ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1793, 4 July 1913, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

•TfIEATBE ROYAL. The current vaudeville programme at fhe Theatre Royal is attracting largu nouses this) week, and .will be repeated sgain this evening.- Bletsoe's Crimson Ramblers figure prominently oil the . prosent programme, and the items contributed Dy individual .company are mUch 'appreciated;/ JDeitfos, 1 tie motor-cycle king 7 , appears in a startling turn that seems to fiiid' favour with ttio. audience. The Two l^raiiklins,. in .thijir new sketch "The Messenger- Boy," are also well worth seeing. : / the dandies. ■ Owing to prior bookings,; The Daudiwr will not-appear in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall until Wednesday evening next. . During the interval the company will visit Picton and Blenheim, and will reopen on Wednesday next with a complete, now progrmumu. Their Wellington season will terminate on July 10. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "Les Miserable?," the pictorial representation of Victor • Hugo's • well-known novel, which is at present being 1 screened at His Majesty's Theatre, is attracting large attendances.-.. "LesMiserables," as well us tho supporting items, will be repeated this evening.- - A matinee '■ for children is announced for to-morrow nfternoou. . On Monday night the change of programme will embrace Dickens's "Pickwick Papers," in which picture tho famous character, Sam Weller, will loom very large. THE KING'S THEATRE. "The Sign of Four" at' the King's Theatre continues to attract a large number of people. Sir A. Conan Doyle's ■work appears to be as popular with picture patrons as it is with novel readers. Sherlock Holmes', the well-known detective, is certainly an interesting character, and loses none of his attractiveness when portrayed in the modern manner. The supporting items are excellent, and complete a very good programme. THE EMPEESS~THEATEE. ■ A new programme was screened at the Empress Theatre yesterday. The feature item is entitled "Forgiveness." A young count finds the society of a theatrical star perferablc to that of his wife and doss not trouble to conceal the fact from his wife, who presently becomes ill and dies. Her mother gives the count .65000 for the custody of their child.. The count and the actress plunge into a life of gaiety regardless ■ of. expense. Having spent all their money they end np in the slums, penniless. Slum life does not agree with oithei of theni ami with the greed of gold hard upon them thev join a Bong of burglars and are told off to rob the count's own mother-in-law. They are caught in flagrante delicto, and the count only escapes arrest by revealing his truo name. Eventually he is forgiven and is taken to his mother-in-law's house where he meet*- his daughter who forgives him. "Rule Thy Self," an Edison comedy, is also on the programme. "Our Littlo Pussie," a study nf a cat, and "The Perfidy of Mary" (A.B. drama) are also good items. SHORTTS' PICTURES. ' "Anguish, or tho Hand of- Fate" is the title of the feature item on .Messrs. Shortts' new programme. Tho film is by the Gaumont Company, and involves a •rather glum story. "A Complete -Sportsman," one of Max Linder's coinodies, is highly, amusing and brightens np the programme. "And He Had a Little Gun," a Hepworth sketch, is also funny, but hardly as good as the former item. "The Silent Signal" is the second of the dramatic items. "Thp Capture of a Wild Cat," by the Edison Company, is interesting and educational, and tho latest Pathe Gazette adds general news to tho programme. .