ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 955, 24 October 1910, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S. One of the best pictures in tho fino selection tliat is being shown at His Majesty's Theatre this week is that entitled "The Highbinders." It depicts vividly and with dramatic power the adventures that befall a party of social workers in their eudeavour to convey enlightenment to the "Heathen Chinee" in an American environment. Many charming tropical scenes are shown -in the travel films included in the programme, and there is nn extensive and happilychosen range of comic pictures. Availabte accommodation was taxed at 1 both matinee and evening performances- on Saturday. Tho programme will-be-re-, poated this evening. KING'S' THEATRE. Both afternoon and evening performances at tho King's Theatre attracted a full attendance of the public on Saturday. Conspicuous in the excellent series of pictures submitted was "Tho Way of the Bed Man," a Wild West drama of love and hate with a tragic culmination. Travel pictures shown ..included' * many beautiful scenes in Japan, Indo-China and other tropical and sub-tropical countries. Of comic pictures the programme includes a .rich variety and" all attained easily. the purpose . for which they are . intended. The same pictures will be again shown this evening. THEATRE ROYAL. . '.. On Saturday evening; : the programme of vaudeville, which had such a successful run at the Theatre Royal during last week, was presented for' the last ■ time, Gray and Graham, a comedy "duo," who have firmly established themselves as favourites with Theatre Royal audiences, again delighted those present with their clever manipulations of . different .wind instrumentsy while Graham; himself, sent the.:"house" into fits of' laughter 'with his comical ..grimaces : and ..eccentricities. The. other:..artists acquitted themselves capably "in their- various' turns. ;To-night a complete change, :6f programme is announced, . and two' new ;"• artists, : Olive' Sayer, a juvenile-performer,' and Fred Ricks, described as a singer of coon melodies and whistler, make their first ap : pearah.ee. ' .' ■■ •'.'.-. | ''; . STAR PICTURES. ■ • The Saturday afternoon and evening exhibitions of the Star Pictures, at St. Thomas's Hall,'Newtown, were witnessed by large and appreciative audiences. Tho. programme was an excellent one. |"PASSING OF THE. THIRD FLOOR ■';_; BACK." . ' ; ; ;;. ' _•;• The Plimmer-Denniston Company, under direction .of Mr., Allan Hamilton, are playing to crowded, houses. in • the: north, on route to Wellington. -They appeared at New' Plymouth on Thursday and Friday. .To-night they will be; at Ha'wera, and to-morrow and Wednesday, at Pal-' merston North. 'Coming'on on .Thursday to open the same'" riignt- in thb' Opera House in "The Third Floor Back:" The management gave a prize in , Auckland for. the best elucidation .of; tho play by : those:who witnessed it.. The prize was. won by Mr. F. A-. Clarke, of High Street, with \the explanation that "the 'stranger' is each person's i; own . better self—hence, he claims .full knowledge of the past life of each individual' character;" Two of the'principal characters', in the play (apart from Mr; Harry Plim-' mer) are taken by Mrs. Robert Brongh as the' keeper of the boardinghousc (Mrs. Sharpe) 'and Miss" Lizette >. Pa'rkes- 'as Stasia, the Slavey. Mx. Denniston; as the old Major, is a,host in himself. The. box:plan opens, this morning ; at Hollidays, with no extra charge,for booking..' ' OLYMPIA ; 'RINK,r.; ■ Saturday; night saw. the. curtain: rung' .down'on roller skating in Wellington, as far as Fullers','Olympia Rink'is.'coh'cerh-J ed, for this season. At each;of the three' sessions yesterday the.floor' space" 'was. well filled, the ovening session being particularly, well patronised..: . ■ ; 'ORGAN/RECITAL; ■:.■-•:.: ~ For his weekly recital on the-grand organ at the Town .Hall', .on'-'Saturday' evening, Sir. Maughanßarnett (municipal: organist) selected a delightful'pro-., gramme, attractively varied. , The , opening number. was' : Handel's "Fifth Concerto," ■ a work of characteristic, deur; A charming "prieslied" from Wag- ; ner's "Du Meistersinger," and a stately gavotte from Bnch, . succeeded the: im'pbsing finale of the opening number; ■ the contrast between-the delicate ■ repose of these two numbers and the" concerto ■being"; particularly striking., ' Then followed .Widor's. stately //Marte Pontifi-cale;"-a, characteristic "Andantino". from; Lemare, ,',and' the ;'brilliant and. vivacious' Allegretto •.movement froih '. Mendelssohn's "Fourth, Sonata"; 'for t the "organ. "The concluding 'numbers .were-'Wily's charm-' irig "Pastorale, 1 in' C," and his animated "POstlude-in:B Flat." . v