ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1990, 21 February 1914, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPEIU HOUSE; "Tho Beggar , Girl's Wedding" w.nis .presented for the last tinio at tlio Qjießi House last evening by tjfo WiMoiighby Dramatic Gompikiiy. Tliis oi-ciiiiig the c(,inii>aiiy will stage ft production entitled: "No Mother to It is a molodriiffla Which. is said to liiiv.o been a success in Australia. To-night at the Opera House, the George Willoughby Dramatic* Company will cuter iiito the, last foiir nights' of the season, when "JS'o Mother to Quids Her" mil be produced. , Bio play is bj Nita Eafij and, as the. titlo implies/deals principally with the- siory of a waif; named Nan., a. Londoner.) who has lio mother to guide iier, Tho child had been handed over to the head.of a gang of burglars by her mother, who prefers the glitter of London society. Aiming tlto seeiie-s are the exterior of a Lontlon ! theatre, the grounds mid of I a Lfliidou inaftsio.ii, tjiO prison; the old j. Bracken Bridge, and ■th.o.ha.iiht of tire burglars, Mr. George Cross.-will appear as Tom i'elharii, a London missionary., and Miss Vera Repice as Nan, the street waif, On Wednesday, the last night, .pf the Season;. "JEitst Lyiio" Will be staged, with Miss ReijieS. as Lady Isabel and Madame Viiic. Tho bos plan arrarigemciits are advertised. •"AutoDttJ." - iii -^- i - On Thursday evening next, February 26,; Messrs. (Icori*o NViJlqjjgtabjr, Ltd'., will present • their "AladcHu"' pan.toI mime at tho Opera Hmise for a brief season. In order to secure ths latest, in the way of productions and novelties.! Cseorgo Wilknighby, Ltd., spccMly imported front New York as produoef jfr, Lester Brown, In "IJaßtimo Keyiic" novelty, which was the talk of Sydney after ttie first performance, the wlwb of the company id their costuiiies innke a parade Mown the fiill length of tho stalls, but over the heads of tho audience, fea.turi.Hg mimljors while ' the culmination of tho ecoiio. shows tho complete company nssenibled on a specially ■teohstm.cted flias oil the stage where several of the tetest daiices aiid ragtime songs arq given with the necessary action and abandon. Tiio big fiast iii "Aladdin" will include such- wellknteivn nrtists as Carrie.. . Moo.ro. .and* Grape Pn-lotta, whife they are .support-*. Ed by Mitbel Batehelor, Nellie Failoii, Percy Clifton, J, P, O'Nciit, Kdivard ; Stanley, r lj!rues^^i.tc.liflr.,. ■ lirathtos aiia oMiers. Pan-' to.hiiine without specWities would be ln-fcohVplet-o . nowadays, but George \Vii- : lo.ughby, Ltd., wjro.fiuecessful.in Beciiri»g front N T e* i'or'k pij.p of. tho . most wondprfut aniiftal actb in i\m World, in. Morris's wrestling {ionics. Vijlerrtino and Bdl porforrii. cycltUK feats; Tiny Tot Marjorio performs ..some ■ (TeJifeisii. poittoi'tion acts s while Morris andShaiut are- tho animal .■if.)i-p.ei'soj)atflre and acr.o*bats of the pantofliiine. Tim bos plan for "Aladdin" Will opon on Sfonda.y next at 9 a.irt.. at tho PrefedeM, whom dress circle and reserved stalls seats may bo reserved at ss. each. H.IS MAJESTY'S THEATRE, Nothing better, has been witnessed in His Theatre than the wonderful Jiorobatic feats of tho llqyal liinlzai Fajnily. SeliSatwu reafliies its lieight When one of tho irialo. ineiniiorji of tho tro'Upo .glides ■swiftly ddivii arope stfetdied from tho lippcr .gallery in the stage, but many • oilier; icflually ■ astonishing fcliotigh , less f'i.sl(J5 f feats are ; .performed'hy the deVer tFanniiiesoi fiqw~ aril's porfcirming boats hiifl <l,o(is ■■ also , provklo sapital entcrtainiiveijt. The pro- ■ grainmo as a whplo i.s varie.dj 4 «nd lifts c6tisidcr(ililo nicfit. 'fhoto wili bo a ■ niatinoo this aft.ewiQon, and thoi tisuai performance in tfas OvelßiVg. . . ' ; THE iHNiiI&EATKE. \ To-niftllt will see screening "' ofi"0ofl Remembers AVhwi the World Forcets," a, inost efffietiw ?itagraph piiow-drania, and thp acconvpijiiyi.ng pragranimp, which includes two films or oxcoptioiial local, interest, in "Anniversary Day YsehtMig Sports, and Early Pioneer Celebrations," aiid '.'Dairying Industry in New Zealand." The? sxiri-.-porting pictures oto a|! .good, notably tho Keystone oomoily "Hoiuze's -Resutrcetion." Uor Bfofiday niglltis •β-hango tlio Jris star feature wilt i>p a B.pecjal Shorloelt licslhios , detective. dranjiXj with a fine repiitatid.ii, eiititlcd; "Silset falaftfii" wlilcli dosvbs with a mystery aitacliing to tlie Subrt of Kin'gs. Tho. usual matinee , of tlio current prdgramiflo takes placo this afternoon at 2»30, THE • The concluding sessions of tho cur-. rent programme of tJi.o Empress Theatrs continuous pictures 'af<» for to-day fliid to-niglit. The. chief attractions include- the Ediso.n Company'. , ) "masterpiece" drama, "The Actress." Another important juclusion ,is the' Lubin Goiiipany's drama, "The Doctor's J Roniaiiee," ft eharnujis child story. "Indian iMirs" depicts a rcmaricable ■ Eastern'trick by sdmo street performers. Tltera i$ a stong siipiwrting. series.■ 'Tim atWetic iilai, "Caiiwnfeicr v. Wells," will be screened for tho last, time -to-day at 12.30 p.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m.i'imd 6.30 puin. A new programme will appear on. Monday. BEI.TANNU"fiiEATRE. '. 'A wild drama, the in wliicli. iiiciude ft baud of.tnliart lullntfiv.-picr' tvired nx.. their liativo .. haunts,. tahes ; a.nroniiiio.nt pkco iw tho pivrreitt $va*' gramme at the Brito'nnia Bftp-: jiortfeg piotjircs inolttilo •"A : Da : j : Hi n. Sailor's , liiie," tho "Gantrtojvt aiul "Tlio- Autocrat of Flap-Jack llun.etion," tljis Ift&t a. ftosnedy wliich. should ljo scon by all who Ibvo a.laugh, five/ , prog.raflihw will bo Soreeiicd to-day and' this eveniftg. • ORGAN RECITAL. : To-mgUt there will bo tlio Vs«ul organ wcita-l «t the Town Hall by tlio ■ City Organist, Mr. B. F. Page, who. ■wilt plsy tlio musiq. to Ibsen's "peer ■ Oynt'." wliicli is periii)*B. the. moß.t pblxutor of ill] (Jrieg'B wwcb. _ Other items 'which -make up an exccodiiigly interest-: iiig ))i-(j*r,im : m.o a.re: "'Air and VariatiotK" (ifpoii a tlteiJi.e of .Hjnael'sX. by Earg-'Blerts; "Toecatfl and Fuciio in D ' liinor" (Dorinn) Bach.; '■'Sle'lo&te" (Rachmaninoff.), ami. w<irk.s.% LoniftttJ,'Mm Sa.o:n.s> and Felix Corbel*. A, .■ Wiigncr recital ■will iio given next Sat-; Urdijy, Febniarj- 28> at $ o'clock.

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