ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3196, 21 September 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATBB. Faul Stanhope's "Razzlc Dazzle" rcvuo continues to run with considerable success at His Majesty's Theatre. .The plot (if plot it can be called) relates to tho adventures o£ Spike Donovan (Stanhope) in scarch of a wife. Tho fun is made in a seaside resort to which all sorts of peculiar persons have flocked for health and other reasons. 3n the course of the piece, the audience is entertained bymii.ch catchy singing. The chorus of "ginger girls and the Grafters' Quartet are great successcs. Devon, a clever conjurer, and Murfnyne, xylophone player, provide the best turns on the vaudeville programme. i KINQ *S~THE AT BE. To-night will see the farewell appearance at tho King'B Theatre of Peggy Hyland in the Greater Vitagraph drama "Babette." At the matinee to-morrow Henry Ainley will be seen in a photo dramatisation of Hall Caine's great novel "The Manxman." The powerful t story is too well known to need reiteration. The author's manner of dealing with tne depths of human love,' passion, and hate xnado tho book the sensation of, the literary world upon its appearance, nw scenes were taken in the Isle of Jlan, aiJQ will, it is stated, prove a revelation to audiences accustomed, to made-up stuaio imitations of soenery. The huge festival orowds, tho fine old buildings, and tne lovely town and woodland scenes are stated to be almost beyond description.

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. To-night will see the final screening at Everybody's Theatre of "The Dark Rqad, featuring Dorothy Dalton. Belgium, at the opening of the German invasion, w tile scene of .the opening of Pawß 01 tne Bear." tho Triangle drama, to be screened at the' change of programme to-morrow morning. The picture describes a ARM between two great secret services-Roes a and Austria. The plot is said to unfold in a very refreshing way, and the play l quito a new thing in war dramas. Clara Williams takes the part of .& Russian spy. Host of the latter scenes are laid in America.

EMPRESS THEATRE. "The Divorce Game," starring Alice Brady, will be screened, for the last'tim to-night at the Empress Theatre. At tne change of Proeranime to-morrow morw ll an exciting mystery drama, by the vit^ crauh Company, entitled The » . wilwill 50 the leading j^ nre ;The liams is the hero and Doiotby Kelly tt heroine. The story deals with Jmmle Halkee, a millionaire clubman, wj' o l^w It^anf 6 run." mU sends him to the address written on the pac^ S room'l wak'es to And himself alone w"th the body of a murdered m an The murderer a complete surprise.

"LA MASCOTTE." _ Interest is W2WMSC arSCrrs society has made a vmy w and the manner ol tiie A Pnilavd The latter numbers 70 singers, qute little army to manoeuvre on a stjige, bu the consummate art of Mr. Pollard Has enabled him to make the production < interesting series of beautiful stage pictures which culminate in the e ra "{| ""' S fti Amaxon. in the final act- Wore are three acts in "La, Maacotte first is that of an Italian farmyard on the shores of the Mediterranean; the second a charmins palace set in white and gold and the final act is a woodland scene, with a fine perspective indicating the road through the woods. Mr. "\V J. Beck tone excellent work, and his part of tion la almost sure to oreate admiration. The full rehearsal last evening was en-, tirely successful.

"SONS OP OUE EMPIRE." Ail the chief aspects of war are dealt with in "Sons of the Empire,' which is attracting interested attendances nightly to the Town Hall. Fighting on land and sea and in the air is pictured in the most striking fashion. The aviation scenes bring home to the public the porils that our bird-men incur, particularly when duty invites them to hover over the enemy lines and do a little bombing. The submarines are among the wonders portrayed, but fho ouriosity and interest that they arouse are forgotten before the weird sight of the tanks in action. The tanks lumber along, ugly anil amazing, dealing out death and destruction in the most wholesale fashion. The ravaged countrysides that-are so often to be seen in the course of tho screening present a sombre and jpitiful spectacle.

IIARIST SCHOOL CONCERT. The Marist Brothers' School (l'horndon) concert was held in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall last evening. The chamber was filled to its limit. The concert was excellent, and the audience was enthusiastic throughout. The programme was opened' by tlio orchestra from St. Mary's Oonveut, which played "The Bohemian Girl." A very effective chorus of National Anthems by the school pupils followed. J. Watters, who gained second place as a soprano soloist in recent competition, sang "Life's Lullaby," and was loudly applauded. Junior pupils sang the bracketed duet, la) "1 Saw From the Beach," and (b) "Charity." "Sweet Vale of Avoca" and "Erin, Beautiful Eriu," were rendered as choruses by the winners of the Begg Challenge Shield. Other items on the early portion of the programme were:— Recitation, Fergus Beeves; solo, "Love's Old Sweet Song," 0. Simpson (winner m alto solo competition); and physical drill and pyramids, senior pupils. The second portion of the entertainment differed greatly from the first, and included a Well-arranged farce, in which the' following took partF. Reeves, J. Quirk, J. Griffin, F. Brogan, P. M'Auley, J. Moore, L. Lewis,' T. George, M. Beeves, K. liyder, L. Eaxworthy.B. George, B. Quinnell, and H. Black, lu addition, the juuior pupils performed an action song. Miss B. O Leary danced, there wa6 a spectacular march by pupils, and a violin solo by B. O'Brien.