ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2842, 5 August 1916, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

■ ♦ TIVOLI FOLLIES. Brilliant and clover is that bright band who are entertaining at tho Grand Opera Bouse this week ;aud/ also during the coming week. A very fine collection of comedy artists lias been gathered together, and between them anil'the excellent singing and music the performance goes brightly along, and tno' house is kept in a continual state of mirth. The first part of tho programme is devoted mostly to tile" Belgium Concert Party. This singing by Miss Ella Casters of "The Rosary" was a work of art. Short and Little were on the first part of '-the programme last evening, and were followed by Walter "Weems, later on. This black-faced, humorist kept the audience in fits of laughter. : In the second part came the "Follies" in full force, and they kept things merry throughout. Capt.. Simson has been ' asked by the management to bring all returned soldiers to. the matinee this afternoon. , HTS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.' "Fuzzy Wuzzy" will be put on for the last tiuio by the Bert Le Blanc Travesty Stars at this afternoon's -matinee and this evening's performance. . Host week the company's farce will bo a production entitled "In. Old Seville." ■ Two newartists are announced for the coming week,' Kitchie and Klistie, a pair of comedy acrobats, who are said to keep things going in lively style, and also the Bunt}' Comedy Company, who act a comio sketch called "Sandy's Wedding Prenent." This week's programme-will be shown for the la6t time to-day. - THE KING'S THEATRE. "Bullets and Brown Eyes"-the excellent romantic drama, and the fine supporting,bill will be screened for the last time at the King's Theatre (at tbe uiatineo this, afternoon, ... r "A TALE OE TWO CITIES." A new programme will be screened at tho King's Theatre to-night, instead of Monday as has been the rule -in-the past. The chief picture will be a film adaptation of Charles Dickens's great novel, "A" Tale of Two Cities," a power-;, ful story of the terrible days of the 'Freqpli revolution. Life in iLonfton and Paris at tie ifind of. the. eighteenth century is wonderfully drawn, and the picture is said .to catch the atmosphere of those troublous times to a .remark-, able'degree. ■ Miss Florence Turner and Maurice Costello are in the leading roles. , The supporting programme includes a 2000 ft. Triangle-Keystone comedy,. "His Bread and Butter," which serves to introduce Hank Mann, a star vaudeville performer, who makes , his debut , as a screen comedian. /The "Pathe Gazette"and- other films, will also be shown". ' EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The new programme to be shown atEverybody's -Theatre, commencing., noon.; to-day, includes as • its' star, ■ "The Eagle's Nest," a Lubin six-reel drama, featuring that well-known and popular actor Romaine Fielding. , The Lubin Company has lately been turning,out: some very fine six-reel subjects, mostly: big stories of outdoor life, and; "The Eagle's Nest" is such a one. It is a story of the wild days, when the long emigrant trains treked to the Western mining country of America,- also ■ showing the great battle with. Indians, and the gallant deeds of that bravo hero Romaine Fielding. ■ It is said to be a picture full of thrill and romance, and is expected to hold strong interest for those who love adventure in the open, intermingled with, dramatic heart" in- - - terest. There are other strong sup-' porting items. - EMPRESS THEATRE. The new programme will be presented at the, Empress Theatre this morning. It contains two star subjects. .Th 6 first, -■ "Bright Lights!" is the latest Triangle- • Keystone success, ill which' Mabel Nor-, mand and Fatty Arbuckle .1 are associated in a whirl of merriment. The dramatic star attraction is "Youth," a four-part Vitagraph Broadway special, described as a tempest of .emotions.' The story concerns • the " experiences ot' an artist in the'world;:of art in America. He is keen on Youth, which lie desires. to embody in liis masterpiece.- -His-wife ■ imagines her youth is departing "from her, and'is tortured'by- her--fears that the artist will' become enamoured- of one of his prettv models; he does become infatuated with a youthful beauty, but in the end love and honour triumph, and the play ends with happiness. "JANE SHORE." The worlds great women, as greatness counts in History, can be counted on the finger's of two hands. Among them can undoubtedly. bo numbGrecl. Jan© Shore, the fascinating woman who left homo ana husband, to become the mistress ol 1 Edward IV, and who was the direct and immediate provocative of the distressing Wars of tlie Roses. She ranks witn Cleopatra and Lucrezia Borgia in her rei cord of feminine duplicity. She lived her life, fullv and freely, and she paid i her debts ultimately with her lue, but ; her love.story and her war story remain . one of the most picturesque pages of -a i history that is full of vivid colour. This , story will be told in elaborate detail at ; the Town Hall. Concert Chamber, coini mencing next Wednesday. The lengthy I picture is said to bB a marvel of gorgeous setting and dressing, and the pitiable i love story round,which, it is woven, an , impressive study of "the life that lives. - . The box plan is now open at the Bristol. : Tho picture lias recently Had a most suc- ; cessful tour of Australia. The season is , for five nights only, i ■ -—-•:.* ORGANi RECITAI-. ' The programme of (o-night's organ rej cital, bv tlie City Organist (Mr. Bernard F. Page) is devoted entirely to works ■ by Russian composers. Patrons are promised works by Rimsky-Korsakoii and Moussorgskv,. two giants of the Russian school. The work to be played by Rim- ,' sky-Korsakoff is taken from his great Suite for Orchestra, op. 35, written to a programme. based ou stories from the . "Arabian Nights." Another work also new to Wellington is "The Gate of War.- j riors (Bolvatyr's) at Kiev," from a | ' Suite by Moussorgsky, written lor the j piano, lind later orchestrated by Sir | Henry S. Wood. ' Two works by Rebikoff, j the Psychological Poem, op. 11, and j "Naiada," op. 15, the second movement from Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony; and an Elcgie by Rachinianinoft' complete a programme that should be of special interest to music-lovers of Wellington. , DRAMATIC. RECITAL. " - _ ■ A dramatic recital will be given tonight in the Concert Chamber, . Town Hall, by Mr. Culford Bell, Miss Bett.v I'urdoiu, and their adult pupils, in the presence.of Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool and the Mayoress. An excellent programme has been prepared and should prove an undoubted draw. The proceeds arc in aid of the Sailors' De-. pendants' Fund.