ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2172, 10 June 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. . - Bailoy's'Posing Dogs aro still snpply- ; ing a popular item at His Majesty's ' -Theatre, where an exceptionally strong vaudeville programme is running at tlio ..present tinio. Tho new turns this week include the athletes, Dare and Nor- - wood, in a graceful balancing act, and ■Lyons and Culluni, American entertainers, whoso clog dancing is well worth 'seeing. Among tho other performers may bo mentioned Lo AVitte, the famous protean artistVernon and Sinclair, comedians; Signor Rellemi,, accordion playor; and Ernest Franz, at the pinno. The programmo will be repeated'this evening and during the re- ■ -mainder of, tho week-. 71IE KING'S THEATRE. [ majority of people hav<J ,of, train smashes at different times, very few people havo ever had tho mis- . fort'unei./to -witness 0110. It was 110 , .doubt., (ho realisation of this fact, which pronipted the Vitagraph Company to secure a moving picture of a train collision, 'which, could be viewed by the world's millions without experiencing the feelings of.horror usually, attendant on ..great railway disasters. 'Such n collision is screened for picture patrons in , "Thfi-AVreck," now being exhibited at the King's Theatre. It is proving a big..attraction and the house was full ;;againr' Inst night. There is a strong •Programme in support of tho feature "film/a very interesting item being Mexican .War Pictures, secured by the special . artist of the Lubin Company. Pathe's English Gazette is a chronicle of .topical'ovents. and "Alexia's Acro- , ;.bats".is r a.-splendid vaudovillo number. '•Appropriate'miisio is supplied by tho King's 'Ordhestra. "'''J'trDlTH OF BETHULIA." . ! ■Tho Avß.'.'Company's great kinematoeraphie, achievement, "Judith of Bethuhft, ' is. attracting crowded houses at tho Empross Theatre continuous pictures at both matinee and evening sessions. - An idea of tho stupendous'nature of tli3 production may be conceiv- ; 'fd ;when it is noted that in the grand 1 •ussanl6 ,on thc> walls of Bethulia the As- ' ..syridfal Urmy extends, as far as the eyo' can see. The barbaric splendour of tho entertainment provided by Prince HOIO- - tho "terrible bull of Ass'lnir," .in. hi&-state tent, is one' of unparalleeld magnificence. The story is stirring, and ■finds artistic expression by tho A.B. .-Company's players, headed by Miss Dapfiiio Wayne, who gives a brilliant portral of the part of Judith. Tile makers, it is said, estimate that tho film cost £45,000 to produce. Great lab- • ;sur was expended in representing the ! .manner of battle in ancient times, huge ' portable fighting towers, battering rains, 'and'.catapults being used just' as' in''the ■ 'misty days of the past Battle chariots ■ and. tHmjsands of mounted and' foot so|"diery figure'in . most realistic ; charges. .'.There i'S a special orchestra at the matineosl-; 'An-, augmented orchestra contributes ' appropriate selections at tho evening Sessions."

' THE DANDIES. - i notable turn this week in the 'pro,'gramnio of The Dandies, at the Concert Chamber, is a charaoter duet and dance, "Ragtime Cowboy" and ,tljo Mexican -tango'.' ' The performers aro ' Miss Naomi M'Quoin and Mr. Geo. Taylor, and their skilful exhibition was heartily applauded again last night. Mr. Roland Henry's humorous monologues kept his hearers in a simme'r of amuseJ meiit; and tho various other artists contributed items that were much appreciated.. Tho same programmo will bo .repeated this evening, and the .usual j change will tako place to-morrowi'" I "**. ELLEN TERRY. Miss Ellen Terry, in her always entrancing series of Shakespearean discourses and recitals, illustrated by her own inimitable and illuminating acting, has devised a means of inspiring a new interest and a new love for Shakespeare. To tho many for whom an evening at one Of the plays has been no moro than ii period of enjoyment in tho scenes and stories cuacted before them, she shows tho hitherto unsuspected workings ofand mind in- tho characters, and when, turning to the actual dialogue of tho play, she roviveß for them a situation' or an'episode, ' they receive with fresh understanding a now impression of' tho loves and hates and humours they have witnessed, a now reason for their laughter and their tears. To those "wlib"havo' rilready been serious and ardent students of Shakespeare, Miss Terry's-recitals provide a new acquaintance with "tho works of Shakespeare, ill •,whiah';';iristructiou assumes, an alluring and attractive garb, and entertainment provides a new-delight Mr thoso who seek , it,;.: whilst both are administered bv ono wlio'lias reigned supreme in tho minds aiid hearts of her audiences. Miss Terry is announced to gfvo her disxßprso'.oigShakespeare's heroines at tho jffrand'Opera House on Thursday and Jilrio 18. and 19., The box plan 'opensSt tho Dresden on Monday next, at:,9 a.m.