ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2192, 3 July 1914, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GRAND OPERA HOUSE. "Tire Hosarj," t> , hick has been ruu* iiiug m ike Grand Opera- House feu , some tiftvc, concluded its season 3ic.ro tost night. While in Wellington the play tnts \«H patronised, and the producers wist be tljoroiigk-.y satisfied with tW business done. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The animal abnormalities as rei-ealjid in the etover lit M.6 dogs at His Jlajesty's Theatre' ate attj'aotiiig considerable attention iliei-c this week. There are ether good iteni-s oh tho present bill of vaudeville, notably Bfcntzen and J,-a\yten ffclahoers)., Tho WaMr<?iis (ciimodiausj, J)eavc's Alerry Maniriltins, and .Pitlie Watsoa and (Jessie aiid DeHy Slflkr. T«E KING'S THEATRE, Exeelfcnt attendances rule niglitlv at tiiis papular 'ftcstre, attracted tv~tUe special merit of tho pictures sweetied. This week's star feature, "fiow.n \Au» Grater of Vesuvius," is a wonderful flta record of a unique character, whieh has a d!e£ide4 value as an educational subject It is stipi>erted hf- a c-koice cfetlwstio-Ji fS injeturos, of which iiia,v !)«• speeiaHj' men-tioned a- ctdlightfttl reproduction of Jacobs*? g.reAt st'erv, "11)6 Third String," arid "The Story tfeo Gate TofcV'oae ftf tiro most captivate ing costume plftjs seeft hft.ro for many a. long doy. Tli« full pregraiiimft will bo shown at a mntiii.ee to-morf&w afteriiooa, at 2,30. «Bt ERYBOBY'S HCTURES." j The , old Opera. House, sifico ite opening 6« Monday last, kas boon in a state of-siege by risitoh' anxioife to s-iewand adatirft the estoasivc.iltoifat.ipns and decoratwiiis ftado in the bvtijding, and [ to test the mmt of the jwMro' fnre j presided. "JMtis latter takes the shape ■ e| tilie modem iriclsdj-tsiraa, ■ "Ordpia . Tinder Ssai/ , a ffljadt ; draraa ff-hKh,ma.y . be classed as ■Sas-ify the best of its feind yet seen in WellWgttiii, II is fiGOGft, itißgj and an cntotainmßiit in itself. Tli.t) tuneM wctesttal fnusic prov«Tcd at boft fite afteiMiQon. atod nighi sessions is uracil appreciatod. At the liiiad; of tlio new prcigl-ajnme at the Kroljrcss Theatre .coirtffli;i()Us pis■tttrfes ycstefda.y -was. the iqefla Cooj' pany's. featttrc : dratoa, "iferbiddeS to Low." According to tho stoi^ , ' the AlaJi-tfuis D-Ujlessy , jrnd Br. ©UiflaUtiiß fight a duel with jjisteli, MVich xosalt*in the dMh of t3ve.'M:ar(|iik df his adrersarif dSes nat.. cause th'o ■doetor to foiget Jbs hatecd ; for Jho dead., man's j'elfttis'Ki'ftiid iVlifift Br after yesittl Ms dawfijit® falls in Wo with late Alivrrtks. SQJI.J flip itete farbaife the': makfi. Tlje Jitafeiiidncsa aiitl fief spn ' ha.Te' tame to liv* in, an aßcjent castle i. in the ftcightawhtipd of the- doctor's nianoitft?:, Ninon, ths dector's ffeiigTiter, >. dfscqvers a secret to the castlel The Mq:reWoness' son ds very ill, and , Niftow gains adthissjon to his lietlsitlls ■ whiio ha k sleeping. AVhife learing tjift castle sUfcrept.jijemsij' SiKoji