ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. H. B. HIVING SEASON. Last night Mr. 11. ]i. Irving and his company played "Ilamlot" for tho last time this season. Again there was a crowded audience. Of ''Louis XI," lobe produced at tho Opera House to-night for the first timo in Wellington, a London critic writes:—".Mr. If. 13. Irving scores a triumph in tho role of Louis XI. lie delights his playgoers with his natural, human, and understandable interpretation. After the tall, handsome Hamlet, it is almost impossible that the frail, bent, withered, wizened figure which tottered about the stago was, beneath tho masterly make-up and the extraordinary simulation, lie. Fl. U. Irving. Genius controlled the whole creation." "Louis XI" will bo played for two nights only; to-night and to-morrow night. On Thursday and Friday Mr. Irving will make his first appearance in "The Lyons Mail." The last two nights of the season will be allotted to "The Bells." The plans for the entire season are now open at the Dresden. The public are notified that the Day's Bay and Eastbourne boat on Wednesday night next will be delayed from 10.15 till 11.15 p.m. for the convenience of theatregoers. THEATRE ROYAL. Bright, varied, and exceptionally good was the new programme of pictures presented at the Theatre Royal last night dnbbcd "The Watch-dogs of the World" showed one of the greatest naval fleets ot the universe assembled for review.' It wns spithoad on June 21 1911 with ■£100000,000 worth of British fighting v<£ sols brought together. One hundred and sixty-seven of the most important of the monsters represented 'a tonnage of 1,000,01)0. It was a brilliant seen?, and it rather stirred one. A collection of kinemacolor views of Cairo had a peculiar interest. As presented, Cairo did not seem an altogether attractive place yet it had its fascinations. The life and the surroundings arc varied. The markets area medley, the Arab cafes quaint places of rendezvous. Then there is the mosque of Mohammed- Ali-the Alabaster mosque—considered by some to be the finest mosque there is. Without leaving Atnca the machine presents some glorious views of the Sahara and the Bishara deserts. Ihese dry wastes are seen in their true colours. They are not all beauty, but they are wonderfully interesting. A picture.showing the Reedham l>oys at drill is very good of its kind, and illustrates-the fine results of tho syste-' niatic training ■of youth.- Several good black and whito views are included in the programme. In another series the course of true love is once more shown blundering over its rough and stony courses. . ' FULLERS' PICTURES. The new programmo of pictures at the bkating Rink last evening attracted a large attendance. Special interest was centred in the pictorial representation ot the principal incidents in the career or the famous Scottish outlaw, Rob Rov whoso adventures and exploits have been immortalised by Sir Walter Scott. This was one of the best film's thrown on the screen, and should prove a strong attraction at the rink this week.- TV Australian Gazetta includes some Test cricket scones, an interesting snapshot of tho Australian Premiers at the recent conference, and a glimpse at the motor-boat championship -races, showing tho Kangaroo (winner of tho championship), go'"S jit top speed. "Nick Carter, Detective, figures in a sensational abduction case, fhrough the treachery of a footinan, the daughter of a magnate takes n powerful sleeping draught, and imme<;i;iteiy lies down' on a bed. A secret hydraulic well has been made immediately underneath, and leading to an underground room tenanted by the blackmailers. The bed descends, and presently reappears without the occupant. Nick Carter is called in, makes an exciting investigation, and a sensational arrest. "Pansies" is the subject of a beautiful coloured film showing that favourite of the garden in great variety. The grandeur of alpine scenery is finely displayed in "Tho Passes of Malaja,*" ' "Newsy and The Tramp," is the story of the comradeship of a newsboy with a tramp, the boy's influence leading his companion to lift himself from his shiftless ways and work for his living. Romance, of course, enters into the scheme of things, and the tramp finally marries a pretty school teacher who has taken an interest in his efforts at self improvement. Other studies include "The Mill Stream," "Tho Human Tigress" (a sensational drama), "Scenes in Somerset," "Baptist is Bitten" (an amusing comedy), and "Bill's Day Out" (broad farce). The series will be repeated this evening. THE NEW THEATRE. Good attendances were the rule at both sessions of MacMabon and Donnelly's continuous picture entertainment at the New Theatre, Manners Streot. To-day's new programme will include a "feature" picturo by the Champion Company, entitled "The Copperhead," , a tale of the calamitous American Civil War. The narrative is described as one which appeals to tho nobler side of human nature nnd is intensely realistic. Other notable subjects will include: "An Indian Legend" (a Bison exclusive drama), "Across the Frontier" (a Cines drama), "Hot Springs, Arkansas" (scenes at a famous American health resort), "A Laud of Malaria" (a Cines travel), "An "Up-to-date Painter" (comedy drama), and "The Typist'* Revenge.' The new programme will be shown, from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m. to-day.:

THE KING'S THEATRE. There was a very large attendance at the King's Theatre last evening, when a new series of pictures was shown. Among the best of an excellent collection, the topical film showing incidents of. tho tramway strike was perhaps the most popular. Various scenes were thrown on the screen—the long train of cars deserted by the men when they left duty on Wednesday to attend their first mass meeting; tho tramwaymen en route to the meetingplace; the crowd outside the Trades Hall and the King's Theatre; and scenes at tho mass meeting at Ncwtowu Park. "Tho Kiss of Mary Jane" is a powerful Western drama, in which the love of a frontier girl for a horse thief supplies the basis of a series of exciting situations, with a dramatic denouement. Rather a unique study is that entitled "Road Hogs of Toyland." Toy motor-cars of racing design are seen careering along the road, destroying in their path comical rustics and farmyard animals, and occasionally colliding with each other. Some very fiue views of Norwegian scenery were also shown, tho cataracts of that laud of mountain and torrent being greatly admired by the spectators. The star item of the dramatic series is that entitled " "i'wixt Love and Art." Tt is the love story of an artist's model, whoso patron reciprocates her affection. Tho inevitable schemer appears on (lie. scene, and creates o misunderstanding which parts the two for a time. The climax is reached when tho artist (-'ees his model on the , railway track, about to commit suicide. He rescues her iu timv, and all is well. "Kelly as Gasworker" is an amusing farce-comedy. Other items include the weekly budget of I'athe Freres' pictorial tonics, "A Cure for Ennui" (comedy), "Ravines d'Edmondo" (scenic), ''Kit Carson's Wedding," a drama of the American frontier, and "A Hustled Wedding" (comedy). The series will bo repeated this evening. NEWBURY-SPADA CONCERTS. Tho third of the Newburr-Spada concerts will be givon in the Town Hall tomorrow evening, whe-n a programme of popnlar music will be rendered. Mr. Philip Newbury will sine (by request) "Whcre'or You Walk" (Handel), "Tho Requital" (Blumonthal)), and "Tom Bowling." With Mr. Hamilton Hodges, Mr. Newbury will sicg theduet "Excelsior." Madame Spada will sing , "The ■ Jewel Song," from "Faust," and join Mr. Newbury in the garden scene in "Faußtl" The full programme appears in to-mor-row's amusement columns. Reserved \ seats may bo booked at the Dresden, and ' day EBles arc being made at Christeson's.