ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2846, 10 August 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

THE TIVO'LI FOLLIES. The Tivoli Pollies,'- who made such an excellent impression when they opened here recently, introduced a cluiuge programme last evening. Tlio house was packcd. The new bill is qu.ito the equal of the opening (programme, mid tlso fresh numbers are all very well worth seeing. In i'uet, many of "the old Items can easily bo enjoyed a second time; good artists can always be enjoyed. As before, the queen of the company is, without shadow of doubt, Vera -Pearce. Hiss I'enrce is a live wire, who scores with licr first .appearance, and increases the good impression in each succeeding number. Last evening she was a greater sucocss than in the previous programme. Perhaps .her best turn was "That fiauglity Melody," a little tiling wonderfully well done. The comedians were excellent. Walter Weems, droit as ever, convulsed the audience with his welltold jokes. Geo; AVelsh mid Billy K-ego ■were immense. The amount of fun they can knock out of a telescope or a "vaudeville show" needs to be seen to \je believed. The whole performance is excellent; tho leading performers live up to their reputations, the choruses are good, and the ballets very pretty.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEAffBE. Bright, entertaining, and exreedingly .popular are the Bert Le Blanc Travesty Stars, the' principal attraction at His Majesty's Theatre during . tho present week. They are a fresh, and lively comedy company, and impart brightness and originality in all .their work. Another popular item is that of the Bunty Comedy. Company, who hav° as principals former members of tho "Bunty Pulls the Strings'.' Company. Among other items are those of . Kitchie and Kliftie, acrobats; a selection, of songs by, tlio Misses Miles and Fallon, and •a. number of others, wliiull make up a good and lively programm». ' - ■ THE KING'S THEATRE. The last two 'screenings of "A Tale of Two Cities," and the varied and interesting supporting programmo, now being shown at the King s Theatre, are announced. Dickens's great story of the French Revolution and of the tragic part Sydney Carton played in that terrible roign of terror is well told by tho Vitagraph Company, headed by Maurice Costello and Florence Turner. "His Bread and Butter," the two-part Triangle-Ivey-stono, provides bright and clever' comedy, and tho other pictures are of merit., "THE ALL RED ROUTE."' On Saturday afternoon next, the first screening of the 1500 ft. holiday trip from Sydney to London by "Tho All Red Boute," will:be given. The picture received high commcndution in Auckland last \reek. The Hon. J. A. Hanan, minister ,of Education, it is stated, speaks highly of the educational and Imperialistic value of the picture, and describes it. as being "wonderfully realistic." All points of interest on tho trip are visited, including Fiji, Honolulu, Vancouver, the Rocky Mountains, and Niagara Falls. A first-class supporting programme, including a bright comedy, featuring Anita Stewart and Earle Williams, lias been selected. The usual prices will be charged, and the box plan is now open at the Bristpl." ( ■ | . 7 " : EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. . Capacity business. has becu tho riilo at ■Everybody's Theatro during the week, when "The Eagle's Nest," a Lubin sixreel sensational drama, has beon the main attraction. It is a stirring story of tho out-west country of .America.. A battle with Indians and the burning of an emigrant train are two outstanding features of the production. The picture is full of thrill and romance, with a light comedy vein through it. _ Mutt and Jeff and tho Gaumont Graphic aro the two supporting pictures. Commencing at noon on Saturday "The Raiders," a remarkable drama dealing with the stock exchange, a stirring and powerful drama in which that popular actor, H. B. Warner, will bo featured, is to be screened. EMPKI3SS .THEATRE. ' ■ ', The last two days are announced of tlio present programme at tho Empress Theatre. The dramatic feature "Youth" is 'a powerfully emotional; drama with many stirring-scenes, which keep the . audience interested in the story from the .beginning to the cud. The Triangle-Key-stone Company's faroe-camedy, "The Bright Lights," .features Mabel Norniand and Fatty Arbuckle, who evoke the -heartiest laughter by their clever and funny antics. On Saturday the programme will be changed, and the World Equitable Company will present a five-act dramatic study, "Sealed ; Lips," which tells the story of_a man's adoration for a weakwilled girl, and the consequences of his folly. . "JANE SHORE." - It is turning , back the pages of-his-tory with .a -vengeance for the picture producei'3. to .resuscitate that- uncertain period in English history that .. was marked by the lamentable civil conflict known as "tho Wars of the Roses." This period was not altogether unassociated with the life of that interesting and beautiful woman,. Jano .Shore, who, like other King's favourites, have been made .either heroines or adventuresses. In tho picture "Jane .'Shore," presented veil spectacularly in places and very theatrically in others,, Jane - is made a longsuffering heroine of little personal charm. Jane, as the sweetheart and then wife of Matthew' Shore, a goldsmith of London, catches the-.roving''eye of Edward IV, and whilst the' husband is wing hunted down as a scheming Lancastrian, . abducts her to one of his castles,. with the aid of Matthew's jealous cousin, Margaret. Whilst a captivA, in pleasant enough circumstances, Jane hears 'that her- husband, to whom she has been faithful; has been - killed in battle. This smoothes the.way for the Kind's advances. Fate, however, leers at- tne. loot of, the throne in tho misshapen person of the Duke of Gloucester, who, after poisoning the King, becomes Lord Protector. He orders the execution of Lord Hastings (to whom fickle Jane Shore has become betrothed, on the death of Edward), and has a spiritual court proclaim Jane a witch. . Her penance was to walk in public with only her kirtlo on, in the wildest of snowstorms. As she staggers along she is jeered at and buffeted by the crowds, until, she falls and dies in the snow, just as she is found by her husband (who had been an exile in Flanders). The picture embodies some very line scenery, and the management of the straggling armies, wearing the red and white roses of Lancaster and York, were very ably managed; but there were other scenes.hardly so convincing from u dramatic viewpoint. The subject is an interesting one historically, and (entertained a- fnirlv large audience last evening. Tt will be shown agaiii this evening.