ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

I HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ■ I It- is somo tim* since .a ■ vaudeville i programme of euch : gentrons prbportious as thai to b». submitted by the Brcnnan<Fnllcrs managofflonl. this evening lias b&cii ijre«ente.d in Wellington. Tim Musical Lassies, a quartet of young ladies from tho. "Jand of ihe wooden ■ham," are instrumentalists of .more I lhaii average- ability.. ' Each is a. sole ! artist, and their; concerted immbers.aro said to ho excellent; Also hailing from tiro United States is Chief Eagle-Horse, a genuine. Sions'svarrbr, who is the possessor of a hiajiaificent. baritone voice. Hβ appears in tho full i.galia of liis,tribe. , Jolly• Fanny Sice is known as "metrily, cheerily, verily, I votirs," and is'said to' abundantly earn ber reputation for jollity ..in- the, course <}i her entertainment. OLsas. Zoli, oharactfiT jfflpcr&oijator, Vernade, liandbakucer,- ancl Cariton and ■• Button, pat-ter,-artists,, are other VVeWj and, Carbasse, Horrard-'s beai-s, a»d' Margaret- Coraber will also appear. THE ■ KIJf&'sTHIATEE. To-night's pairojis at --this pojmlar theatre -will b© iutrot3ucedfor,tne. first time- in Wellington to'Mr.-Wi'Uiarß Giltettfl, the fanKHls..Aiti«s-ican-actor, supported by. his'-New. York ■■Coiapauy,- JJi t)r. A. Upaan Doyle's great dfctectire drama > -"ITie Silver • Blase," quits,Vecently prod-dc«d fqr the "binemateigraph ufider the' 'pasonaJ '-'supervision .-..0f : CoH-aa espiess. JMs ydeljglrt -hith .' tße rewj.lt; ■. Mr.' j (iilfet'tej who -appwars 'in 'the play as that. ao'st., jemarifcable of all' fictie-tial detectives, ;"sterloi;k Holnieß," . is'., a. playwright as -ttoll asa. pfeysr;'.and', was I the ' first. to adapt Doyle's.-'works for the stage, • He was the , 'original "Slief-. lock Hotaesj" and -achieved mtibh:success. in the characfer - iii Eiiglaud . and America, tho .'Keystone . coip^dy, I "Bafites/.'-is-.^©scribed .as'-an-'inijnitabje I skit on the popular "Raises.' ,: ' Other, subjects to.be shown in'stipport are:— "Better Days" (Vita, draaia),. ~" : Ah Annual Acrobat" (Pafche-crfoiir), "lApressions of 'Florence": (Cine's .sceufe), I Which ?" (Vita. •• comedy). ■ "Patlie's English Gaaettee," apd.."lSW:Zc.ita'nd • Animated ■■ News." Seats for afly- ereniag maj , bo reserved, attlie Dresden. l .. "AtiADDIN.f - '■-.'. More than ordinary ■interest will attach to. the revival . by',"George Willoughby's productJM of""Alad-rliji" that i 3 place at : tlio Opora--HdiiEe on Thursday evening tteat. the; book,which is by-that well-known.-fairy'-lale writer, A. E. Martin, •' has .been brought, right Tip to date, -New- songs, gags, ■■ and novelties haxe ■ beea'-.intro-duced,; The east 'is'- esceptioaaliy stfoa.g, and includes such weH-knov/n artists as Carrio Jfoore, Grace l'alotta, Mabel Batchtlor, S!watd:Stanley, Percy Clifton, Ernest.Pitcher, -Bert- Barton, and- a - host ..of ; otier fevurites.. . A big-feature aade of ; America« -latest "of- .iragtinie : ,revue—pro- , vides a grand. finale to --.'the : first act, The scenery -inctu-fe the settings: .q-f I '-'-flio-'Caro of a. Thqueand.. Wouders"' and "The Prinee-ss-Cliatnber," a beaiitiW setting in ia : ce. -. - : Tbe'.specialities jfnetade JJeoa . Martls - aad, his ,wris.tlifi.g : jo'ni'es,' Tiny Tot' Mar)6*ie ■ (the. .roarvelmn'B,' child.' cbntortibaist),;Marcelle and iFaJlin (Antefipa's:. expert ragtinie 1 dancers), -MorrisVa.jid> --Sliaad (animal- [ ifflpersbflatars).'-' . = The ■ has: plans- open ; this, .tnofnii'igat-O o'olock-at-the Dres- | &- a ' '-,■■.'■'■■-. ■'.-'. I ' -BR.ITAXXU' THEATRE.'