ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 699, 27 December 1909, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

FULLERS' VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. With the fall of the, curtain at the Theatre Royal on Christmas Eve night (Friday last) was brought to a successful closo the-first week of tho revival -in. yaudevillo inaugurated by tho enterprising management. It is safe to predict a popular run for. .Messrs..- Fullers' talented company.of artists, and the new programmo to bo presented :■} to patrons on Boxing night should prove a strong draw. ■ - - - . On- Christmas night (Saturday). the company gave a special sacred . concert in the theatre, and included in the programme vrero also \sonie very fine kinematograph pictures'. Miss Meryl Laurence sang ''Abide With Mo," and "The New-born King." 'Messrs. HentU and Lamb, tho singing colliers, were associated in a duet arrangement of the wellknown song "Ora Pro Nobis," and;also contributed solo items. V The pictures were_ specially selected for the "occasion, and included some most interesting travel scenes in other lands. : : . • : •;. HIS, MAJESTY'S. •■•■■ ".. -V His Majesty's, in: Courtenay. Place,, received its due share of public patronage on Eve, and the very finehouday prbJTammo was witnessed by a-most appreciative audience. ' . On Christmas afternoon i(Saturday), a prize matinee performance was given, and every child who : attended received a Ctynstnias- gift from the management. Matinee and evening displays-are announced for: to-day'. . :/.' -.:■■;■ ■•■■.■' PICITJEES. .. -. The Star'.Pictures, which have become associnted with St Thomas's Hall, Newtown, were/shown in/tho Municipal Concert HaU,':; on , Christmas Night, -when an attrachve programme- of serious, comic, and scenic pictures were presented, rhero .Tvaa a large audience present, 1 who thoroujhiy enjoyed . the very excellent range \of animated views' shown; ..- : •'>' .;'/' ■." ~- ■■ .-.- - '■"'■■ J. Cil WILLIAMSON'S CHRISTMAS .' ATTRACTION. •: To-night "The Cheat' , wiU be presented for the first, time in Wellington by Mr. •T. C. WUliamEon's ,■ new dramatic com-pany.-'A little , army bf- ; inechanists,'i"pro-' perty . men, ; and electricians have been .hard at work preparing the Opera House tor the opening of this important season -r The Cheat" being■' a ''military spectacular drama which demands .elaborate preparations for-ite production. It was' a marked suceeis in Sydney,' and has juet iron fresh laurels in Dunedin.and Christchurch.' Mr. Williamson's coinpany con- . tains quite, a, number of artists.-who hav« 'won distinction throughout .Australasia. Mr, Gco. Titheradgo is well known, arid is-' sure of a' hearty ; welcome from " his niany Wellington friends. ,'Mr. Thomas Kingston is another- artist who has become 'widely: and deservedly popular' throughout/the Pominion.. ■ The: strongcast also' includes'.Messrs!"Harry Plimi' raer, Cyril Mackay, Gregan M'Mahbn, : A. Oi.. Greenaway, FreU.. Cainboume, Lewis' Waller, jun;, Rcdge Carey, : Yeardlcy Turner, and Boyd Irwin., Among tho lady ; members ■ of tho company are Miss Ethel Warwick (a new comer from England, who has v a n esoellent : remitation), Misses, Nollie Calvin; Emma Tein-' pie, Marjdrie Murray, Ethel : Gordon, Maud Wingfield, arid other- gifted -arf--ists. To-day being a--holiday, box plans may. bd seen at Christoson's, opposite 'tho theatre,. where day. sale tickets.'areilso' available. ;■• ■..- , . ' ' ■i.-i-'-'': .i; , ,: V WEST'S'PICTURES.;:, =; . 'For' the season of West's Pictures, opening "at. tho /Town 'Hall this, evening, , .programmes -are promised of ■ exceptional, dh-; terest. A special picture to be. "Suffer.Little Children,", has' created, much comment; and,interest,in every Aus-. tralasiari;.9cnt'ro,;:and -,the' : -.management confidently ■'sfate that it is'the bestpic'ture, that has .ever, passed through their machine.' Others.deserving-.epecial mention' are /'Down .the Isar on a Timber Kaf t," ."Obstacle• Race-by British Bluejackets," "My Lady's. Companion," "Three-fingered. Kate," "The. Eemorse,"i "The .'.Merry ;W,idower',"--.'.The I -Magis-' arid "A WilToi iHer Own.". To-day scats, may /b^j,.reserved-at. Abel's, ;'-where.tickets. may.^also'Bβ''purchased. ■:■ ■■ \ [_. •■'■ ;/. ■ •'■ A; Very large ! audience. attended tho -.carol concert, given ...by the ..Wellington | , Choral Society, ,at the Town, ' Sail on* Christmas Night.. The -.concert, which; was arranged under 'the auspicesVofVthe'. Wellington City Council, consisted of some very fine numbers by the city organ-' ist (Mr.iMaughan,Barnctt),; : with six. tune,'ful caro-ls . by, tho ,Choral ..Society, the .'whole £ -'constituting-, an. entertainment of. distinct merit.- The organist's items included Handel's fine overture to "The .Messiah';'; an offertoire,.,by Guilmant, upon two Christmas themes—"Noel" and i"Adesto Fideles"; tho famous "Shepherd Scene" from-, "Tannhauser" (Wagner); ,'-.the brilliant. Oriental "March of the !|.Magi 'Kings" (Dubois), in which is heard throughout, with picturesque effect, .the single note representative of the : Star 'of .Bethlehem; a pastorale.'of;Lcmaro's'; th^' , organist's oivn "Fantasfa on' the Mendelssohn Christmas'.Hymn 'Tune";, and the concluding'number,. »■.."Mafcho Tri-. oinphale, , ' by Lenimeris.lAs.to. the.carols, ■let it :be>saidthat.seldolu,,,has.;m'ore delightful carol'siriging'.beeri.'.heardin 'Weilingten. The Bimple.molodies, richly bar-, monised, were sung •with-gi'cat 'care and expression, and. tlio,.effect was wholly charming. Three of the carols-jvere traditional—"A- Child This Day is .Born," "The Coventry Carol.". and "The First Nowell"— and the simple beauty' of, these was appreciatively admired by the audience! The. others included Dr. Dykes'a well-known "Sleep, Holy Babe," Ouseley's ."Listen , ,. Lordlirigs, unto Me," and. .'Sullivan's ~ "All; 'This ; Nig'nt "Bright Angels/Sing.'.' •'_■ • ; •'•'•■■; Mr. Barnetts Saturday evening reel- 1 ' talslwill be discontinued' until about the end of January. . . -.-,••--\. ... ,