ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2124, 16 April 1914, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

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'■" :i'ha- AinorienirMusical BuHcscjiip Compasly; appuared.again last-evening in the vaHclovilliHmiiijfarro-i'omedyV-'A- Day at the. Races,'?.;, succeeding .'.-? i'ii...'--; amusing » Ikiso■■ WilhV;aoJiking Tor"''"thiil''class ■ nt ™tortainm«utV;:Wl'iw'chief 7un-makeis aro Messrs. Bort'i-Lo'■ Wane and.l'aul otanlioi)!?,--! ivhoi-us'UiOuis Gloom \ and Mike Joy create considerable merriment by their comic unties and snymgß." Miss Ekitto Ravcusburg, as. a lady "crook," who is. equally nt homo' in taking down her admirers as.sbo.'is in squaring jeekoys- to do tlia...wrong thing,' cuts a graceful figure'and .sings, .well. "A Pay at the, Races" -will '.be produced again ■ to-night and .to-morrow -night. Oft Balm-day evening if will'"give placeto "The- Grafters,"-a. burlesque comedy, which'is said;;t,o have found favour in ... ; . ■ :

i'he company will also give & tango ten. on Saturday afternoon,-'when tiro tango, as well as other now dances, will bo performed. Seats may bo booked for tho tea at the Dresden. ■-.. -. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Patrons of tho Brennnii-Fullcr Company at His Majesty's Theatre are being treated to an excellent programme this week.' Tho rota of artists is a long one, and some/of tho turns aro really capital. Tho Juggling Normans, who specialise in Indian club juggling, are astonishingly, expert, and tim wonders they perform during the. ten minutes they aro on the stage havo to ba seen tq be appreciated. 'Woodward and Page, musicians, trick cyclists, and dancers, are clever performers, who interest and amuso the wliole time. Biff and Do Armo, the Lee Chandlers, the Dupro Bros.. Ma'ntoll's Mnriotfo-ttes, Winifred Stewart, Kiiigsloy and Graham, Sharratt'and Lang, "and Morau' and Cahill all contribute- successfully to a- very satisfying bill.

. KING'S THEATRE. Tho Napoleonic picture always fasemates, and that fine film which (races tho wonderful career of the great Napoleon Bonaparte from his coronation to tiro final scone ■• at St, Helena, now taring' shownat tho King's Theatre, is of un-; usual interest, rtnd naturally is attracting large attendances. Another picture that makes a strong appeal to cvery'oko is entitled "His. Majesty the %bv." It depicts the delightful antics of a curly-headed baby 'With a sue-: cession of _ wild animals, that are evi* : dently trained to regard the child as mcred. Still, it keeps olio jumping A-ith expectancy to see the baby in sach close contact with animals "that' are generally conceded to bo untameable. There will be a matinee on Sat-, ufda.y afternoon. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. j "The Yellow Jack," tie Celio Com-1 pany's sensational "feature" drama, will be .the chief draw of to-day's new < programme of the Empress Theatre continuous pictures. Two eonsins-, Dr. j George Le-bot and Charles Lebet, an on-, gineer, believe, their- wealthy undo i will make them his heirs. J>i\ Lebet'l successfully treats an apaeha who be- j conies stricken with "yellow jack"—the deadly yellow fever, 'f he apache swears ' everlasting gratitude, and -undertakes to do anything the doctor wishes. The doctor becomes heavily la debt, and de* tannine* to obtain his uncle's fortune at any risk. His cousin visits the unelo \vith_ a patent ho wishes to -exploit, and solicits' the old man's financial aid to Carry out his plans. Tho uncle refuses, and tho men part after a heated altercation. Subsequently tho uncle'is- fftirad dead, and suspicion falls ujxm Charles. A detective takes the case m hand, and some-exciting episodes eflsne.'" Added.to the "feature" there are also - "Saigon"' (scenes in Cochin China), "Eclair Journal" (topical), "Tale of a Cat*' (Solas comedy), and "Simple Simon's Narrow . Escape" (Gauniont comedy). UA.VD ALLAN. I Barely has such interest been displayed in tho coming of any great artist as that being evinced in tho advest of tho Maud Allan and Leo, Jon, and Misolwl Ohe-n-iiavsky Company, who appear hero on April 27, at the new Grand Opera House. Tho plan -oneus to-niot-row-at tho Dresden. To oall Maud Allan a dancer seems to be puerile. It is said she mates school dancing*—that of the rigid toes and slivered feet—appear as a distemper in the land. Her rhythsnie movement is a graphic realisation of-the visions and vague dreams which. Blaster music -suggests to every poetic imagination. Her art is neither I moral nor immoral. It is the art ot absolute beauty. She dances as she sltould-r-wuh bare feet,'baro .legs, bare throat and arms. There could bis no of* fence whether she were- more or less attired ttia-ftshe-is. It has been described as- being as modest as the sunrise, as chaste as the- leaves of the forest, and as sweet as spring blossoms.

SPECIAL WAGNER RECITAL. _ Attention is drawn to the- special Wagner programme- to bo played by theCity. Organist on Saturday evening next. The numbers are: "Overture" {"l'annhauser"), "0 Star of Eve 8 ' ("TannHauser"), "Tristan and Isolde" ("Die Meistersin-gers"), "Lohengrin," and the entrance of the'- gods into Wslhalla ("Rheingold"). Sir. Page is playing on the following Saturday a TseSiai-kov--sky programme, which will in-clucfe the whole of the great Sixth Symphony by that composer.