ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1556, 27 September 1912, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PLIMMEE-DENNISTON SEASON. "Nobody's Daughter" was played for the last time last night at the Opera House before a crowded and delighted audience. This evening's -performance will mark the first change of programme, when Oscar Wilde's brilliant comedy in four acts, "A Woman of no Importance," will bo tl presented. In this production Mr. Geo. A S. Tilheradge will bo seen in. tho part « of Lord Illingworth, a cynical, callous- Ji man of the world, a characterisation C which ho has mado world-famous. Mrs. d' Brough will also be seen in her original ol part of Mrs. Arbuthnot. Miss Beatrice d: Day has an exceptional opportunity of fa displaying her ability as Mrs. Alloiiby, a woman of society, and she makes thO a very most of all the many brilliant epi- u grams with which tho play, coming as' ri it does from the brain of so gifted a ii writer, is brimful. Miss Lizetto Parkes will appear as Miss Hester Worseley, a si young_ American, Mr. Harry Pliiiimer, as tl Mr. ICelvil, Mr. Harry Sweeney as Gcr- a aid Arbuthnot, Mr. A. K. Greenaway as si Sir John Pontefract, Miss Beatrice Usher as Lady Hunstanton, Miss Tempe Fipott/ il as Lady Pontefract, and Miss Lua Col- li lins as Lady Stutfiehl. "A Woman of n no Importance" will only bo staged fort'nreo nights and on Tuesday and Wed- li nesday evenings next (tho last two nights a of the season) the management will pro- V diice "A Village Priest," with Mr. Titlier- n adgo in his old part of l'Abbe Dubois. \ The box plans for the remainder of the t season' are now all open at the Dresden.- p FULLERS PICTURES. t Among the best of the pictures on tho t mid-week change of nrogramme at the Skating Rink is a pathetic study entitled ® "Tha Sunset Gun." This is the story ? of an old veteran of tho American war, who is spending his latter days at his 1 daughter's home, and who has always 'J paraded with his old comrades on "Do- j coration Day," when tho roll is called, ' and a salute is fired in- honour of the dead. At last the day comes when, enfeebled. by advancing years, ho can. no longer go on parade, and he listens to the bands from a chair on the lawn. The f sound of the drum and the firing in tho t village square, whore the commemoration f service is taking, placS, recall . tlio. past, t and-he sees in >a vision the battlefield, ( thfe sleepirig-camp, the roll-call, the sun- . set gun being fired, and tho "Last Post." £ He stands to attention, salutes, and then sings back in his chair, dead. "The Ship I of Lions" is a sensational photo-play i wherein a lion-tamer and his partner; a women, pass through a Series of thrilling adventures oil a ship. The skipper falls { in love, with the \Voman, and in his jcnl- ; ousy, the lion-tamer let s tho lions, which ; he has shipped on the vessel, froo' to 1 roam about tho deck. The result is a 1 scene of lively consternation. The play 1 ends abruptly with the escape of tho Skipper and the girl. Amongst othet good films are: "A, Day in tho Life of a Natal Kickshaw-man." "An Indian Summer" (comedy), and "Tho Musical Ride of the Dragoon Guards.".. Tho be 5 repeated this evening. ' THE KING'S THEATRE. ' ' { "Black Blood" is the'title of a sen- t sational Hindu drama which occupies j the premier place on tho picture programme at .the King's Theatre this week, t The story of the play is bnse'd upon the c unholy infatuation of a Hindu medical i student for the pretty wife of his. Eng- 1 lisli friend, and of the Oriental's sinister £ scheme for tho wrecking of a happy home t and the gratification of his passion. Tho i culmination of the drama is, happily, tho discomfiture of the. Hindu, and tho vin- t dicationof true love and fidelity.. Tho i supporting films are of commendable merit i and entertainingly varied. • The. Series will t bo screened again c.this. evening. and also to-morrow afternoon "and evening. For. i change, of programme tho management is starring a magnificent historical drama founded on Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake," said, to bo one of tho best of recent kinematograpli productions. c — i THE NEW THEATRE. i At the New Theatre to-day there v. ill ! be an entire change-of programme,-which wjll introduce a "feature" drama, "The i Glamour of the Footlights." This is stnt- , ed to bo an attractive modern play, which n has already achieved a considerable upu- i tation. "An Indian Summer" is sai t to ' be a charming character study. The'fther subjects include "The Western C'oa-t of ' Italy," "Topical Budget," "Two Over- ? coats.''' "Don't Touch It," and "The S! er- 1 ill's Friend." j SHORTTS' THEATRE. "I/>ve Unconquerable" is a shortpioture drama of the highest order which is now being shown at Shortts' Theatre in Willis Street. Max Linder is the author of. the piece, and tho chief actor in it. Max is i in love with a pretty girl, tho prettv girl -1 is much in love with Max, but ner father < loves Max not at all. The course of the ' "true love" proves to bo very far 'rom ] smooth. Max visits the hostile parent's i house, but is told that he cannot see the • girl, and that she will not be allowed to lrfarry an actor. Max resolves not to be turned down. Ho waits at the door of 'ho residence and catchcs a smile from his sweetheart as she goes out, and at the same timo the angry father threatens Max. Max rides behind tho cab, and arrives at the tea-rooms along with his lover and her father. Unnoticed bv fa her he hides under tho table, but when his presence becomes known there is high commotion in the place. The father de'cides to go to Switzerland to avoid Max. In the railway train, father wonders why his daughter is throwing kisses, in the direction of the rear compartment. He looks out, and Max, expecting to see an other face, throws a kiss. On the Orst opportunity tho raging parent hires a epecial train. Max is not permitted to board it, there is nothing at the rear of '.lie train for him to sit on, but he ties .a donkey to the last car, and boards tne quadruped. The screamingly funny n?lit of Max and the donkey being pu'lcd along by the- train ensues. And so on— by some means Max appears wherever the girl and her father go. Out mountaineering one day the father falls over a precipice.. Max rescues him, and demands the girl. Father refuses, so Max pushes'l'un \ back over the cliff. Max. bargains beloro ! the rescue this time, but the father wes . back on his word. A new'.inove is then tried. A newspaper announcement is art ranged for; and tho father reads in Ihe press that, a marriage between his dangli--1 tor and Max has been arranged. Filher flies into a rage, and tells Max that ho will now have to marry the girl. Max declines, but consents at tho point of a nistol. And so the. day is won. "The Portrait of Ladv Anne" and "The Couthman's Revenge" are both good pictures, and the Gaumont Granliic contains much of passing interest. Some new pictures will bo screened to-day. THE DANDIES. Tho Dandies continue to make fun nuij give eniovment in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall. Mr. Claude Hammer's fund of liumour has not been exhausted vet. Mr. George Morgan,- 05iqc(lian ant! danccr, Messrs. Peacock and Wood, vocalists, and Misses Hilda fane, , Evelyn Ward, and Irene Vere. voca'ists, ! have all become popular .with Wellington j playgoers. , DICKENS . COSTUME FESTIVAL. ; Tho Dickens costumo festival, whieli is , to be orodured in the large Town Hnll , next Wednesday-evening under tho direc- . tio'n of Mr. J.'K Montague, promises to j be a success. Tho t>romotors Ftnte that t when it was put: 011 in Auckland hundreds 1 wcto turned away, and the entertainment had to b? • repeated to nn • ''overflnw house. Tho trial scene, ''BardeU v. Pick- t wick." is one of the lendinp features, and ; Mv. MnninßUft has pone' to great trouble *• in securing tho services of very capable exponents of the various rolcvs. The full propramm* will be announced tomorrow. r The box plan is now open at the Dresden;