights, the; final-two nights of the season, will be dovotod to tho production of William Bourne's orinigal ■ . Adolphi.. London, success, "Man, ■to Man." ~,; This piny teems witlidramatio, displays, Humor- ''; ons situations, and sensational. incidents,, tho. ,;, wrcdrini! of a train by night and the quarries v ■} at Portland Trison arc. numbered among tin.:..-:;; sensations; 1 ';,- . ':-■,;>. '<■".•.' \ : : ,':: '■' : ."• .- : _■ . ..'' ,T.nEATIJB;EOYAL; ;; ;^ r ;:;: ';.'■ ~';l Tho first-class ' programme-: being. shown bjh'.v.the Messrs.'Fuller at' the Theatre'Royal;this , ;\ week drew another lafao -attendance' last night, -v "Tho Death of Mozart'' was watched with tho-.■';'\, closest, attention from start';:to' finish.-:;.' The ~;. best of. the. other films were:—"The;, Duko's • Jester,"--"A :Royal Marriage .in'..lndia,"-and. ;. "The .Victim'.'' The; programme .will bo' re-..--, pealed this evening. .. ■.-,■'■■',',.■',; ;■':.'j .;■. ~:'.-. , ; -.'. .;...THE ROYAL HCTTJEES.' As usual; His; Majostyjs.Theatre was full to,-'-,-, the doors last.evening, wlicu thc ; usual weekly. --J cliniige -of- programme';, was; submitted. Tho; pictures, are excellently ; .varicd ( .and,■ included;■',."■■ some, strong.' story pictures, one of the most; -."'■■■■ human being "The Seventh Day."; .This;deals;.-y-V .with a•;couple; who hnvo fallen,-but. so far;';;•'.that they are about to'.be,divorced.; The bus-.'..'• band, by the law,' is given the 'custody, of the ;j, children,,.but. as the woman'' does ■ not 'put. in;'.*; an appearance. at tho - Court at.the; timo,; ap-'. ;-.'.-', Jointed, .the';, husband,, accompanied "by ' tho, ,V;. udgo, proceeds to the' home, where they- findv the mother in loving community with' tho,;' children. On • viewing, this tender little do-,; '.m'estic,. scene,.the husband.is to overcome', that;. .-; a reconciliation .is brought about, and the ser-;..:.', vices of the Judge are, required, no', further., . Another, thrilling drama'is: a|so.n : ;.6tory, ot-'''; domestic infelicity.' The .husband ill-treats .taa\.'i • wife'arid they part.; A duel; is fought between.'. '■:.; • two ;meu,- and;subsequently; tho ; .parties board; .- motor-cars; :the husband; loses.;control of;;his.;-v. car, and is precipitated p.vcr.'a cliff.;. Still anv'V other picture, "A Child of the Forest," is an\-;V'. exciting and realistic incident' ofiAmerican life:;,; in the back-blocks, in A which".'',emigrants and',-,',';; Indians play a part. ; "The; Hair, is;i;'■ a'series of scenes, illustrative of the 'business,;;■; dono in false hair in France. , .The girls of-'W Brittainy ,aro seen selling .their locke "to ' a'V ■trader, and > subsequently:-jthe.., audience . is,,. ' -■; shown the factory ;ih which: the;'pro.cess: ; pfV. classifying, tho different.qualities and/bbloursJ ; ; of ■ tho hair'is shown. '; Another'industrial pw; '-'.y hiro illustrates, how pianos', are made.'.- Oi ,:,: ,gob.d pictures'are: "Panther Hunting," ; ; -''A;.;-;' Lesson ,\of . Charity,",, and -"Father "Buys.'an-.' ■ Armchair." ■-"'■,- -.'-. ; : --\.',- ; ,y;-"': ;;.:;:■■,.-;;:»'?,::

'.;■ v; ' ■ ;v>. ;STAR.PIGTIJEES.; : .:; : :;;, ; ..; ; ; i : '' 'x'}; : i ..Once again .St.: Thomas's Hall 'was"; vert;'' largely attended/when tho'Star- Pictures SyndfcA : bate. presented, this,.week's' ' programme.,,;. Tha j : .; general; excellence, of the 'films' and, the,, variety of. the subjects rendered the ' programme "a';' popular ;bno'. j ; Tho .films will'be-shown again: • this, evening.,-. ■.■'.'■ :■ iv;K'. ,: ;"' ! -"-"-"-i"-*"-l'= ■'""--,;.-■-,'.;:■■■>

: : : : : ':;;.'';'-i.,;;'-'; WONDERLANK ■ - : |;-; -, Wonderland; the corner ' r bf,iliramar,..'; was opened to tho- pubho yestorday„ afternbon.'S,' and was, well patronised.' The :'.various' side- V. , shbws were-in full swing. ,In the tho;. : , grounds Ayoro again' open, the electrical illumin- '•', atious being particularly fine,v::,;.; vi \ '"'■■'; : . ,:; ' I ' ; '-:

,';■.; THE. JULIUS KNIGHT SEASON;,■. ■', I ]j : f :.■ ' ■ -This morning the box - plan ■ for, this; highly, !.-',-■ ■ attractive season will,, be oponcd.at; tho:.Dres-:;.;v----dbh'-it hino'o'clock.'' Owing to. the "number;,;;;,; of plays to' be., presented ..andj'.tho, unique ('., nature. of: tbd; incentive 1 oiferinß.'.tlio. J..C.'',;;; .Williamson managoment'have, : decidc&;on plao-iijp,. ing before the public the plans of reseryed.seataf ;;' for tho ' ontire :iG-night.. season. .<; The .'•' scaspn;:, ;.; will commence on Monday next: with: tbo pre-. , \ simtation of a hew play, "The Breed of tho. 5 r Treshanis,"in which, .for tho first timoyn Wei- ■ ■,'£: lingtoni Mr. Knight will appear in a character.-:,'.'.;.: entirely, dissimilar to any \ that -hennas: undorv,:.;:; taken in any previous jlay in Australia. Tho, ■?.%'■ part ~of 'Lieutenant; Roresby, "The, Rat," -in {•)■: one that demands the ' very best from:, its.i?, J exponent..;'-Tho .figure is said:- to.'bri^one' ;:of>' >i : ■: exquisite pathos and pity—that ■; of''a; .man:,'''-' with,:.the..HWofld, against, him, '.Who,jindkes /ftn)ovV\ unostentatious sacrifice of self, and goes to,hia'. 1 -'', death with' the smile of unacknowledged vie-: ;- : tory upon his' lips.; : By: all accounts it is a,'; fine play, powerful and convincing, a thrilling ,; 'story, Of.. love, ,war, and-: unswerving );■■:, ■ and loyalty,, a, play: of,: brisk ; action, incident,' and strong, dramatic •.episode;./ StTongv,;. human drama rarely.,, fails .to appeal,;;, and it would appear: that;in " Tho ,Breed:,of:,., the Treshaths" we are:to have, the, real thing ~j., in. the; real? way;; :'l Vvy'.' : '^ : '■■■]£'■>