ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2001, 7 March 1914, Page 13

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"ALADDIN." t To-night tho ftaal performance of Aladdm ' will ho given in tho Opera House. Tiiis afternoon- t'iicro will bo u matinee. Great success lias so far attended tlio-production of tlio ihcco here.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATHK. A vory entertaining vaudeville pr* gramnio will bo put en at His jLijosty's 'Ineatre this week. Tho nrtists includo: Sidney Bach, tl>o "Wel-sh entertainer; George Bowley, American diMioer; Tom Leonawl, comedian; and Jliss Agnna ItaweSi soprano ba'fladist. Tho cmW ahlo tmn provide! hv the Jlusical Lassies v.jll bo presented for the last tiiuu to-mgjtt.

"THS MIRACLE," For Monday Most tiro nsaniigcnient of tho King's TheiUrc announces the first production in Wellington of the famous representation of Piofcs.sor Mas Reinnardt's vvordless religious invstery play "The Miracle," or "It ,Was"a Dream."" Jfic play is sliovvn by atrsngctnont with Ht. lieairaiont Rsliith, ivho white in Kurland pnrckisod the Australasian rights. When first produced at QJympia, Loadon, with a cast of livings" actors and actresses and embellished by i'lumperdinck's wonderful music, a se.ieetio). from which, was reeeiitly .played iijjro by tho Artillery Band., the success achieved was very maAed. Thousands of persons weft stated to be concerned in the production, and finding it altogether too Wgo to tate into the. proviiifies, the management had the otttiro perform" aiice reprorlucsd in motion pictures and p-resented at tlio.Roysil Opera House, Co-vent Garttcji. Tito rights of Tlumperdinck's mu&ic were scoured., aiid #iis latter was arranged to syneliranise with th© action in tlw pictured story. The result is said to luivo exceeded all expectations, and t?» Cogent Garden performance is cited as rivalling the Qlynipia produetbii. Nest Monday's representation is from the same negative, -as that given at Cowht Garden, and it is therei'or-c an exact copy. Choirs, dioris* ters, ntid auxiliaries will lend realism to the story, while the King's Orchestra has beon coßSictorably augmented to cope vvith Hnnvpetdiaek's music. Box plans for tlio season wilt open to*day at 10 a,m. at \k(> Dresden.

EMPRESS THEATOK "An t'nseen Terror," the Kalem Cfinipa-iiy's scnsat-iottal dratiia, and tho supprting bill at tho EmpKsss Ilt«tre will he screened for tho lait tiW to-day iind 'to-night. Tte leading subject deals with tho _ ex.perinuces of a joitng mari who stadias eriminotogy. Despite, his. fiancee's entreaties, hs persists in hits researches, and eventually, ihreug'h Ms theory, is successful in .discovering the man who caused the- death of Ins father, "The Engineer's Revenge" is an sxdfcing story of American railway life, by the Lnbin Company. v A study of an interesting eliaractor ia eirtuodwd in "Marine Sheffiish;" fflio S.. and A, Cora-pauj' presents a pleasing Western drama, "3*ite Miner's Request."

CECIL HAINES'S RECITAL, ■ Arrangements are .now well in hand for the. farewell W-".ita.l which is being tendered littlo Cecil Hames on March 20', An intorestiiig. and novel progs;amine has/been .arranged, which includes < scv* cral of. Dfekftas's obfttaoter sketelies, tho nva<i tea party scene Jironi "Alice in Wonderland, dainty chudwn's daftees (inoiuding tho Tango), and several otttor items wlifeli vill in yew to Wdlihgton hudieuces. a capital even' ing's entertainment is irroiuHed.