ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

——_™t>——— ' HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The ing attraction at His Majesty's t iJ-cotro-tlHs evening is, of course, tho W»l anpoaranco in the Tango Dn»ci«« - which were commenced „. oh Ittcsday »i lg |,t. A tango tea will ; bogira, at 2.30 on Saturday. Tea wiil be served o,i the stage, and. any wms ' Jer - °.f, «e audience who chooses to do f Sβ u-i I have the opportunity of dancfc mg- the tango with Mr. Phillips, tho _ American expert. The midevilV pro- , gramme for the cur-rent week contains , some interesting turns, and isclndes '- .."! !0 T ba1 " 10 (a wonderful contortiout ist>, .■lα iStclla Trio- (singers, dancers, _ and nui&icians), M'Donald and (icnerl eaus, and Hanlon, Dean, and Hailton. j FINAL TAXGOCOMPBTITIONS. , The- seconcl heat and final tango i -??. ncln ,2' competitions will take place at \ Jits Aiaiesty's Theatre to-night, in con* 3 junction with this week's va'uetoville at--5 tractions. Owing to tho great success t ot the competitions eru Tuesday, to--3 nights house, it is expected", will ' eclinse ail records. The competitions i to-night will run as follow:—Tlin ner- , formers in Tuesday night's competitions i who secured first, second, and third . places will compete, in the- final to-nigbt 5 ajjamst the successful competitors- of to- , night, s contests, after.tbc expiration oi . that competition. The handsome prizes i> being awarded to the winners will be 1 presented on tho stage. The box plan . ,is β-pcn a(s tho Dresden, and tW booking . is reported to be heavy. I THE KING'S'tHEATRE. - The pictorial representation of the J play "Leah Klesclnia," which is beiij.« . screened at Tho King's Theatre thS • week is a. very lino one. All the'power- !-• tul dramatic s>t«ations with which the i pay abounds, the tenso appeal of the } plot, and, ahove< all, the splendid net' I mg cwnbm-G i-.o make an admirable pictwre drama. The big Ire eoene is »iven s with great realism.. The supportinn ) Wins are excellent, and include a ; tostone cojnedy, "Mabel's Strang i, Prcdicsittient," a fine Vitagrftph b eoraecly, mw some scenic geras. Good 3 music is supplied by tlw .orelicstra r untlei , bign.or Trtida, t];o prograanue in- - eluding; selections from "Madame Butt teriiy." A matinee performance will be held i, at 2.30 on, Saturday afterngon. ' I THE EMPRisS~THEATR.E. 5 A , IIC S P ro 6 y an»nw is to be presented - at the JSnipress Theatre continoous pic- ) tores to-day and tonight. Amon« the ( loading attractions will bo the A K i Coßipany's drama "The Coaipaet," a ) skilfully conceived slofy of a strange i caso of impersonation. An emmeirt ,- barmter finds that lie has developet - the morphia habit to -such an esten? that'he js .failing in mmd and health i A struggling young lawyer raeels tht s narriater, and the latter is a'stonndec , at the other's remarkable facial resem- ; mance to lijmself. Ho enters iijto a ' eompaet witli the younger man to tal« 3 his place in co.iirt that, day, There is 1 an-interesting sequel to this compact, ) That tbo worth .of a man is sometime! . never brought out until called upon , by some special eu'eumstances is dej iMonstrated in the case of a dead-be.it ir, 3 the Lubiii drama "The-Measure of tlie f Man." Other films include: "Uppei Kpypt," "The Taasled Cat" (Princosf . comedy), and "The'Sltimbomlle Scare" 1 (Lubiu comedy). ■ ■ » "THE DANDIES." On tbo occasion «>f the liflal perform- = anee of "The .Dandies" in Adelaide. ■ groat enthusiasm was shown by a large , audience. The various members of t'lic t company, ww'o' the recipients of several valuable and floral tributes. Tho Adelaide Press speak in very eulogistic terras of the merits of the clever company, which opens in tho Town B-aJj on Saturday evening. The item to Ik presented, during tho Wellington season will eompriso liii.ny novelties not pre- ' vimisly heard hefe. Tlie p]aa opiaied at 1 the Dresden yesterday uioniiug, awl 1 there is erery indication that n largo " atidieivco will be present at the initial \ ps-rforinaned.