_ " : , "'The,Other Wdman," ■ % ■ Vjtagraph star, drama, featuring , tiiose -popular popple liK) Dolaaey. and Norma MOiadg© is the principal attfa'CtiQa of tiday's iiew'pzograiaiae at the Britannia • ■ 3'lia pl(st is an interesting' one. A Kpstern-story.of more than usiral in« rarest k ,f Jhe Cactus Country Lawyer.-" An appealing slid sym.patliotifl lp\*e roi manc&, "Tho Fly-leaf 'of. Fate," ty'the Company, is presented -on I popular lines, while a banquet, of j laughter- is the ■ description of I "JJepheiin'e Duel." ... THE''EMPRESS THEATRE. ' TTie Edisea Company's lengthy "fea* ; hire" drama '"Alexia's Strategy"'will I be the sta-f attraction of to-day's new } pragraiuiDe of the' Empress 'flieatre tinuous ■ picturfiS. ' The stttfject is said I to. be McoiHmenly .interesting, and ife Sis -realistically iafopretei.' The jjioimtings are said to , b.e exceptionally tog, aiid t&e'general aerit of'the prodac-' tion is abandaptly. evident.. Among the most frapdrtant of t-hes sttppprtihg itertis are "The- Outlaw' , (Vjtagfapi drama), ';Pv!-co Cultivation"- (Pat-he's industrial study), and. a selection of conjadie-s. ' ARRANGING A BENEFIT,k public Keetiiig is to 'Lβ held in cfto.ef tjio edismittec. rooms of sth-e Town-Sail- tjiis evening,' to njakearrajigeavettts to tender Ceei} Haines ar eoaiplimetttafy fare\vejl, ooficert, 'prior.To lier. departure; to ■ Sydney, ■• During the., past two' or three;years- this,:tsleiitefl -ch;ild ; his congta,i!%-be>eii; before tho "Weliingtoft public, and- her recitationsaad character sljetohes liave. always delighted iCer aud;iettces,' v ORGAS RECITAL, .y Mr.. Bernard F, Page's, weekly, cipaj ergaa recital attracted .-.a fftir aftddencfr an Saturday eM]iii).g,'w!ben tlae various items: comprising the progratnnie were dolight-filly,-played, Tbe''opening liuiaber was KaTg'Ktert's "Air ana Variations-" (apo-a a- theme '■ of-'Han-del's) . _■ Tsie_ erga'Aist qtasokly' got" 'into j touch, with his-'atldifince, and Wd : -their i gttoiitioa until the cJasiiig.-bariaf -tie lasi'unnj.ber. ■ Agora ja an.array of ! jeWdls was Bach's. "Toccata aiwl -S'tigue i hi D minor" (Parian), , considered.to.'be ; oiks of. this composer's.finest' cpijiposiI irons. 1-b.o flowing tlieme of-thV.-Tap-cata- nioverneut. c'aUs foi' thft ■ highest sympathetic' development, .■ whili the : fttgue'-i.S'.distinguished for.its elab'&rate. t-ecbuibal character.-, A pedal B.hate'is 'introduced- towards the end,. aiid the climax.- is. parked: hy ott empha,ti<! eiitry . of -tfe. ftriiicipa.l thettie oii , the • pedals.' ! Mr. pg-ge's interpretation.of' tliis-intri-cate'number wa-s grcetoi -Kith,; stisfnirifed appkus-6. Tho' - Eussiaij . composer, Raelintajiinoff,.■ was..introduced to- tlta .audience in. , iis'charming; "Melodic," tile' strong' personality arid, character 'behind .the notos was brought out to-a marked degree. The PeeV Gyrifc 'smte (Oroig) was as wide, in its raugo as it! ■ was ia-r-reacling in its: power. Divided into four separate t'homes,'. the "whole combined.to malie a.pfodiictioii w-ert-by' ■ of-'the-great -master. Opo-mug/wit-h a ' beautiful nietedy C.'JMorniiig-iflo.od"), tho r rnusio swffis te carry the fragrance , erf

the cmuposfec's native pino woeds. ijito tho conceit room. The'strange; haunting harmonies of- "Ase's Beath" hd-ve ao almost magical effect, and, in s'Anitra's Dance" there is an Oriental distiiiotion very pleasing and attractive.The last morentent, "The Hall of the Mountain Kuig,"'is'reaarfeabte-for- its individuality, of design. Othe-r items on tiie programme were frern tl», albttms of Leraare, Saint-S&ens, 'aud. Felis Corlißlt. For noxt Saturday a AVagnerian recital is announced.