ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■; • "THEBEEEDjOF THE TEESHAMS." : ; Tho Williamson Dramatic Company aro moro than ordinarily, welcome,:because of the:goods they aro 'delivering. ''The- Dreed:, of the Treshams" is a bold upstanding drama with much strong-fibrod' sentiment to commend it. The talo it tells-is a good one, and tho telling ill exceedingly well' dono. Tho joint authors, Messrs. Dix and Sutherland, have conceived a rather novel idea in making the hero a traitor ■to his King and country of a most despicable iorder. Perhaps in tho, days when men' sold -their swords, fighting, on 'the side which paid the best, tho gamo of playing traitor: was a .popular, and'without any doubt a profitable, one. Anyhow; Lioutenant Eeresby refers to ■•the business in as light and airy a manner as •though it wero.'a matter of: no particular moment, though' conceding the element of,risk and theresult of exposure. Ho candidly admits that he happens to bo. on the losing ,side-r that of the Royalist—leaving it to the. imaginatibnto. conclude that ho is traffickingJ:o change , his colours at a profit.; -.It; is :his .story about'his-.lost Margaret, his endurance of the ■ dewvtion of the boy Batty; and.his dobonnair bearing that wins Eeresby; more; admirers in the audiohce than perhaps he is entitled to. Of the'a'cting of Mr. Julius, Knight as:Eeresby thene can:be nought: but praise. 'He is the rough-and-ready soldier of fortune to the life, exhibiting that easy-going, overbearing manner • that indicates the breed of the' Treshams. An excellent performance is : given of the boy Botfy by Miss Lilly Lompricre, whoso assumpl.tion c< the immature malo was:quito convincing, notably so when she r desires to seo Eeresby (who, is being tortured), and is borne kicking, struggling, and cursing from the room. ..Miss - Guildford Qiiin is well suited. as Margaret Huhgtrford, and her' lover,' Francis, Trcsham, is played' in ; a somewhat subdued key by Mr.: Aubrqy Mallalieu. , Mr. Eupert Julian does good, Vwork :as" Corporal. Lurasford, and his tumblfe down the stairs whim shot by,Eeresby was srfendidly done; Miss Ethel Phillips makes a bright Helena : Picrrepont, Mr. George Chahrsirs .an excellent Colonel; Curweh,' and Mr. SMney Stirling w,:impressive. Sir. John Hungerford.. ■''■•■ .■''.■.■•''•'•■. -..:■:. :„■'.';_•..'■';: :, :•".,': On Friday. next, "Monsieur Bcaucaire" will be-pkiived; when Miss Beatrice Day will make her first appearance. Oh Saturday tind Monday and Tuesday next the,"Sign of the, Cross will be;stagfid. ;.;•:.■. ...':•; ;.:;,;:.- ..;:„:;,■::.'■ > ::W. - ; ■ THEATEEROTAL;:!;. -' >: :C . Ahotlier'large andiohce'greeted the third pro- : sentaikn of the picture programme now.being shown -by tho /Messrs. Fuller" at the; Theatre Bcyal. ./The Park .at Casuta,"-."The:East, o„ the Swcad -Bwallbwers,"- "The...'Melbourne Cup,"..' .and Pear", received '■' ,'most ■. attention. ~, The .-' programmo.. will:"; bo ', peated: this ovening,; '..and . the .usual change will.be gwen on ; Saturday. -',y ;,.