ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2910, 24 October 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

] HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A holiday audienco filled His Majesty',? Theatre last niglit—a very happy and well pleased audience. Miss Wish Wynne, began her second week, anil tho people, a great number o£ whom were seeing and hearing her for the first Unio, 1 wore completely captivated. First sho sang or spoke a songlet about absonti minded women addicted to knittinn socks ! for soldiers, and tho people wero puzzled, perhaps a littlo disappointed. But her next item, an impression of a littlo girl 'whoso parents havie just "come into money,' l settled finally whether thoy would all liko her. Then sho gave a sketch of a littlo country damsel, perplexed about her rustic lovo affair. Her song, which, sho probably calls "Exit Muriel," about how a 'luckless maidservant, comes to leave her places in rather rapid succession, was amneingly funny. .Still there was a demand for more, and she sketched a littlo bit out of tho daily lifo of another mot very happy London girl. Miss Wish "Wynne's portrayal of these characters is always perfect. Her charm is in her superb cleverness. She is an. artist, ono who would scorn to use any devices to become popular but those which belong to her own art. A clever acrobatic team of two, billed as "Robert do Mont C 0.." are among tho newcomers this week. They have an acrobatic novelty act which looks dangerous often, and which concludes with a very real thrill. Coyno and Livingstone are two vaudeville per- . formers who make gamo b£ various stall people and stage plays. Soma of their burlesque is quite smart and laughprovoking, but in porta they are, perhaps, a trifle too ambitious. They aro clever, however, and their sketches are intelligent. Chadwiok and Campbell make mnsio with concertinas. They have no tricks. They merely make music, but they make good music. Artists reappearing are tho Arteens, novelty acrobats, Tho Earitaws, in a bit of farce, Los Logerts, acrobats and hand-balancers, and Elsie Morris, balladlst.

•? ! 5 the Governor has si| nined his intention of .attending the pej formanco to-night. THE KING'S THEATRE. "The Battle' Cry of Peace," a. hi] production by the Vitagraph Companj portrays in a remartably realistic mar ?i? r ?; invasion of America h the Germans. The picture is very wei carried out, and as might have been ei pected caused a sensation in Amerta in England, too, whero it was show: underlie title of "An American' Home," it attracted almost as much at tentionas the well-known English plapf a similar titlo. In Sydney tho pic ture was etown to big crowds at two o the leading theatres, and it has brough B ?ch big business to the King's in thi city that the management havo founi it necessary to inaugurate a daily ma cinee in order to cope with the crowds Miss Norman Talmadge, who has beei seen here in the past in VitagTaph pro duotions, but who has lately joined th< Co., plays the heroino vtrj capably, and there is a very large 6up porting cast and a small army of suner numeraries in the big spectacles. Th< supporting items on the bill include thai very clever comedian, Frank Daniels, ii 'Mr. Jack Inspects Paris," and a Pathecolour scientific subject, as: -well as the latest "Topical Budget." EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Chief on the programme at Everybody's Theatre this week is a Triangle Company drama, entitled "The Halfbreed." Tho picture is laid in the mountains and forest in America. The scenery is very beautiful. Tho central figure is that of Le Dorman, the son of a Cherokee squaw and a white man. The part of Lo Dorman is taken by Douglas Fairbanks, and he portrays the fascinating character with great skill, keeping pvoryone, expectant as to his fate. The picture is supported hy several very good war numbers.

' EMPRESS THEATRE. "Nedra," from the book' iby George Barr It'Cntcheon, is one of those photoplays that delight and thrill. It has a remarkably clear-cut style, is unusually well produced, and while being highly dramatic in many scenes, thcie is a delicious vein of high comedy running through the story' that keeps tho audience fascinated from beginning to end. In addition to the star feature, a sirring- programme of varied subjects is shown, including a quick-fire farcOKSSmedy from the Triangle Company, "Hearts pd Sparks." The action of the farce is of the most rapid ordor, and introiuces a thrilling motor race, in which .ho heroine driVes the winning car. An nitetanding feature of the. entertainment us the music supplied by the "Austral solo Orchestra," an invention which •anks amongst the highest forms of orchestral instrnmenfe. DICKENS' RECITAL'.

A dramatic recital will bo Riven in the Concert Chamber this eveninu by the Per. Archibald E. Hunt. 'The elocutionary powers of Mr. Hunt aro well known, lovers, of Charles Dickens will be interested to know that the programme will consist of excerpts from tlo works of the famous novelist. Mr. Hunt Las been a life-long student and enthusiastic admirer of Dickens, and liis delineations of the various characters are said to be full of dramatic power. Ho Willi be assisted bv Miss Janio Knight (contralto), Mr. Herbert Wood (tenor). Mr. Norman Watson, (violinist), and Mr. George Holloway (pianist). . The box plan is open at the Bristol. "ISRAEL IN EGYPT." The box plan for tho Boyal Choral Union's second concert of the season opens at tho Bristol Piano Co.'s this morning. "Israel in Egypt" is one of the fow older oratorios of which people never weary. This popular work requires only two soloists; Miss Eileen . Driscoll is to sing tho contralto art, whilo tho beautiful tenr 6olcs are to bo taken , by Sergeant Edwin Dennis. Sergeant Dennis is a native of Melbourne, but had been residing in Auckland for several months prior to joining the colours. A full rehearsal will be held in the' Town Hall to-night at 8 o'clock, and a practice for the chorus only on Thursday at St. Peter's Schoolroom at the samo bonr. The chorus and orchestra, numbering 300, will be under tho direction of Mr. Robert Parkor, and Mr. F. W. Howley will -preside at tho grand organ. „ ' •■ . • fi