ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE KING OP CADONIA." . There is no .'doubt that expectation is being evinced in ' the . performance tomorrow ovoniiig of tho new J. C. Williamson. operatic production—"The King of, Cadonia'."- It ; is' said that 'the play has many novel and delightful features, and - a story..,which'at no period, of the action is. lost in :•■ tho splendour of the sliow.. For in, this. rcspeot.. wo may expect much that'is highly pleasing.: Ladies attired in wonderful gowns mingle .with, gay courtiers".and' dashing -'guardsmen, first in' the. smiling gardens of the Dulce ,of Alasia;- and later in tho. gorgeous, pal.ace.of Kinf; Alexis, the*uneasily reigning monarch ot Cndonia. ;• •!■ Tho, score,; which Sidney Jones supplies, ,is varied l>y graceful music, the 'chorus .'.and ..orchestral work being' ; especially; effective. : Tho, scenery, by ' tlie ■ well-kno\vn artist,; Mr. W; H. Coleman; is allowed to be amongst the fineit/that that master', of tho brush has ever-'achieved.!- The cast of. principals interpreting the : opera. is admittedly a fine one—embracing as 1 it. does . Mr. Herbert' Clayton; Mr. > Frank .Greene;' and Mr. Bert Gilbert, .'Miss -Dorothy Court,, and Miss Lottie Sargent—all of whom are. artists of note : fronl~-:the;principal English theatres. , The.balletvhas-been selected from the best dancers in/Australia, and the: orchestra,- under- the baton of Mr. Fritz Hart; is numerically and ai> I •tistically said to bo; ono ; of tho-best tb?.t Jias been heard hero • in' a musical play, j Add- to these the. famous- DausoVdos 1 Apaches .by Mr. Bert Gilbert and Miss.! Lottie Sargent, and a genuine treat may.'; be> anticipated iu tho .' King /of Cadonia" 1 to-morrow evening. -. ; THEATRE iiOYAL' . That' th© ; Fuller /Vaudevillo "Company-, or :prese'nt :ortists have hit. the -popular' taste is plainly 'eVidoiiced by. thronged ; audiences '*<which • attend ."the;'! theatre. : The'company includes Professor, Godfrey's .trpupo". of . well-trained - cockatoos and monkeys,'„Jtay Narclle (soprano vocalist), Alberto (conjuror)', the.Levartos' \(comedy jugglers), Heaih- and Lamb (the singing colliers),, the tUreo. Starrs (song and danco trio), . !! and': Bobbie Burns (Scotch dahcing : . lassie)., .The programme will - be :'ropeatcd\ this, evening. . . ." :■ v:- KIS MAJESTY'S' .THEATRE ':' v' : '-7 The new. collection, of films, now'.'being-, fihowthe-Koyal. Pictures was/; the ' means ;of [•' filling' His : Majesty's Theatre last evening, ;,and it. can-.M ; said. degree ;of confidence', that tho .selection is about, the best.- that -tlie - proprietary .liavo yet- adventurous lifo -"of./ the. cowboy,- -as depleted picture' of, vTho: Cowboy rMillionairo had a.great "reception. . Its. dT.amatic. and humorous incidents^.kept the'audience.in a thrilling, mood; and this picturo .alone; is worth , the prico; of admission. The stormV effects-. portrayed, in. the. film •"WhiteSeaFisheries" :'is, Another. fine scene:. .Altogether,; the programme sunmitted is a well-diversifica one; all of . thio' pictures being of ;'ari' 'exceptionally-'. good type., The same programme will be given this evening. ... ■vV; ;7i! ? J?^^ 7 :/ ; ::stae,:pictures. - - .The .lrincmatograph- picturesscreened nightly by the Star :Pieturo Proprietary: at; St. • Thomas's I[all,', Nowto.wn, continue to draw large and appreciative "houses." Another, exhibition will bo given this evening. ;.: "i,."-' ; :.■! -. v