ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

TIIKATIiK JiOYAL. Tlu-iv ivii- a large audience al Hip Theatie Uoynl mi Saturday evening, when all the :uti>l> were- well received. This evening there will In- a complete rhnngi' of prolamine. 'Pin- ni-iv bill will be. 'Marred" by the lir.-f" appearance of two American cnmedv artisU (OM)ell iind liar!), who will "-upply » -J'''ci ; »lty nut of -inning iiiul dancing, d< , . Other new nri.isl- iiiv Frank York Icumcdian), Mi-lhi IVrniiui, ami .Inr liilbcri. I'UI/IYKKS' IMC'I'IMJTIS. Tin- Skating .liink »a< largely |iairi>nised by patrons of moving pictures on Saturday, butli the af;<-rnoan and evening exhibitions of 'Fullers' I'iclures being well attended. 'Phi- evening the programme will be changed, and a now scries of lilini thrown on the screen. TIIK 7;i;\V TIIKATIJK. Throughout Salnrdiiy, Mai-Maliou anil Donncllv's cuntiniiuiis ' pieliirn enicrtainmuiit drew crowded attendants at the New Theatre, ..Manners Street. Anion" Ihe nios* popular subject- are: •'Tangled Line- , ."' a striking story of a pretty Gip-y girl iiiitl the man who loves her; "The Dog ami the Wolf." a r.i.e dramatic por-lrii\-nl by the Kclnir Company; "Tlie Isle of Man. , ' ii delightful scenic study; "'The Wager and the Wage-earners." an impressive drama splendidly interpreted by the liilisiiu Company; and "Gaumou! Graphic." The curreut programme will lie shown f.n- the last time to-day and to-night. Tlic cu-lomavy complete chamre of programme will be introduced tomorrow. WEST'S PrCTI-RKS. "A Victim of the Mormons" is now the star item on the bill al West's Pictures, Ltd. It is a highly sensational iilin, tolling of tlio suffering of si wointiu who was induced to attend a Mormon mei'ting. and afterwards'ie!l a prey t;> the spell ca-t over her liy a leader of the sect, but who happily wiis eventually rescued by. her liancee through the aid of wireless telegraphy from the clutches of these peopleFrom the first inch down to the ffiOllft. to which thn story run.-, it is one .-cries

of sensational scenes and episodes, almost cau-ing Die onlooker to believe himself ojii; of Hie participants in the situation which he is witnessing. .From acting to reality if. of course, a far stretch, but of such a nature is this drnnm that it is by no means difficult to imagine that tlie story portrayed is an episode in real life being enacted before one's eyes. The photographic quality i< admirable. "A Victim of the .Mormons" is the finest of , the West's exclusive Inn? films, which «ro now so acceptable to lovers of Ihe kinrinatograph. ORGAN EKCITAL. The weekly organ recital by Mr. Mauglian Burnett (City Organist), at the Town Hall on Saturday evening was attended by a comparatively large audience, as audiences afth'ese enjoyable recitals go. 'I'he programme was a very fine one indeed, and very, much appreciated by those who were fortunate, enough.'.ln. lie present to judge from their frequent 'demonstrations of approval. ' -As. usual, the recital was opened by an excerpt from .the Bach folio of preludes and fugues for the. organ— the composer's- magnificent Opus in K Minor,'a great .lavourito'with Mendels : solin. by the way. ;A ; Schubert bracket, which included the "Serenade" and. the celebrated "Marche Militaire" (Schubert-. Tansig. arrangement), followed. An excerpt from the album of Berens (late Court Director of Music at Stockholm)— his "Fantasia in C Minor"—was a. delightful number, and interesting (notes Dr. I'earco) as constituting the composer's solo contribution to the literature, of the organ. Sodermnniv's "Swedish Wedding March" (by 'which (he composer is chiefly familiar to English audiences) a bright'. "Allearetto in B Minor" of Guilmani's. and AVagner's descriptive "Hide of the Valkyries" (au old favourite with Mr. Bnrn'ctt's audiences), made up tho remainder "of the o'rganibfs programme. Assisting at the recital was Mr. P. TC. Johnstone, the talented ■Wellington 'cellist, whose contributions, an "Adagio," from Tartini, and Popper's "Hungarian Rhapsody," were quite delightful items. Mrs. F. il. Johnston accompanied the 'cellist.