ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

':.''.. '-.;; JULIUS : ;KNIGHT SEASON. ■ . " ",'; .'..'Before.) a large attendance of the public last evening,:; tho linal presentation of that very fine play,'."The' Scarlet l'iiripornol," was given byltlr. Jnlius. Knight, and : his . excellent company.', Vv,.\. ,■ ■•■•■■•.;■ .: ■■.:: ■ .; '•.-': ■.■■■, ■ ''i ;■: V>HIS MAJESTY'S, THEATRE; '';/: " , Before and after Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes, the public has "always had a taste for, tho detective storv. Thus'it needs no saying that "Sexton.Blakc, tho pictorial detective'story'on'this, week's: programnio: at His ■i[ajosty's'"Theatro is :the most popular.film. jin. tho'.collection; Next to it inay\ .bo; placed "Julius : Caesar," illustrating the: story. '■■ of the Eotnan'general as told by"Shakespeare.' Other popular pictures on the programme are a comio' film, 5 : "How tho Cooks Get Married," "The River Correze," giving sotrfe fine views, 'of France,*. "Thb ; Sculptor's: Statue," "The. Trustworthy Servant," etc., .. ,: : ..' / .. .' : .'.. : :, :^:': : ■; THEATEE ; EOYAL.'.;, : . •"•::'" . : It Is:a long cry from' "The: Legend of Orpheus'," ■ though Orpheus was ono of tho' ArgonaUts, : to a'"Naval Review," but such a ' ran&o is > there in this week's programme -at the Theatre Eoyal, and all tho pictures from first to: last arc well worth seeing. . Tho .program me..Avill; be repeated for' , the last time torliight, ,- tho weekly chaDge taking' place ...to-' morrow.-,. ■ : .;■ •■•.-• ■'■>■'-■' >'■'_.-.";■'.■- -V '.'>.:; '■' •"

:,"AK. ENGLISHMAN'S ;HOJ[E"' TO-NIGHT. ] ;;: This at-the': Opera House.'.will be given,, by'.-,the .Julius, Knight .Company;■ tlio' famous, military play, "An ' Englishman's". Home. , The' story of this movilig, drama is as follow.—lt is: Boxing Day at.Myrtle Villa, '.Wiekhahi, , in: Essex, England. There 1 , is; , a strike in the Pdjt Offich Department, and thero/. is.: also ■'&•■ thick fog: outsido," so.. that .the '.villa is.practically :cut; off'from; the!,world.. Browns';' aro a': typical sport-loving, ' sportdiscussing, middle-class English family, bored by .the'.fog, which has- spoiled;; a ''.'projected holiday outing.-. Suddenly, somebody;,', ask'ss 'TVho.' are' those .johnnies' -oii'- the; lawn?" and feith.'.that■ simple the .action'of- the piece; begins.. ; The , enemy is at tho pates, and Mr.'Browri. wishes-to' order them, off as'trespassers. ■;The volunteers, who; arrive. tb'jdcfend' the. villa, are "ludicrously .'incotniietent-ibrave; but uuequnl' to the existing 'circumstances. It is highly necessary to emphasise this point, for many hnVo : thought-that.Major .du.Maurier.; wrdt6*-tho play" merely, to express'the contamtit of tho professional for the amateur. ■. It;is 6aid the acme'qf realism is attained; in tho bombard*'-' ihg'bf the-ill-fated- villa, vThe scream of the shells, ■', the., falling 'walls; ■"; and ,'.• general ; "dis- , mantlement- of, the : liouso : . being /done . in "a. manner,:that'.convinces <{nd appals.-.- The final' dramatic Ithrill , -is reached when , 'Mr'. -Bro;v'ni-is. led: oht- byj- a file of the'enemy and shot ,'nn his own front. lawn for .daring , -, to attempt to: de- : fend His: own property;-:; Mr.' Knipht;will anpear. as Adjutant Lindsay,.and Miss --'Day as Maggie Brown.; Incidental.to thoplay will.be by Mr. Alfred Andrew,', assisted 'by the: combined company. , )Major ■ Courtenay's ■ .patriotic ..songi "■What .We Have , Nor is "An Englishman's Home"; tho only; attraction'. Tho curtain will rise at .'8 o'clock-upon what has been stated to>o the. ideal, of-the. play Wright's art: .The"one-act..drama, ''The 'Sacrnmbnt. of Judas.' , ':; The-period' is. of the. French. Revolii-. tioii, and/the story: is that' , of.;an:.Unfrocked: . priest,. Jacques . Bernte,' who sacrifices. liirilself tor: the. lovo of 'a woman,'whose, affection i or him is not'returned.; -It ;is'a.-'pb^erfnl.'play of the. Sydney '^Garter: order, antlj Julius Knight is said '{o'.ha : filns. ',: A ■flnshlight v j!ibtoßriiph'- : of.\the'' : 'huUicnco':.wilr-l)e, tftken.duririg tho;cvehing.':, .:.'.' : '£\ : ■■;■-. :' r

i 0& : ■''. ?: V^iTlIE/- '. MESSIAII?' i: i r^{ ::, V^; i < ' '■- This." evening, :a'£. : tire/ To 1 wn;' HalU> Handel's ,"<Messiah-'-"will-'b.e performed by- tholWclliugtofT Choral-.Sdoiely.fv.Witli Mr; ; l]ai-itott:at Hid-'eity ■oi'gan.-tho-idlioriisdS-ftnd"solos Ehould, be "heard. to- ; thfc'iuliest .'advantage,. \ Mrs. vAr* ,, "sing the- elfectiyo soprani wtork.i*-' Tlio iwili-bovmtdtr* ■JiyHill,:-imd' Mrs; E.' (13: BuCkeiMdgp'Will^ake;,thp"contralto ; parts. • Mr; Alexauddr^jKllftr:^will.-make -his"first :Xippear ; aiico* .'bbfdrc-ttll'o.^Wellington-.public.-;:Thei;firial: placo last .ov'ChingjJatid pa3SedJ!off':^diX'Biic£esstelly;x^;:v'.';,': ,//A; : :s;