ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1733, 25 April 1913, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE BLUE BIRD.". "The Blue Bird,'" the charming play which* defies description in ordinary work-n-day language, was repeated at tho Opera House last night. Again tho theatre was full, and the largo audience was mystified and delighted all tho time. As an example of exquisite staging and good production generally tho piece is ono of tho best "The Firm" have ever offered to New .Zealand theatre-goers. "Tho Blue Bird" will be repeated this owning, and on Saturday afternoon thero \vill bo a matinee performance. To-morrow's matinee will be it farewell one. and to mark tho occasion the management will present a "Bluebird" brooch to every: child in tho audience. THEATRE ROYAL. A. variety show which is unusually attractive is being shown at tho Theatre Royal noiv, and last night as usual thera was a good audience. Tho company includes a pair of jugglers ana sharpshooters, a troupo of gymnasts, and sev-' oral. purveyors ' of. ' comedy i in various guises. Next Monday , "Tho Heraldos" will commence a season of one'.'wcek., ■ HIS MAJESTFS"THEATRE. The big theatre in C-ourWay Place has been well filled during the current week, and the, programme presented is a remarkably' goodjonei i«Thereyaro two fine dramas, "On the.'Steps of "the Throne,'" aad "A Marriago of Convenience," and a novel feature film shows Phyllis Dare, tho famous London comedy actress of picture-postcard fame, and George Grossmith. associated in several freak dances which, have been the craze among the many crazy peoplo in New York ancl elsewhere lately.

THE KING'S THEATRE. For two nights lotiser the. (picture drama "The Weaker Vessel" will ba shown at the King's Theatre. The play is. an elaborately embroidered romance, and the picture is a beautifully coloured reproduction of a play that has been extravagantly mounted for the kinematograph. Two very fine. supporting, pictures are "The Dandy," and "Signal of Distress."

THE NEW THEATRE. A sensational dramagraph. entitled "Tho Cracksman's Daught,' is the premier picture of tho present programmo at tho New Theatre. A burglar's daughter is ■' the heroine of the story, and her fatiier and a younjj accomplice proceed' to rob a house. The girl's father is shot ok being discovered, out his accomplice, who escapes, warns the girl that if she marries anyone else he' will kill her. , The girl, however, marries, and tho burglar* (with an assistant) attempts to carry ■ out his threat, but a timely intervention saves her. . "The Latent Spark," a drama of the Western typo, ana "The Temptress," are among the other pictures. SHOETTS' PICTURES. A now series of pictures was screened at Shortts' Continuous Picture Theatre yesterday, tho star item being a'.capital Vitagraph study, entitled "Sis O'clock." The plot deals with' the speculation of a business man, who finds himself in an awkward position by being'faced with'the problem of having to find ,£IO,OOO, by 6 o'clock in the evening. Other pictures are:—"Little Jack O'Connor,'' "The Banger's.Horse," and "A Hero's Reward." The programme will be repeated to-day. EMPRESS THEATRE. "The Executioner's Seoret"is the title of. tho star pioture of the current programme at the Empress Picture Theatre.. A synopsis of the picture is as follows:— King John orders Titta, the executioner, to burn out.the eyes of Princo Godfrey, who is a prisoner in the Tower, but Titta has a blind daughter and not wishinr to inflict such suffering on another mortal he aids tho Prince in escaping and surreptitiously carries food to his place of concealment, informing King John that ho is dead. Disbelieving this the King crders Titta to be tortnrcd. During an attack on tho castlb Titta escapcs and crawls away to Prince Godfrey to guide Um b3ck tothe throno room, where ho succumbs to injuries received. "A Hero's Reward," "The Story of an Overcoat" (comic), and "She Must Elopo" aTO anions tho best of other, pictures shown.