ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2450, 1 May 1915, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

: GRAND OPERA HOUSE. The whimsical comedy with the liead- ' ing title "Who's tho Lady?" still draws its crowds at the Opera House. It. is a sugar-coated piece of mischief, quito innocuous, but tremendously fascinate ing, mostly because tho risky things in it aro written and produced with such consummate art that the person who | thinks he—or mostly it may bo she— ought to be shocked, compounds with her uncertai nconscienco and laughs all the prudery out of recollection. The comedy is full of the most startling surprises, chiefly in the adventures of the piciuant little person, Mile Gobetto, who abfiors a world without men. This role is played with distinction by Miss Ethel Dane. "Who's the Lady?" will bo played to-night. ' . : HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 1 Tho Randall-Jackson Company is the big attraction at His Majesty's Theatre, 1 Courtenay Place, this week. This talent- ' ed company of musicians fills tho first half of the programme most enjoyably ! for the audienco. The comedians of i the company, too, are very good. Supi porting the feature "turn" ars some ; talented artists, including Mr. Fred Swift, "the musical knut.' There will be a matinee this afternoon. THE KING'S THEATRE. To-night will bo the last opportunity of witnessing the great dramatic study, "His Son's Accuser" at tflie_ King's Theatre. The supporting subjects include some excellent war pictures, exciting dramas, and amusing comedies. There will be a matinee this afternoon, | while the usual change will bo made on Monday. , EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The'great detective drama, "The Mystery of the Diamond Belt," together with the excellent budget of supporting 1 films, will be shown for the last time i at Everybody's Theatre at all sessions to-day. Commencing ou Monday the managei ment will screen a drama by the Nordisk Company, which portrays episodes in the life of a master criminal. The picture, - which is entitled "Tho Abduction," introduces us to 'Dr. Gar-ol-Hama, escaping from prison. Disguising himself, he engages in another criminal adventure, ana abducts the daughter of an American Consul whom he holds for ransom. How she is rescued from the doctor's clutches by her fiance. Lieutenant Erskine, and the capture of the chief criminal makes a very sensational picture. PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. "The Child Thou Gavest," an emotional drama by the A.B. Company, is > proving a great draw at the People's ' Picture Palace. The story unfolded is an unusual one, and carries a particular ; appeal. Supporting tho big picture aro ' three or four laughable oomedies, and a fine Western drama by the Bison Company. The usual change will be made on Monday.. ■ EMPRESS THEATRE. The concluding sessions of the- current programme of the .Empress Theatre Continuous Pictures are announced I for to-day. and tq-night. The main < attraction is the sixth series of Selig's wild, animal drama, "The Adventures of Kathlyn." This is an engaging story of an American girl's experiences in India. The supplementary items are "Pathe's War Gazette" (topical), "Our Boys Off to the Front" (the New Zealand Expeditionary Force), "Othar People's Business" (Keystone comedy), and "The Archaeologist" (Flying A. comedy). . There. will be a complete' ' change on Monday when the Majestic Company's "feature" drama, "A Might for a Fortune!' will be presented. The supporting. films will comprise "Fatty's Magic ■ .Pants" (Keystone comedy), "Dolly at the Helm" (Edison drama),. ■ "For a" Widow's ' Love" (Lubin com- ' edy), and "The Topical Budget." TO-NIGHT'S ORGAN RECITAL. A fine programme has been drawn ■ up'by Mr. Bernard F. Page (City Organist), for to-night's recital lit the . s'own Hall. . There is no departure from. the praiseworthy task Mr. Page has set himself of giving a programme of works of great interest and outstanding merit from an educational point of view. ' Three old works aro to be performed this evening, composed by Byrd (1542-1623) Fresoobaldi (15871654), and Dandriou (1684-1740). Thai great ''Psychological Poem" by Rebikoff, will be performed, a work, which although.now to lovers of music in Wellington, is more fully appreciated every time it is heard. The Variations by Karg-Elert upon the theme of "Handel," "The • Harmonious Blacksmith,'' have always been a favourite item and will be heard together with Mendelssohn's Overture ,to "A Midsummer Night's Dream",* also a "Siegfried Idyll,", by Wagner, and the great "Toccata and. Fugue in C Major," by Bach, with its beautiful slow, movement in A minor. THE VIOLETS. , Comedy is a - marked feature in the performances of "The Violets." In Mr. Cutlibert Rose they have an artist of considerable English experience, who specialises as a character impersonator: Mr. Arthur lloscoe is announced 1 as "a comedian who hails from Lancashire. where everybody is more or less humorous." Messrs. Brown and Collins are a pair who specialise • iri ragtime „ melodies, and their attendant eccentricities. In addition to theseartists, "The Violets" also possess a comedienne in Miss Dorothy Gardner. There is also a quartet party of vocalists who attend to the concert part of tsi« programme.. The season opens in the Town Hall Concert Chamber next Wednesday evening, and the box plan opens at. the Bristol Piano Company this morning. SUNDAY CONCERT. For the concert to he given at His Majesty's Theatre on Sunday evening neA.by the Natives' Association Band (late' Garrison), an excellent programme has been prepared. Mr. F. Charlton will sing ''Inter Nos" and "Hamid's Song." Mr. Harry Phipps will sing recitative and aria. "If With All Your Hearts" and "Roses."- The band items include-a tuneful contest selection from Verdi's opera "Nabucca," "0 Lovely Night," a,.fantasia, with variations for cornets and euphonium, and other items. ■ A silver coin collection will be made in aid of the uniform fund. Members of the Natives' Association are specially invited.