ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2222, 7 August 1914, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

•. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Bogues and. Olivotti, musical comedy artists, had another good reception at His Majesty's Theatre last night, when tho vaudeville programme submitted by Fuller-Brennan, Ltd., again mot with the hearty approval of the audience. ' Van liiircn and Spinetti, vocalists and dancers, the' -.Takelow Trio, Russian dancers; Clarke Bros., Scotch, comedians;- aro among the others who provido star items. Tho programme -will bo repeated' this evening, and again to-morrow, MISS DAISY JEROME. Miss Daisy Jerome, the popular American character, comodienne.-.who was specially imported by' J. C. Williamson, Ltd., to play the .principal We -in- the great comedy revue, "Com* .Over Here," has io- , cently, been engaged by the. Eullor-Bren-nan management to' Hour the.firm's Australasian theatres. "Miss Jerome," says a_ contemporary, "is alive in every •iwm ■■ of her . . fascinating make-' up .off/the; stage as well as on it. Miss Jerome opened., her New Zealand tour at th© Opera House/Auckland. Her Wellington season will open at His Maj- ' esty's Theatre next Monday. The box plans for the first six matinee are now open at. the' Dresden.. . ; : :', .THE KING'S THEATRE. "Hearts'-Adrift," embellished by the admirable acting of the great film favourite', Mary Pickford, is the chief attraction at tho King's Theatre,, to which house its great'merits attract splendid audiences nightly, despite' keen public interest in the doings at the seat of war. "Oolonei Bloomfield's Funeral," "Picturesq.ua Hourat," "John Bunny and the Counter Lunclr Girl," "Wellington v.- England" i (League football match;, "Proclamation of War by Lord Liverpool," and'other good films are?also shown. .There-will be a matinee ' to-morrow afternoon at 2.301 The latest '• war news will be. announced nightly. .. ' EVERYBODY'S PICTURES. , —Yesterday's day sessions at the Opera ■ House were well attended, end the night sessions were, crowded; The chief attraction is "The Black Triangle," a detective ' -play, of altogether superior calibre. "England ■v.'-Welliugfcon" givo9 a fino view of . the League football match, while "The ; Evolution of London, Traffic," showing [ the displacement of the horse by modem ', methods of transport, is most interesting, The latest ."Patho Gazette," "The. Fatal. Dress Suit," .a diverting comedy,:. and other films of merit are 1 shown. The latest war news'will be announced nightly.' THE'EMPRESS; THEATRE. The chief subject in the rew programme » irtroduced at the Empress Theatre coni tinuance pictures'yesterday is the West- ' crn'i feature drama, "Ashes of Three." > The'principal character is a young man ■ whphs despised as a spiritless loafer. An r outlaw called "The Terror," -who has » been murdering several of the .settlers, kills the sheriff's chief deputy. The de- ■ spised one takes ooinpassion on the dead ' plan's mother, and undertakes to bring ; in thoVoutlaw. He bravely goes forth'to E meet the desperado, and smartly captures > tin), thus redeeming' Himself, and.ndding » the community of a dangerous outlaw. c- "Willianisori's Weekly" depicts sporting, r. military, and other interesting happenings in Britain. Picturesque Views of the r 'waterfalls which supply Rome with the . power- for tho electric-lighting'system' are 3 displayed in "Waterfalls of Term." Tho - Shamrock drama', "Mother Love," is',iv 3, well-constructed drama'of American city' life, in which a young bank clerk who i makes'an unhappy marriage is helped in i time of trouble by his mother. The comic 1 selections embTaco "Her Birthday Pre- ' Bent" and "A Midnujht Cupid." . "THE, SMART SET."- ! .-.Tho'public'., of'.New Zealand are again _' to be etertained.by the well-known co.s- ---"■ tiimo comedy artists "Tho Smart- Set." jj- This, combination 'is revisiting these j shores this time under the management of j Mr. .Edward Br'anscoiube,, and commences g a season of six nights at tho Town Hall Concert Chamber, commencing. on -Mon- . day 'next. ' Since'their .last visit here, I, "The.Smart Set"'have toured with phe■i nornenal success in Australia. and Tas- ;. inania, ; and have just completed a highly ' satisfactory season at Hobart, • the. Press d reports of which have been extremely fan vourable. A special feature of this cotnd bination is said to be the musical, sket- :. -dies, into which. are introduced clever e witticisms and smart patter..; Each member of the company is an artist of con- >- siderable merit, who .has been thoroughly h. proved in competition with the.world's 1- best. Included in the "Smart Set" are Mr. Walter George and Miss Georgie MarI- .ton, who will be-well remembered as hav's .'inp visited Wellington last season,- when •• they presented some items of extremely x fine comedy and oxcellcnt acting and vocalisin. Several of' Mr., Branscombe's 3. finest', artists have been, added to this d combination, and the personnel now is n particularly strong. The box plan is now •j open at tlie Dresden. Day sales at Chrisd teen's." ..-•..' ie ."...', ——. . a .' .HAROLD BAUER,-PIANIST. . ie Mr.'Hanld Bauer, the famous pianist. is is to visit Wellington. Messrs. J. and N io Tait announce that they, have arranger for' the distinguished artist to give thre< y recitals on August 17, 18, and 19, in th< :e Town Hall, Concert Chamber. England r- Germany, Prance, Russia,'America,,Spaii ',-■ have.all testified to Mr. Bauer's greatnes: :., in no uncertain fashion. The. distinguishn ed visitor has no special predilection foi any one composer, and is equally.at hom< it with any of the renowned, writers oi s, pianoforte music/ His prolamines foi y his -Wellington Tecitals will -be choser a from, the. principal standard works, whicl Ci are best .known to New Zealand audi ii. er.ces. ,Mr. B'ajerhas just ..oomploted i n series of eighteen recitals in Melbourne r- . where it'is reported he has had a phenom enal success; The Melbourne "Age" says o- "Without any. reservation, it may 'h ;s olaimed that Harold Bauer is the great e- est pianist who has ever performed ir id> Australia.".' This is high praise, when ii ie is -remembered that some of .the greatest pianists 1 tho world has ever known havi is played in Australia. The box plans opei >d at the Dresden on August 12. 1 :s < THE WATSON RECITALS. . Mr. Alexander Watson gave his tiftl id recital in the Concert: Chamber of tin 0 f Town Hall last night, before a crowde( house. The programme'in the main con et sisted of the recital of the'Shylock scene from'"The Merchant of Venice." If l xl were only for the marvellous feat o ;„ memory and the wonderful vocal adapt po ftbilitv (he had to adopt different voca tones'for several characters), the. perform i- ance was a remarkable one. But the re "a citer in his intimate knowledge of al the beauties of the Shakespearean line r . went further, and gripped and held th id attention of tho audience, throughout th or hour and n quarter's duration of the te il. citu.l. The second', part 'of the programm c . include<l a number of Kipling selection; i\l including "The Bell Buoy/' "If—. I "Tho Hump," "Snarleyow," and "Boots. id Tlie recital concluded .with Kipling's grca ns - battle prayer,- "Tho Recessional," th ,(-. audience standing throughout its delivery To-nig!it's re'citail will includo Dickons' 6n "Christmas CaroU?;' and Tennyson an in Kipling selections.