iipSefe a .; light, aftd acoideptatty sfets, ftre , to th(j i roo.ni. iShe ■nishos liacli tlifotigti. ,th»' ' β-giaes anil carries tho sick mail throiigh 1 Hie Secret passages of tlio tastle to' her own hijaio.' Ber father discovers tho ■'! jriraUd, in liis house, Intt- Vlien Ninon : implor«s; hitt her lover's life* ; tiio doctw yields) but only .011 tho coiidh tion that she gives wp'h.ar'tefe for tier 1 RiiiteT. Kinoti. tnaVcs the sateriflep,. but wh/!?n hcv liftet f.ccpyors anf di.pSffcs 'I she cellapses , and 4105 ' Special wenttoii is also dao , to '''Wiiiiajn- i Bbtf* fezettc' , (topica/Di "ItpuntetSu' J»*SS«s of : NeW Eealjvid* ,, '{$cein#. *"fiie 1 Fo> 0! EOfewfife" CSeiig. caaiedV), and ; "fsfcbsir on tho Spree" oitc*c6i"dod|7). j r f)ie serfes will ho shown, again through*-1 , Wit iq-idaty -aiid: t<s-iiiglit, '■' "PAW JONES," ' ■' 'I The nest theatrical _ a.ttEactfen <if ,] inomreirt is the pr.oducfen te tlio Wok : |ai.gten jVjnateur Operatic Societj of 1 itofeort Rftflquette'S estfeffleiy , tu..iji;M ■' end jjipiiirceq.uo; cGrofe, ,flpera>,-. : "fiaiit. ; Jsncs/* wilitt. rsiyfe : ipicsst ' JJopijfferofvtßaS OTr%iisSr ! s .-niislt " is saying gqftfethiingj lor "Paul. Jones, , ' , • * s &m 'FraMe/' 4hd ,4 Les CJacUes de Ooracv.ijki , . , <iso iilSctays t«iijg proi fkcad som.6sV;h:erc in. the tfflriflj aiscl atfr, iwk n$ oten feyJvijjijß'te a? . are Gittert." and SitlJiVaii'S ottetas ini < England and Aip;e.rjci. "Pto^hcs , *; , lives becaflsS pi its ' its-'tyidying melodies,.and: tlio qixkwb V

coined? of that arch rogue Bouillaha.i&o and liis dimiiiMtivc conipanitvn k rois. chief, the'lnsect, The society lias been rehearsing the open?, for Mv 3 kst three months, and now are being given 3 final jwlisb under the direction of Mr, T«n Pollard. • who has probalj-ly staged ttie opera mtitji times than anyone oka in tfic southern hemisphere, fiefHjttful SPcmsry lias Wti wrepared— three fittft* pMely new sets—by Mr. W. J. awl Mrs._Jnmes Ha)!,Hah]ias«s.Wtefl : tef n.Ttistio discretion to arrangiu-g n pleasing oolout Echewe f«r ilio costuwfis to fce Uwu. A full operatic cfo-hestra, under tlio haten of Davo Seitnyj will inateriaHy assist what promises, iio b<! a niost jnterestreg performnnffo. Ilio bos plans open rtt ti»e Dresden at i> a.m. to-day. As there are n niiiubcr β-f ite-morory moiiihora' to he aceofunioeteted, the general p«li& nro ntku'wd to secure their seats at to eariiest pe-s-siblf) .jirtment. NATIVES' TJ-ie public -a rtt i-ehijudqd thai tho lington Nat-tvcs' Assncintiosi , ."; eqiiceri —the first of its lciii^t— is to take piado m fc-kt! Gram} Opera Hoti-so this -»vouin.g,. Tiro concert *yili bo ijnito .on- original Hues, -an 4 ivitj iiioludo. Ib presence of a. jiirmije-r of Mneris, who will appear in tableaux, who mil bo seen in fekrt-s. pois. and otbor Nattro -dances. Among tho features ffjil lie tlia recital β-f the baantift-ri tend-of "Hiiieii-wa" lw Sk. A. T. Ngata, M,P. Thfe' tickets ■Soln have bcea nu-mefous, s«d everything points to a big.iouse! ■