ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1448, 24 May 1912, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"EfF/imVOMAN." A very largo audience witnessed the performance of the morality play. "Everywomnn," by Miss Hilda Spring and company at the Opera House last evening. The play will he repeated tonight, to-morrow night, and Monday night. The last three nights of the season will mark a representation hero of Ilnddoji Chambers's very .successful comedy-drama, "Passers By," which enjoyed a record run in New York mid London. .As Margaret Summers, Miss Hilda Spong will appear in a totally different kind of character to that of

"jiverywoiiiaii," and Mr. William Desmond as Peter Waverton is, it is said, seen at his very best. Peter Waverton, a young Knglish bachelor of means returns to his rooms one .night to find his ni<mferva;!it entertaining a cabman off tile neighbouring rank. He is very much annoyed at the breach of trust, and the servant receives notice on the spot. But sonio words of the mail, nnd a conversation with his fiancee over the telephone, put Waverton in a different frame of mind. The folk who pass bv his rooms in Piccadilly have a sudden'interest for him. lie decides to have some of them in to see him. These people are human beings of the great motley world; they are real passers-by, not puppets by mean's of whom the dramatist "discharges his shafts. The tramp, with his pitiful contentment and his preference for vaga- ■ bondage to rrspoclability, is the most arresting character, but "all have something distinctive abaut (horn —the touch of a man who goes to life for his materials, and knows how to use his tools. There are at least two scenes that aro perfect of their kind—the interview with the trump, a:id that between Waverton and tiie three women —and the average level of the construction is quite unusually high. While homage is frequently paid to the comic muse, again nnd again one's deeper feelings are touched. THE THEATRE ROYAL. Interest and variety are the characteristics of the vaudeville programme at the Theatre ltov.ai this week, the star turns including tiie Reese Trio (expert instrumentalists), "!U Petite Laurie" (child contortionist), Sylve.sta, the court magician, nnd Nellie Koilo (balladist), and J'rank Aorke, the entertaining "corner" man. The performance will be repeated this evening. A CLEVER CHINESE MAGICIAN. . At the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next. AVong Toy Sun, the Chinese magacian. will make his hist apnearance before a Wellington audience. AVong Toy Sun spent many years in his workshoii to bring his act to ils present state ot peileciiou. Recently he has been appearing at the leading Australian theaties wild marked success. He j 5 a bly assisted by several of his own countrymen garoed in the national dress of the'land ot tiie rising sun. He works qniclcly and sifwuly with unerring certainty. Tho spectators are said to be completely mvstihed by his dexterity and subtlety as a magician. * FULLERS' PICTURES. A new programme was presented at the SKatmg Link last evening. As usual it was well diversified, tho pictures ranging f «"» « very beautiful illustration of one 01 l°in Moore s graceful poems to the wildly comic. In between came a vci-v good modern American drama, entitled Moilier s Love," very charmingly acted indeed. A young man, who loves his mother very dearly, obtains a vacation, daring which lie meets and marries a pretty widow with a .seven-vear-ohi son. lliey reside with the mother until th» wife becomes petulant at the lova her husband so openly bestows on Iris mother, in his absence there is an outburst, as the result of which tho old ludv leaves rhe home and interests herself 'in the Penny Providence Fund. On n day tho young couple miss their son, who has been lured away and then kidnapped bv an Jtaiian organ-grinder. The youngster in his garret prison accidentally drops a locket enclosing his father's portrait from the window, ami it is found bv olio of the tiny contributors (a the Fund', who when paying in her weekly penny shows it to the old lady, who immediately recognises it. She. gets the little girl to show then; where sho found the locket, and with two officers of the law secures the child and has the kidnappers arrested. Meanwhile the young couple have been distracted at the ioss of the boy, and the fact that lie haS been recovered by the mother brings about n happy reconciliation.. Tho illustrated poeiji referred to is that about Emma, tho farmer's daughter, who becomes tho beautiful Lady of Hosna. It is perfectly presented. Other good pictures are: "A Problem in Reduction," "A Spanish Dilemma," "Sign of Three Labels,"

"Early Morning Reflections." "The Handicap," "Australian Patho Gazette," "The Archipelago, Stockholm/' ami "Harpooning Whales." TIII3 NEW THEATRE. The principal "feature" at the INew Theatre of to-dav's complete change will be "loin's Promise," which is described by tile management as a captivating Indian romance, by the American Biograph' Company. The story is said to be well conceived, while the acting and scencry are also stated to be particularly fine. The romance centrfe on an enchanting little Indian girl, who is rescucd from white desperadoes by an heroic young white prospector. Just how the Indian girl repays her reseller is belter left to t!ie picture to disclose, but tho ending is distinctly pleasing and ;ipt to leave a nice impression. Tho study of wild creatures, animals or birds, is to some an attractive pastime, and its charm is depicted in ''Birds of Moorland, Marsh, mid .Meadow.'" The management add that a drama of everyday life by the itepulilic Company, entitled "The lfeckoning," has already established a reputation in other countries. Other pictures are:—"Wonona's Broken Promise," "The Grip Snatcher," "The Colonel's Canary," and "Joe Becomes a Plumber." The new programme will he shown from 11 a.m. till 11 o'clock io-night. KING'S "THEATRE. Sarah Bernhardt, tho celebrated actress, is still the chief attraction at tho King's Theatre, where she is to be seen in one of her most famous impersonations, that I of Marguerite Gautier, in Dumas's drama, "Cainii'io," which is well known to <ill playgoers. Although bereft of the Hues. and the "golden voice" of the great actress, her transcendent talent must be apparent to all. Anion? the new pictures shown last evening was a typical American drama called "To Save Ilcr Brother." It is the story of a district attorney's son, who, attracted liy a get-rich-quick advertisement, impulsively steals money from his father's safe, just at a time when his father has hecn commissioned to investigate tho affairs of tho company responsible for the advertisement. Knowing that all the mail matter will pa" through his father's hands, and realising the disgrace that will follow, the youth be.Ts the assistance of his sister's nauce, v;ho agrees to stick ui) the mail coach, rob the mail, and so secure the compr.nv's letter. This he does siiccessfullv. but through a button which iris been torn off Jack Morton is arrest-

ed. and is about to admit his guilt, when the .vontli confesses his trim*. and .Tuckis reinstated into everyone's favour. Other extremely iuterc=Kn>r pictures are "The Pell of Pe.nanee," a cfory cf the ralifnrTiinn Mission, and "Seized by a Dancing Fit" (comic!. On Monday ne\t an _ exclusive picture entitled "The Coffin Ship" will be screened. RHOTJTT'K THEATRE. The new programme of pictures at Shortf's "Continuous" Theatre to-day will include a realistic _ war drama entitled "Little Miriam," "The Amateur Plumber" amusing comedy!, picturosqu-> scenes from Padua. "The Hospital Raby" (drama tieV "The Price of Her Silence" (n rollicking farce), and "The New Dress," an emotional drama. THE ADELPHI. The lino programme of pictures at The Adelphi, ihe new kinematograph theatre which was successfully opened on Tuesday evening last', continues to attract, a. .'hare'of public patronage, all parts being 'crowded lust evening. The shir attraction is "The l.etl Falcon," a very line photo-play founded on the Italian romance of Hianca Capclla. The supporting items aro also of excellent quality. M"tin? r >'■nd r.voninc exhibition? ar» nnooud«4 for to-monw