ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1626, 18 December 1912, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

|■ .' ' "ON OUR SELECTION." :-| "Steele.RiiddV.stories of life in the outa back of Australia: are almost as'- well i known in tho colonies as the imperishable J? works of Dickens, and have achieved'that fi popularity through their fidelity to the types to be found by the score''auiong the 15 "cocky" settlers of the great'back country $ of the Australian continent. In "On Our j; Selection" now being played by the Bert. jf Bailey Dramatic Company, these characs tors are made to live by' the efforts of a f { very capable company, tho mem birrs, of 'it which have evidently been selected' on 'jj their personalities. The. Dad of ' -Mr. j! ; Bailey is an exceptionally good performi ,- auce, anil tho Davo Kutld of Air.- Bertram. :' is another performance which '-could', not i.' I very well be bettered. Each character ap-. •: i pears to .be born to the roles played, and '<■. j tho result is a most entertaining eomodyi. drama that smacks of the soil. "On Our ;; I Selection" will b& played for the next a |. week. | .".. THEATRE ROYAL. !; "The Five Olraes," an unusually.clever i team of five acrobats, are the chief attracr, tion.at the Theatre Royal now. Their s turn contains many daring and difficult ? feats, all performed with unerring ac- ? curacy and apparent ease.. They are'eerl tainly among the best performers of their fj class that have appeared under tho; Brenj. nan-Fuller management. The Crimson i-jj Ramblers are to appear .for one week only, i and it may'be expected that crowded auiiis ences will continue to go to the theatre f and see these two. excellent sets of artists. ;, The other performers, continue to make I the programme a varied and enjoyable & one. | KING'S THEATRE. jf An, exceptionally interesting programme S of new pictures, which are. remarkable for \ their steniliness and clarity, was sqreened j at the King's Theatre last evening. Among f; the best is the dramatic sce'na entitled | "The Golden Cage,".in which that fasein- '■;. ating picture actress, Saharet, figures to i advantage. "Flirt or Heroine," "Two j; Cinders,", and "The Seven Darlings" are j?, 'also', story films of high merit. This _■■•■,: week's programme is one which can with •confidence 'be recommended to picturelovers. ' .:. THE NEW THEATRE. Very satisfactory 'attendances prevailed yesterday afternoon and evening at the New Theatre continuous pictures, when the current programme was repeated. The leading item is the sensational detective drama "On the Track of the Cork- ' screw Gang," which provides three-quar-ters of an hour's thorough.entertainment. "A Mixed Affair" (A.B. comedy), and "The_Grit-of the Girl Telegraphist" . (Kalein drama') • are also conspicuously , popular. The bill will be repeated , today and to-nigiit for the last time. There will be a complete change to-morrow. SHORTTS' THEATRE. "Old Robin Gray," one of sthe Vitagraph. Company's very best productions, was • screened at Shortts' 'Theatre, in Willis Street, last night, and proved a great attraction. Owing to numerous-bookings elsewhere, the film could only be shown for the one night. The remaining-pic-tures in yesterday's excellent bill will be screened for the last time to-day. They iuclude a thrilling drama, "The Great Steel Secret," "Her Grandchild" (Vitagraph), "An Unexpected Fortune" (Solig), and Pathe Gazette. The theatre is open continuously from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. . THE EMPRESS THEATRE. "His Lost' Memory," an elaborate Nordisk drama, supplemented by a fine 6et of " up-to-date photo-plays, continues to be a i big attraction at the Empress Theatre i continuous pictures, which drew crowdj cd sessions yesterday afternoon and even- 1 ,'■ ing. Among the favourite studies are: j. "Friends" (A.8., love story), "The Paraj site" (Kalem drama), "A Disappointed Mamma" (A.B. comedy of the seaside), !.' and "Gaumont Graphic" (affording-close views of the Tsar, Tsarina, and their .. son). The programme will appear for the last time, to-day and to-night. Tos morrow the new series will be headed by ' a notable European success, "The Unwritten Law," a romance of music-hall life. The staging of the piece is said to he costly, 3 and the principals are leading Continental performers.

"GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGOERD." . The "going" quality of "Get-Kich-Quick .Wallingl'ord," which is to be staged at the Opera House on Boxing Night by J. C. "Williamson, Ltd.", is stated to havo been a revelation to the Australian theatrical profession, and how it is secured has been the subject of much discussion. Mr. I'red Nible (Wallingford) recently explained the method to a Sydney, newspaper. "It is what we call 'team' acting in America," he said. "That is everybody acting for the good of the show, as against .striving for individual success. This company works for tho .good of the piece. None of us care whom the laugh, comes from, so long as they come, and ..we go.risht after them for each other, just as much as if we were ■catting them ourselves'." i The cast.-.of "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford"., includes Messrs. Ered. Niblo, Harry Corson Clark, E. Perry Bush, Cyril. French,; James B. Fanning, Edwin Lester, : Lowden Adams, Fred Cambourne, Arthur Glynn, David Jefferson, Henry Matsuinoto, George Whitehead, H. H. Wallace, Sydney Smith, John De Lacy, Fred.- Cambourne,' Robert Greig, and Misses "Beatrice Holloway, Margaret Dale-Owen, 'Maud Wingfiold, Rosalind Smeaton, Marion Dunn, and Enid Bennett. The plan will be opened at.the Dresden on Monday next. STUDENTS' CONCERT. To-night, at the Town Hall Concert . Chamber, Madame Mueller's students will appear in choruses, quartets, trios, duets, and solos. A feature of the programme will be Alfred Hill's beautiful "Waiata Maori" song—one of his latest compositions, written for solo and chorus. The 3s. and 2s. tickets may be reserved at the Dresden without extra charge.