ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 701, 29 December 1909, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

'•■;.•:Williamson's' Dramatic' \ Company ;',ap ■• peafed again 'last evening in''The Cheat,' , arid.: confirmed ;the; first .'night's'excellenl imprfession. of .its, ■..acting■ abili ;■ ties. -'Kipling, is,:'";'to. a" large,; extent,..re sponsible for,the,familiar impressions orii has of soldiering-'in'lndia,-and. toi readers' of :that novelistvthe : glimpses of fort ;.' life 'on.:the.:north-west frontier showi in .the . : play„are.i.given'! ah wadded inter- ; est.-/TheTthird:,-'act : :scene. r is; especially ,!; eifpctiv(V,':'Tn.'ihe.'.foregrpun'd, the.- staff;:Tboni,: furnished, in 'rattan," with,the: ini gre(lients"bf;;thev.indispensible' "peg" 6i ,-. India conveniently exposed.. Beyond .the ■■ -Hide, ■at 'the'.; bqck 'is the arid • countryside, -glaringignite- in, the tropi- [■■ cal,' sun,- extending i way;.: to, the ,barren .backbone 'of.'the:, sun-b&ked-;: Himalayas: / ;The;.,artist;ha3,:succeedediin creating '-an •'• atmosphere.; so; genuinely'...warm -that,, oho. ,' feels';constrained.,tb;, call:'onVone ef 'the '~ characters,/to"pass:;.the, 'syphohl ~. '.'The . Cheat'' has (several excellent acting'.parts, -: and these, are'done- full: justice to by i: Messrs;;' Cyrilr.M'Kay, yThos. "Kingston. .; ,Geo.:S.:.Titheradge,'Harry.'PJimmer/and -.- .MissEthelWaTwickroA-ibright splash.of ':• colour '.is' (introduced, iri/the,: military: uni- /. :fp'fms,worn..by;:,the, officers, :.th'oi final ■ ■ tableau, ';', in; '-which; ;,the ■ \Gordori.-. i High-'. [■■ landers appear,■'• being particularly .effeci. -tive from p&int. f ,of.'vie*. i hex.C'the corapanj I' will: revive'/that' popular .comedy.-''Brew?: :.' :.ter'sV.Millions',''' 1 ivfiich./'should' ■ prove V'a •■■ most.'ap'ceptable'holiday.r'biir... The whole i ". prodiictiori;;' including'.'.-jtho'/;-,memorable •; ; yacht - scene', will/be! presented exactly !,as ■ on "the of:: its ':first production ,': here;in every detail. : . Playgoers;who have , seen- the : comedy: will,, no fdoubi, glad ,-- to;go.-through,the amusing. adventures bf •: Montgomery- .-Brewster'.- again,,' and :those I who'missed . the premier, season, have : a ■■ rich:.,tfea.t,vm ; store;';,: - On ':,,„ Wednesday,' > January ,s.'"Sherlock,.Holmes','will bere- ;'• vived for/three'nights,:and.on Saturday, ■ : January;'B, ,the„great';naval,comedy:,suc- >-. rcess.V.'bf■-.-'■'the.'.', last-:. London \ season, /"The i Flag-Lieutenant," will 1 be staged, for.; the. i- nrst-.'time,; in /Wellingtoh.,/Box plans'"for ;■' thejentire./season'»are >now> open at, the, :'-' 'Presdeni>e : ':/;'!■•.'■;■ :V;';.::- ,^i,,//./v''^,:i ■:/;■",■'.'; * ;Vaudeville appears 'to ;have.: come'-rnto; : i'ifs own- again ,to /judge' from:. the audi- :': ences that nil'the Theatre-Eoyal,nightly, [■ wliere;p.ullers'-,'New Vaudeville Company,- ; direbt'-from''Australia, 1 is, offering .