ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"PEG V MY HEART." \ "Peg o' My Heart," as presented by : Messrs. J. and N. Tait's Company, had ; another cordial reception at tlie Grand ' Opera House last evening. There is no , doubt about the charm of this play; . which long ago captivated English and American audiences. It is a comedy of . youth, with more sunshine than shadow . in its making, and possessing the fragTance that belongs to every true love c story. There are no problems or "situations" in this pleasant play. The tale that has to bo told is simple and familiar, but a clever playwright has had the construction of it, and his intentions ' are interpreted adequately by Miss Sara Allgood and the other members of the company. Miss Allgood is the conspicuously successful member of the cast. Sha is a delightful actress, as winsome, whimsical, and pathotio as Peg was meant to be'.- Her support is consistently good, and last njghfs audience showed' its appreciation heartily. "Peg o' My Heart" will be presented again this evening. HIS MAESTY'S THEATRE. Largo audiences have been attending His Majesty's Theatre throughout this week, and the entertainment is well worth attending. Ross and Wyse and the Big Surpriso provide very popular items The Big Surprise makes a pronounced hit, and delights the audience with his powers as an acrobat and also as upside-down balancer. His imitations of Charlie Chaplin are exceptionally funny. Miss Dora Oberman sings a number of songs very well. Others on the programme are Miss J. Barlee, Miss E. Morris, Athol Tier and Peggy Ross, G. Griffon, the Flcmmings, and Lennon and Hill. The usual matinee is announced for to-mor-row afternoon at 2.30. . WISH WYNNE AT HIS MAJESTY'S. An English artiste, Miss Wish Wynne, who achieved a great success in Sydney recently, is billed- to appear at His Majesty's. Theatre on Monday next. On singing her first number, "A Little Thing Like That," before a Sydney audience, AViah Wynne was received 'with, a hurricane of applause, according to a Sydney paper. This was an evidence, says the critic, that the audience liked her originality, her buoyancy, and broezinoss, and as tho turn progressed her popularity became the nioro pronounced. Another capital number was the first country girl song, "I Wore Afraid," a story of love, courtship, and marriage, at the close of which a smart effect was secured by the last lino of tie chorus being left to tho audience to fit in as suited its fancy. "THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME." . By the last London mail thero arrived what ds claimed to be tho most realisho representation of tho present hostilities in Franco that has ever been soon in the Dominion—"Tho Battlo of tho Sommo"—tho opening assault of the great offensivo commenced by 'the Allies on the morning of July 1. Tho opening of tho attack on tho Tillage of Maraetz is pictured in a remarkable series of scenes that could only havo been secured at great personal risk to tho man with tho camera. These films were taken by tho British War Office and tho Secretary for War, .Mr. Lloyd George, instructed as follows:—"See that this pictnro wKicli is in itself an epic of self-saorifico and gallantry, reaches everyone." Many_ hundreds of.copies of the film were immediately shown all over England, and over forty of London's largest cinemas screened them simultaneously to crowded audiences. It is said that nothing so comprehensive as thoso pictures lias been seen previously in tho metropolis. _ A most awe-inspiring sight is tho explosion of a subterranean mmo under the enemies' . lines. Later, when our troops swarm over this ground searching out the few remaining Germans in hiding, it is seon that the explosion left a crater forty feet deep, :and. must have' buried many of tho enemy. ' A wonderful sight is the sustained bombardment by the monster howitzers in the roar; For mile upon mile great black masses of earth and smoke can be seen erupting along the 'Huns' front trenches liko a hundred •Waimangu geysers placed in line. There will bo a specially selected supporting programme. The picture is to be screened at the' King's Theatre to-morrow, tho,first •production being at tho matinee. THE KING'S THEATRE. "The Island of Regeneration," tho remarkable dramatic picture which has been attracting largo audiences during the week, will bo at tho King's Theatre to-night for , tho last tinio in Wellington. The picture will well repay a visit to tho KiniPs. A clever Keystone comedy, "Bath Tub Perils," and tho Patho Gazette aro also shown. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. To-night will bo the last chance of seeing the great sensational drama now being screened at Everybody's, "Hate," or "The Aryan," featuring' W. S. Hart and Bessie Lovo A Trianglo society drama. "The Bartered •Bride'-' or "Tho Market of Vain. Desire," -trill bo the chief attraction- commencing ~-noon tomorrow. H. B. Warner, who was such a success in "The ■ Raiders," will' be the star . in. this picture, which tells of a contemplated loveless marriage between an heiress and a reprobate count. A young minister determines to frustrate this union, and the revenge of tho count, tho duplicity of the girl's mother, who would have sold her daughter, and the subsequent discovery of tho right man, are factors in tho development of a most interesting story. Supporting items will be tlie official war films, the; Gaumont , Graphic, and a cartoon, Charles as an .up-to-date Thriller, which is said to be very amusing. *

EMPRESS THEATKE. "Midnight at Maxim's"' will, be screened for the last, time at the. Empress Theatre to-night. A splendid-strong till is/ shown; in. conjunction' with' tho star picture. To-morrow morning the World Film Corporation will present its latest, "The Pawn of I'ate," described as a powerful play, in which the emotions are stirred to the depths. The scenes are laid in tho prettiest parts of old Normandy, and in the gayest parts of Paris before the war, and it introduces the real bohemian life of the Parisian artists. The story is said to lead up to a crashing climax,