ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3132, 10 July 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"DADDY LONG LEGS.

"Daddy Long Legs" will be presented for tho first time in Wellington at the Grand Opera House to-morrow evcniuß. This production is a modern luiry-talo of a real-life Cinderella and a mdderii Prince Charming, only the little maiden of tho ashes in this play is a poor drudge In a foundline home with a' head lull of dreams, and with.a spirit that el.iagcry has not , crushed out; and Prince Manning is b. rich aud prosperous man o£ affairs, who becomes interested in the asylum, and, overhearing ju.'y's rcl'ellion against a harali mistress and a dreary hie, decidea'Ja give her a chance in thewcild. Unknown to the bowllrt:red little drudge lie arranges to send her to co'Hkc. with money.to spend aud frocks end frills like other girla. She is not to l> now lcr benefactor, and Eees only his shadow on the wall as he leaves. So Dretty .Fidy calls him "Daddy Long Less," aud when she Is in college writes him such humorous letters thab Jervls l'cndleton decides to go aud see what his ward is like. Visiting the scKool incognito, ho finds his interest in his charge deepening into emotions far more serious tha.n those of a, guardian, aud the pretty love slory is in full swing. The company to interpret this play will include, in addition to the young Canadian star actress, Jlise Kathlcuc MacDonell. and the sterling, actor, Charles Waldron, a group of clever players. There will, be .only seven performances of this play. A special mafiuee will be given on Saturday afternoon next. The box plans for the whole season are now on view at the Bristol.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATEE. Tho Johnsou Bevuo Company still told" sway on the programme at His Majesty's Theatre this week. The second t alf is occupied- by the company in a. comedyfarce, "The Flyaway Girls, ,, a, good laughter-raiser. Oα the first half of tho bill aro a number of vaudeville items, tho principal one being the e'ever juggling and tight-rope walking of The Togos; two Japanese entertainers. Armittige and Hine repeat their item of the past week, and the Tuttys also provide entertainment. THE KING'S THEATRE. A great racing car figures in "The Whip," tho big picture now attracting record houses twice daily at the K/bg's Theatre, and its turning of wooded content at break-neck speed .in a race with the Saratoga express seems almost incredible. The great melodrama also contains a realistic motor smash when two great racing ears at express speed collapse and split to matchwood. • EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The Triangle play. ••The Weaker Sex," is now- the chief attraction at Everybody's Theatre. Charles iiay and Louise Glaum are seen in their customary roles of the misguided youth and lite siren, anil the story, which deals with a clever lady.lawyer's Bucccss in saving her own son from the gallow6, ia powerfully and pleasingly presented. Blllie Burke is attracting much notoriety in the final instalment of Uloria's Romance. THE EMI'KKSS THEATRE. Oraydou Burton, in "The Combat," puts ill) a terrllic b attlo through enow and i ice for life aud liberty and revenge. Pretty Anita Stewart, the star of many Hue pictures, has in "The Combat" her greatest screen opportunity, it is easily the finest effort of the Greater Vilugrnpu Company. The story describes the Jisjht of a young wife against her second husband for the life of her iirst. THE GLAD .EVEDLEKS. The entertainment which is to i>e |i'esented by the Glad Eycdlers at the Town Hall on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings, promises to be bright, clever and original. The amount of,' talent which will be gathered together is said to bo remarkable. Tlhough the identity of some of the star artists is not to bo rovc-aled, it 19 rumoured that more than 0110 hails from Trentham. There -will be ft soldierly taug to many of tho turns, and the settings of some of the scenes will carry the audicnco.to the trenches. The- Y.M.O.A. Trench Comforts Fund is the goal to. which will travel every coin earned, or ivon, by the Glad Eyedler-s during their brief scasoD. There will be no deductions whatever, everything, including the hall, dresses, properties, and music, having beon provided free of Rll cost. The worthy object, as well as the certainty of a, capital evening's entertainment, should attract bumper houses. 1 •

GHAKD OPEEA HOUSE. "Broadway Jones" was presented at the Grand Opera House last evcuing for the last time, and J. 0. Williamson's Company proved a great attraction.