-.afpdr- ' :ticularly'bright'programme.:/In'Mr;:Tom ','. Armstrong - ; the rfcbmpany.Y possesses ' ..-a'. : -' comedian of; rare /parts,' -who ■ his, ',' points by-Wniet 'methods' altogether: ad T \ : - :mira.ble.,:.Heiis-;materially/ assisted- by J Miss -Prisoillß'.''.Verrie',.ijdto'- has, ever: been ' iifavourito.,with/,Wellington'audiences. •- ; Good turns are also provided-by. the Toss- ?.-, ing .Teatros,:- the/'National -, Duo, 'Miss '. Meryl<LawrenceV(whose:-balladi'singing is : .'distinctly:.- above, .the' -average); and /the J Scott;;;Brothers.;v.r;^; ? /,^:/'i/;':./: ;/;.';■; '■■:'■ // '■: \ : >: s .'- The final-; performahfle of : tho /present «'. .programme':was presented ;to a" crowded, i: : 'house'/atiHis-Majesty's/; last .night., ■ For--1 ithe ; new'> bill-some'i/specialj-itpms have -■/ "just arrived, swhich:.include;.a: splendid , iAmerican-drainaHc picture entitled "Tho. '- 'Fools of Tate,-' "King:.:Manuel, in Bng-, i, 1 lla'n'd" (describfngincidents 'during: ■ his o/ stay in London), "The Death of the Duke' s d'Engheim",.: is,, a /'splendidly-acted •' Pathe ' Frerea' -art drama. V in Argentine" vividly;-/'portrays--ranch s life;' "The .Vintage'.'Season'..-in Franco". 1/ and "A' : Trip Through -Holland"'embrace it. some-of-the. scenic" and'in'dristrial/items, d while the' ; comic section is 'well catered' if. for, f in'-"A f ßad';Cow'' and'"Hypnptio'Sug-; '■/'.' •.'geitioni"-.'v'- : .- : ' ! '7 : -,:'':/'^ ,:: .-".,. -\'-w-: : , ..-' '■{ PIC^ES.-/:/ ; f';i/: ; *,: f: 'Tho:/Star'Pictufes'/at/St'.': Thomas's: i Hali- attracted i.-anotKbr.' large/V'audiencc „ last--everimg/'i "Saved by ; Telegraph" is a „ sti-bng dramatic incident,, backed, up . by, !f- an' excitingiplot,,which .keeps the audi-: if ence" in;.a state ;of rexpeotapcy.'.. Other S' -dramatic; ; films, "The- Voice; orHhe Vio- » lin" ; an"d ."The Burglar's Mistake;"' are. I .well':worked/ out./.;';-."The ..-.Coster's. Run,i: aivay 'Barrow", is ; :as 'as.:it. is.-. amusing,'and'oalls 'forth -loud ipeals of ,„ laughter. S/Tho'.prbgriimme is of excep-: :j tional'• merit,'and will continub through .5." :the'-^ki;:'- A '/,';;';s.'^j'-'.;;>^?^;:^, ; /'/:;' «l :"'-,-.^M^ /-',- ■ - The; annbuncembnt •-.. that < Wonderland /': will;. be --open .af tiernoom -and evening v this week has 'solved a. problem/for; tho. , : : Children ahd':'thoir-parents. On evory. ie < dayVof:::: the-: holidays' Wonderland.'.was ttS thronged, and tho'i many 'laughter-houses fV ;were: .continually:'crowded.;. Yesterday, !3 > again, there wero nnmorons visitors, all g ' of whom had a happy tiino on'the water ISS chute, in the toboggans, and in the other r ?' sideshows. At night the grounds weie "■J' lit by hundrods of electric lights, id, rs. "DB. BILL." gj.' According to a private telegram, Mr. , n j Loo de Chateau and his Wellington pupils played _ the, comedy "Dr. Bill' to a good house in Blenheim ou Monday evonlng. Tho company vas given a splendid reception, and mi regarded as a very j promising organisation.