ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2156, 23 May 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

WILLOUGHBY DRAMATIC COMPANY. To-night will he submitted, at the Grand Opera House, for the kst time; the thrilling drama of Western £ohlfields life, "At Cripple Creek," ami on Monday next for three nights only the George Willoughbv New Dramatic Company vrili stags "For the Term of His Natural Life." The story of the play is well known. Sir Richard DEvine, a M'ealthy baronet, has two sons, one of wliom is illegitimate. Richard, the rightful heir, afterwards known as Rufus Dawes, refuses to marry according to parental desires, and is disinherited. Tno other sosi, hearing of tiie dispute, murders the baron to secure the property ._ _Richard, who happens to be in tho vicinity at ike time, is blamed for the crime and is deported to Norfolk Island. A clergyman, however, witnesses the crime, but does not make it public as he subsequently robs the body of valuable papers. Dawes, as Jliehard is now called, is also wrongfully aeensed of the murder of Mrs. Vickers at Norfolk Island, and as a result'of tho crtnte, Miss Vickers, with whom he had previouslv been i'i love, reilounees him, and tho* death sentence is accordingly passed upon him. Li the meantimo tho clergyman makes a confession, which exonerates Richard of his father's ftiurder, and simultaneously a demented convict admits having done away with Mrs, Vickers. Richard is eventually restored to tho baronetcy and the ical criminal k deoorted. The production is to bo mounted on a lavish scale.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. uP I ®, Present vaudeville programme at His Majesty s Theatre contains manv ??m $ i%Tns ' tl,c ' Principal beifi? the Waldrons" (comedy skoteh artists), Pe»andoz. and May (musical turn), and Josephine Gassuiann and'her piccamnies. The programme will bo repeated for the last tune to-uight.

THE KIM'S THEATRE. ' I The immense popularity Q f the great 1 travel series,, "Lon&m \y Day and. | Aight," continues uivabate'd. On inauy | evenings throughout the week the capa- I city ot tho King's Theatre has been | taxed to the uttermost by audiences fe which testify their appreciation of this & fine lilm. The. amount of interesting 6 matter got into the picture is astonish" R nig. [t may properly claim to he of B educational value. The excellent re- I production of {he great race for the |f Liverpool Grand National is received [v with enthusiasm. The supporting pie- E turos arc-jail meritorious, A. speeia.l matmee takes pkso ihk afternoon at | "THUEADs'oFDESTINY." • § For Monday night the King's Theatre I ■management announces the" big star IS feature screen drama, "Threads of Des- g tmy ; ', jvhicli is heralded as a most {| meritorious drama dealing with lifo in a s great American circus. The reprodue- f, tiou is by the famous Vitagraph Com- B pany, and quite apart from the- very in- U terestmg story is said to be eminently % conspicuous for tho briliianco of tho $ photography. The plot is said to ih- | close a very powerful lo.ve story, and | its development eventuates nimdsfc a 1 series of spectacular, thrilling, and ex- I citing episodes. Another film of out- 55 standing merit and particular local in- f terest shows the daily life, and doin«s IS of New Zealand's soldiers in the mills- fl ing .at "The Big Camp of Territorials i at Ifcvutapu," This film is stated to * have been responsible for uiiicii enthu- | siasm by tbo audience at Auckland, f where it has been showing durins th<:> "i week. Tho sajpjiqrting pictures are:— S "The Elusive Diamond" iMraraa 1 !, "Pic- 4 turesque, Greece." (Patte'colour/, "Gau- J mont Graphic," "Uow Bowers « Awaken" •, (horticultural studv), "A | Stage-door Flirtation" (comedy), and | "Tlio Tale of a Cat" (comedy). ' Tho £ King's Orchestra will supply incidental fi music. Box plans open" to-dav at 10 I; a.m. at thc 9 Br<?,«k-H. " kg THE EMPRESsTtHEATKE. 1 Tho last appearance of the current % programme- of tho Empress Theatre con- f* tinuous. pictures is announced for to- t day and to-night. At tho top of the P list is tho Vitagraph Company's | "fcaturo"' drama, "Heartsease." "His 1 Indian Nemesis" is a Kalem drama, in- 8 troducing sonio fine spectacular seejK'-s F of Indian warfare. Other items " em- jl brace-"An Itinerant Weddine" (A.K | comedy), "Tho Shado«'gfaph' s 'Mc&sage" § (S. and A. drama), and farce-conicdips. ti A new series will be introduced on Mon- E day. f

. "TjHE DANDIES,';. ' The "Orange Pamlies" have become qmto popular, and their delightful con-' certs in the Contort Chamber at tho Town Hall are being very well patronised. Last evening there was a laroe audience, and both tho individual and concerted numbers received unstinted applause. The two comedians, MessrsHenry and Pace, provide a must of fun,' and their clever comic dusfc "So Very Refined," won much applause. The lady members of the coiakpany, Misses M'Quoin, Walker, and Bradford, sang a number of capital sosigs. Tlio programme., will be repeated this evening. TO-NIGHT'S ORGAN RECITAL. A special programme lias been selected for to-night, in which Mr. Page wi3i play items which have boon greatly appreciated by the audience at his Saturday night recitals. Tha wonderful "Entry of tho Gods into Walhaila," which was given at the last Wagner recital, will be repeated. It is taken irons Wagner's gigantic work,' "The Rhw." A charming ancient suite by Tlollowav will bo played. It- is one of* those compositions which is always greatly cujoverl by those who admire tho charm <jf this earlier stylo of imisic. In the second half of the programme are items which were to have been played at Mr. Page's recital which tmfortnaatelv. through indisposition, had to be postponed. They are "Eglogae" ("Salomo"), "Prelude, Fugue; Variations" (Cesar Franck), "Intermezzo'.' (Tschaifeovsljv). "Contemplation and Improvisation" (Rheinberger).

SUNDAY ORGAN RECITAL. An organ recital is to bo uivon tomorrow evening at S.3o* on tlie Towii Hall organ by Mr. Herferfc S. Clanghton. A well-varied programme will be rendered, items including i—MentMssohn's "Sonata iu A Major;" Bach's "Prelude and Fugue in C Minor," Guzman's "Pastorale," Morltel's "Adiigiain Free. Style" from Concerto, and lighter pieces. Tiro adusission is free, but a collection ou ontry will be taken in aid of tho Upper Hutt Disaster Fond. Tho doors open at 8.15.