ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 820, 18 May 1910, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"EAST LYKNE." "East Lynne," a dramatisation- of iTrS» Henry Wood's novel. Cast:— Archibald Carlyle n . V . r - Herbert J. Bentley irancis Levison Mr. Hiliiard Vox Hichara Hare Mi. It. Good© Lord Mount Severn Mr. P. V. Scullv Mr. Di]l Mr. Thomas E. Tilton Mr. Bull Mr. Thomas Curran Justice Hare Mr. Maurice Nodin Little Willie Miss Lillian Aldridge Barbara Hare Miss Lillian Booth Cornelia Carlyle Miss Nettie Bundnhl Afy ilallijohn Miss Louise Carbasse Lady Tsctbel illi&s Essie- Clay There is, and always will be, appealing elements in "East Lynne," a drama which has drawn tho public to tho theatre, in some cases when all else has failed. For that reason it has become the sheet-anchor of many a melodramatic company, and last night the Marlow Dramatic Company staged this fine old play at the Opera House. Most people know the story of mistaken jealousy and deep suffering involved, and it dees not need to be recounted hero. The performance was on the whole creditable to the players concerned, though here and there roughnesses were apparent that could be worn down by further rehearsal. Mr. Herbert tientley did the best work he has done during tho season as Archibald Carlyle, the much-distressed husband, acting naturally and with some force of character in the stressful scenes toward! the end. Miss Essie Clay as Lady Isabel lacked animation, and was at times shaky in her lines. Mr. Hiliiard Vox tended to exaggerate the serpentine villainy of Francis Levison, but succeeded in earning tho hearty execrations of tho audience. Miss Lillian Booth was well suited as Barbara Hare, and as Richard Hare Mr. R. Goode was fairly convincing. Miss Nettie Bundahl played Cornelia Carlyle on conventional lines acceptably, and Mr. P. Scully as Lord Mount Severn acted Mis?, Lilti&a Aldridge made an appealing Willie Car. lyle. The company will conclude its season in Wellington this evening, when "East Lynne" will once more be playeiU "MADAM. BUTTERFLY" IN ENGLISH. The s.s. Ulimaroa will bring across the Tasinan Sea from Sydney this morning the Garnd Opera Company, including Bel Sorel, Amy Castles, Si gnorina Pampari, Signors Zenga and Zanelli, Frederick Blarney, and Arthur Crane, Misses Lilian Boanas, Florence Quia, Rosina Buckman, and -Mabel Bachelor, Messrs. Rufus Ferguson, Ormo . Darvall, P. .O'Keefe, in the way of principal artists, and Siguor Hazou as conductor of the orchestra, with Alfred Hill as deputy; also, a chorus of 50 voices and an orchestra of iU of the finest musicians in Australasia, an augmented staff of mechanists, electricians, property, and wardrobe people; some hundreds of tons of scenery and impediments; a .large quantity of piagnificent costumes and appurtenances—the wliolc nnder the able stage direction of Mr. Henry Bracy. Tomorrow evening the thirteen nights* season will commence with Puccini's great opera, "Madam Butterfly." To-morrow evening Bel Sorel, the brilliant lyric soprano, will make her first appearance. Amongst many principal grand opc/c roles, "Cho Cho San" is one of the finest' of this gifted prima donna's operatic roles. ' There will, in deference to the obsequies of his late Majesty King Edward, be no performance at the Opera House on Friday. On Saturday "Madam Butterfly" will be given for the second time, on which occasion Amy Castles will sing the arduous part of "Madam Butterfly." Miss Castles will during the week alternate the part with Bel Sorel. The heavy nature of the portraiture necessitating the change of artist nightly. To-morrow evening is likely to prove a red-letter night in the annals of music in Wellington. A late train to the Hutt has been arranged for, whjch will leave Te Aro at 11.20 and Lambton at 11.30. The curtain will fall finally on the opera at 10.50. The management de- . sire it to be known that children in arms will in no instance be admitted. .THEATRE ROYAL. All the material requisite for an up-to-date vaudeville entertainmont is m evidence at the Theatre Royal jusfc now, and tile manner in which the various performers are received leaves no room for doubt as to what the public think . of tho fare provided. Practically every . item on the varied bill was encored last evening, the latest addition to the Fuller ranks being Mr. Warwick Lumley, whose comic songs, and entertaining patter kept the house well amused. The whole of the artists who won their way • into public favour last week are repeating their successes this week, with new items, which are rendered the more acceptable by the knowledge patrons ol the theatre had gained of tlie performers ia the past. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The star film in the series presented ■ at His Majesty's Theatre last. evening was one giving a number of illustrations of the training preparations of tho champion sculler Barry, who is preparing to meet R. Arnst. The choice of subjects displayed in the other films is, a credit to the management. This evening an entirely new series of films is to be screened. : The new pictures to be shown this: evening are said to be an exceptionally, attractive selection. The "star" screening is the eruption at Mount Etna, which will show the devastated countryside and the onrush of resistless streams of lava. "The Girl and the Judge," another new picture, is an interesting Western drama, and another one is descriptive of the fugitive Dalai Lama. The well-known Foolshead series is being further added to, THE KING'S THEATRE. The last .performance of this week's picture programme drew a good house at The' King's Theatre iast evening. \ Tonight mole good things are ' promised. ' These will embody the fine study "The New Marshal, of Gua Creek." Things V are desperate when the new marshal ia appointed, a band of outlaws ruling ' matters without question. Disguised as a' wandering idiot, the new marshal investigates matters personally, and twice prevents tho assassination of one Paul "Raynor, who is favoured by a prospector's (laughter, and who is also admired by one of the outlaws. Finally the band capture both girl and lover, and convey tliem to a mountain retreat, but the marshal and his men follow and cap. tare the miscreants. "Davy Craggs" la another fine picture of the detective order. There will also be shown the industrial and scenic studies "The Mettallurgical Works at Dioazerville, France," and "Old Delhi Ruins" (Patlie cohmi photography), and the comic studies, "An Afternoon Off,'" "The Cine-, matograph Theatre," and another of the Foolshead series, entitled "Am I Mad?" Other pictorial jems will be screened, and. appropriate musical accompaniments will be rendered by Thtf ' King's Theatre orchestra." STAR PICTURES. An enthusiastic . audience welcomed the picture feast which was provided at St. Thomas's Hall last evening, by the Star Pictures. The management have a. • ivell-selected series of films in their new programme, chief amongst the attractions being a nautical subject, "Beforethe Mast," and "Into tho Shadow." The programme will be repeated this evening. OLYMPIA ROLLER RESTS. As the seasons change, so do our pastimes, and it is safe to assert that none is moro seasonable or welcome than that of roller skating. This popular form 01. recreation was such a craze in England and America during the past winter, among=t all classes,, that the Olympia Rink should have a record season. Messrs. Fuller are leaving nothing undone which will contribute to the comfort and convcnience of patrons, and the delights, of skating on a new and specially-laid floor, on new skates, should tempt tho most adamant. Mr. nilgh Ward cables from Mel-bourne-.—"The Girl from l?«lor's" a sensational. succor. _ Funnier than "Bachelor's Honeymoon.'" Press and public very enthusiastic.