■; ,';.:■': ; ::;• <[ ■ PiCTUEES.;':':'v ; ';•;,,;';,. ' Dospito other' la'ttracUonsj; His' Majesty's Theatre- <trew, a • large '.'bouse", last evening. To-night foe-'company will place''before its ■ .patrons their, ninety-seventh, cqroplefco change of : programmo..; ; .; .An, exceptionally and; varied, selection of films is ■ promised, in-' ; eluded ■•: in -which dramatic..studies,; ■ "The' Way 'of the Cross,"' ; ''Honour .of -i the', , Alpine ; Guide," "Her' Dollrt Kevenge," "A; Tragic Idyll," and '.:"Trea6nerous .Groucho." ■ Soenic,; industrial,-and animal: studies include . the /'Picturesque: 1 Pyrenees,"';'"Consul,'"'.' the Trained.' Ape," .."E'oller Skating' Club," ; and : "Sack'' Eaoo."','; Comedies: "Mrs: , Charles's Birthday'f.-aiid ''A .Smart ;Burglar."_■;'.' : :. '; ■•^'■^^vi'wq]^^ >. desbribed:: as one Vof; the: finest,, ; sports :,and :piciue':grounds.:in .the,' wiffi;':its';'.amusements, and ..its; .magnificent' ', niechatiical v 'will.be 'ppeii ;this,',aftor- . hooh,'and: illuminated this : eyeningj iwhea all i side-shows; will.be 'free.;;:,-;:.': •'-:•. i'.'C'.'.',:?' l-i'^' :...-.' .-:■', At the Town Hall. on. Friday, December 3, [ thp; Wellington Choral Soeiety. .will- perform .■ "The.i. Messiah,".', with- Mr.: Maughan Burnett , at;: the: grand,.: organ, ,'and:- Mr. 1 .; H6race - Hunt. conducting..:'.' - The soloists .en jaged aro' Mrs. '.. Mead,, Mrs.'■'ißuckeridgo, Mr.- 1J.:,J.;,Hi11.-.-and t Mr.<A^ exanc ' c ?"Millar. ■: Handel's work ; is':specially suitablo,;to■ be given in,'conjunct ;; tion ;.with the Town:, Hall; organ;'; and;, with , that.instrument in the.hands,.of;.Buch■-a/riias". ,• te'r .as- Mr'; l ; Burnett;'-Ike dignity 'of,' Handel's i inhsfo should bo .heard; toifulrn'dvahtage.'The,' t soloists; and. the..performing;members'areialike. ": pleased'at; Mr;'Barnott's: proposal to'tako the ; j organ,;;in,,the' production' of .'this: oratorio; '.and i the many successful rehearsals;that have id-'-i. ready ;.bcen : held; give ;.prpmise..',that.'the -per. ;■ fb'rman'ce.will'be! a'-very 'fine one.',': Another' , ;pra'otice will take-plaeo. at.the'.Town .Hall on' ,' 'Friday;'.'-evening Ifor, a,:' full '-.rehearsal of. the r .work. '-The .box- plan, ;opens. at thefDresden :.- oh.'Friday,morning at 10 .o'clock.;;":'* .;'',.;,:■: f.;: !: CONCEET:'; :: •.-;' The-.Tennis-Association concert, -in: aid of' ; the ground funds 'of, the.'local : Tennis.-.Asso..' i, biafion; will bo held in' the Town" Hall' this, ■ ■ evening.;'. Mrs. Mead,';Ch'ristchurch"(a pupil 6f ; .' Sir. : Charles Santley); will sing solos,'aha Mr.: ','_ E. J. Hill,' Mr. E. H. Parkes, and Mr; J. F. ■ Cari'are, other well-known;vocal contributors. -; A,flute .'duet by; Messrs. C. ;J. Hill rand' T, K. i;, 'Thomson,'and humorous sketches by Messrs. >, J.-Dykes and; A. W. Newton /are also on the •; programme,, and.' Mr. :D. A. Kenny .'will I act as i accompanist to'-'tlid';sol6ists. 'vv :'; ~: ' :.- ;

De Qni7z—"What do you call good winter weather'" Do Whiz—"weather cold enough to mako a man's wife thiiik her own fireside a better place than a matinee " There- was poor .man up. at Cairns, Who possessed but a info and twelve bairns, Whoso wheezing and sneezing was so far from pleasing, ' That it gave him some awful bad turns. In thfe midst of his ternble plight, "Midst the coughing and barking at night, He found a friend sure in Woods' Peppoimint Cure, That soon put his family all right—Advt 23