ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"ALADDIN , . ,, ,. There is always a fascination about pantomime, and the .. production kjf "Aladdin" by George WillmigJiby, Ltd., Who eoinracnce their mm nights'- season at the. Opera H*use ta-ni£ltf t .is of mors than wdi-naryinterest-to theatregoers ill this city. Bitire ar© over 250 people engaged in "Alailclm,".. white'the 13 scenes embrace numerous vieiVs of tto Orient, and arc said .to be unusually gorgeous awl striking, for ttair realism. Tho firm's i\e.w "producer, MiLester- Brpra, wlip oafa*- to- Australia trom.KeV. York with a .big reputation, has introduced the "Ragtime Reyuo, , ' in winch the whole of tlio' company ■ promenades o-ver tho heads'of tlie sm* , dieiice in the Stalls, p.erfenwng ragtime movements, white Marcel and Fallonwho were; brought from ■ America, the ■homo of ragtime,' daiifro'the' 'latest of these ireakish movemciita.-' 'The company includes Miss C&rrio.Moore, pMjicipal boy), Miss Orace Palattg (Captain ■of the liinjnwer's Guards), Miss ■ Jia.be) Batebelbr (tie Princess),- Mr. Edward btauloy .'.(Widow 'EVanfcey); and' Sir, lercy Clifton (Abaßazer):' T-hs specialty imported. iiets in "Aliiddin 5, 'include, .peon Mortis aiid hisi-iH-estlhtg ponies, brotrpht froiii Nosy , fork'for fins pfo-dsictie-n—these ponies, -which arc not tour'- ket hig.li, engage- in Wre'Stling bents with John Ita.lgo, a coloured comedian. Tiny Tbt Ma/rj&rie, in her eerobatje and contortion ac% and Morris and Shano. acrobats and aninial iniPBMonators.. 'Wμ bes pjaii fot the first SrtjmMs o£ "Alftddm". is. avatlaUe , at Uk> Dresden, and the day sales a,r« at- ■uhristesoivs.

HIS MAJESTIES THEATR-E.

Tho jjigft-ckss j.r.ogranvmo of nmsio pniSG-nted to patrons of Hfc Majesty's ißijatro last eveHmn by tho "Five Slvisjeal.Lasstes was gr.batjy ajjpreeiatcd by ■ the Inrpc autltentfe. Chief i;a"lo Hiwse, a goiftjmo SJonx Bed Indian, tho j»gsc?b.sor fe| a fiiio bitritaie voice, who appcaftfiift'.fiiH Indian War ttfgaii*, proved to bo liijmeitsel.v popijar; bdirg reoftlSck} sevofal times. Jolly Fftu.ny .Rice, 'impersonator, tlwracterisoil ikrtv LamMr and .Sir Joseph Ward exceedingly wli, A clever ■ little icomedy steteli, "toiii Katss Dwuer 'Prtrty," was provided by •U«fefi. rtud Caibijsse; a ; liefetty hand batawe'er; and Merging CaraTier.-an Australiaii shifsei\ aiid otWr turns ceiiipleteti an .attractive programme. ' THE KINO'S BtfBATR-E. The Shorfeek Holmes ;k'tccti?e photo- ■ plajft. "SJlvw Blaze," a story of the sport'of kings, is tto cftieif jittrnctjon at tho King's Theatre tKs irwk* The film Is of cxcei)tionjlly hiali rnflrit, having been prinhiced undcTthe per* soiial sujtervision of-Sir. Arthur Conah iDoyJe.' , '^'Deifies," s hig'l.K-tass cam'ody by the. Kcy-stoKo Coinpiiiif, k a very .popular feature, Oilier steins on ikprogramme inehitfe' the Vttegrajili camedy "Which?" "Bolter Pays" fa eoro?dy drama), "An Anitaaf Acrobat," 'riihj.jicssio'ns. of FloFCiue" fa scenic study), rtnd ths Ke«- Xealaiid "Anihcatcit Gazette/' Tliis progfa.Hißie will be ieIjaitect each evening tviM Saturday. r TOE MWAKSIA-I^EATRE. fo-day's nt tji-u Britannia T'iot-iiTB Theatre includes V Vitngrapij tcmod.y, "The Fendists," which ' concerns two families, M6sc.t. doer neklibonrs, who flre nt war with cat-h ether. Otjior features inctudc a hnbin drarea, )'The Scapegrace," the- A.'B. film 'Tte Madoiuia o.i : the Stpnn," ".AnttgoHw. Valley," the latest "Gaitnjont "Ants and Grasshttppcrs,-"' and "Jricjjs and Infernal Jlusie" (ooinic). ~THE EMPR.BSS fHJJATIiE. Tiie neVf iM-bgraminc at tho KiaprMS Tlientro eoiitiimoH? pictures to-day and to-night wil) .bring lorwaird an iii-prec* sive Vitagraph drama, "Tito .Docto.i'"s Seeret.'' TJic priiicip.-tls aro two doclars, nnd, ihfi basis of the piny is that one of them has made an ftßjjoTtaaS discovery with ■regiirdto a ttnew ?v*ri>, awl while turn latter is dozing iii his room the other enters and steals a .document cfliltaininw .the sosret eft.'lie. citre. Other films iudude n Civil War draraa, "the I'ride of Batten- |5," "In BeautiM JJritta.«y, M and tITO-cdhipdy skit, " ■fles's Jlei'ry Widow," : WAGNBtiIAN RECITAL, Tlie of heariiiß a Wagnedan organ recital is to be offered tho tmtsi.i;:al full* of Weilingtoi) tMs week by Ml-, iieriiard I'age, the City prgaHist. Mr. l*a-go is.a "ft'aguercnfchusiaet, m<l has a very t-horotigh iioqaai'iitaiiec witJi the Works rtf the great Gornwu master aikl the literatarfi associated.with that masterfal rerpliitiotiary in muisic. For several weeks he lias bcevi hard at work on ,i. jiregratmud "which is cßrehlly calculated t<) giro a- veiry good in&ight into, the wide twigo of Wiigners- ifnOsic, ami tjiero is.little doiibt tot that Mr. J*sige will affotd tho puhjic in oppovtimity to gaits « dcenttr Iviiflivlodgo t>l tlic rate beauties of Wiigiier's liiighty. art. In ?CoW Zealand.'ThVMcfstersMigfers" is perhaps 'as little Itnowii- to "the IJnslj of tkc Goils," yet it'is the lightest aiitl niisst lnwiait of the rojiertoire, It tells of tho old Moistei-siiigei's' Guild of Nuremberg, wills its rigid rules, of Wah tlicr's attempts to gain admission t-o its cojTSorvat-ivG civofc, aiid pf thij victory of art over all barriers. WaltJier represents tho spirit of progress ill Kmsic, ■while in- the MmatesingefS oxiated the spirit of pedairtry. Fi-ott this .fferk we aro to hwvr the ovortwre, wliicli eludes some of the- gpmiino old, Meistefv eiiißoi , twics, whwli Wngiier seiwd ;tp(ui as typifying those ctHhint old ■ poetsiiigors of old. Then tbece is the uplifting "Prfei? Smig," tlw singing of "which the j-oiing ktt.i&M, WflMiei , , wins (tie lic.autiftei Eva'ift tlio cantet for licr liftiKl, a solo timt'serrijs te ilhisti-ato the soaring flight, of 'genius ovpr niertt pctiavilry. ■ ■