ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3197, 22 September 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

"LA. MASCOTTE." This evening -m Oh: (Iraml Opera House the Amateur Operatic Society is lo present Audmn's (lelighttul comic o-iciu ijh. Hani!Ot,te," and. great intiirest is ueing iiiiinUested in the iiroduut-iou. Tliia is iiiobably accounted for by the fact that this opera, itself is extremely popular, anil Dial there aro about eighty of WclliDCtou's most charniing yoiiuu ladies oirgaßeil in the production. In this respect the portoniiniiec will reflect, the times we live in, for there is only one male to every four females engaged in the production. The ohorus will muster about 76 s'.rom; when everyone is on the stage, but so varied are the different groups in thendressing and business .that the stage never appears overcrowded. The dress rehearsals have shown that the onera will have a spectacular feature in the vivid colour scheme which has been employed in the dresses and costumes by Jlrs. James Hannah, whilst the three fine scenes which have been painted by Mr. W". J. Heck are very line specimens of the scene pointer a art. Particular attention is drawn to the very admirable Lack cloth (the woodland scene), which has been painted tor the last act. The full cast is too lcng to Quote, but the chief characters will be sustained as follow:—Bcttina, Miss Helen Gard'ner; Princess Fiametla, Miss Isabel Wilford; King Laurent. Mr. V 7. W. ton; "Rocco, Mr. Alva Shaw: Pippo, Mr. Len Barnes: Prince Pritellini, Mr. Herbert Wood; Parafante, Mr. J. Elliott; Mntteq, Mr. H. Wyatt, There will be a oharming groun of huntsmen and huntswomen in the first act, an especially interesting group of pages in the second act, and the Amazon Army of the- last net. should provide a spectacle that will not soon he forgotten. The box plan at the Bristol is tilling- rapidly. The performance will commence at 7.45 p.m. sharp. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. .At His ' Majesty's Theatre Paul Slanhope and Company are apDearirig in the revue, "Itazzlo Dazzle." Then there is the original Gyafters' Quartet, a great vaudeville success. Others on the bill are.:—ftevon (conjurer), the Coleman Sistors, Goorge D'Alma (banjo), M'Ka-y an<l Graham (vocalists), and Murfayne (xylo- , phonist). There will be a matinee, tr-day and another performance In the evening. THE KING'S THEATRE. "When & woman attempts her life, some man must he responsible." Thus the Deemster of the Isle of Man Say when a woman is broug-ht before him. "Then as he boSve his head a vision of the girl he had betrayed-the girl who vyas tie wife of his friend—comes before him, and sees as the -woman on trial raises her head, that he himself is tho man responsible." This is one of the wonderful scenes of "The Manxman," ft photo dramatisation of Hall Oaino's wonderful novel, to be sereened at the Kind's Theatre to-day at 2.30. "The Manxman is claimed as the .big picture of the year. Henry Ainley as Phillip is said lo act with great power a role eallinz for the portrayal or deep emotion. Tfca scenes were taken in the Isle of Han, and it is claimed vrill prove a revelation to audiences accustomed to made-up stottio imitations of scenery. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. At the change of programme, commencing at Everybody's Theatre this morning, the Triangle Company will present William Desmond and Olara Williams in "The Paws of the Bear, .described as a war story of ft new kind. William Desmond portrays the part _of an American who protects the heroinewhen she shoots a German general. Iney both are sentenced to death, but are • saved by an Allied aeroplane bomb. Then on the- trip home Austrian secret service officials make their appearance, ana, tragically, one of them is a close friend. ot the American. Tho interest is well held till tho fine climax The struggle between the two great spy. systoms-tiie Hussion and Austrian-is vivuUy shown. Supporting items include a Keystone comedy, "A Noblo Fraud. . . EJTPKES6 THEATEjE. "The Maelstrom." the Greater Yitajrapli play, -which heads the. new proErammp at the Empress Thcatro to-day, is said to be an exciting mystery drama. I lie story doaft'VKh a millionaire clubman who s BtandiUß in the foe .when a woman darts to him, thrusts a package into his hand, and says: "Take it and run." His inquiring mind sends him to the address written on tho package, and, felled by a blow in the darkened room, he wakes to find- himself alone with the body of & murdered man. . This nil occurs as it were in a few minutes, and tho rapid action of the play keeps the interest at great tension. Earle Williams is the hero and Dorothy Kelly the heroine. Suspicion strongly points to the cirl at first, and her presence in the underworld is quite ineiplicablo its she provos to be Tvell-br-wl and the daughter of tho murdered man. Chapter 11 of the "Iron Claw" "will also be shown. "SONS OP THE EMPIKTI." ' The war pictures which have been shown at the Town Hall during the week will be screened again this evening for the last time. They were taken with the authority of the British War Office, and are being shown by the Y.M.O.A. by special arrangement with, the New Zealand Government. It is claimed for them that they are reproductions of actual hattlefield happenings, and 'aeroplanes, tanks, et«., are shown in action. There will be a matinee this afternoon. Srecial prices are announced, and are expected to result in specially large attendances. His Excellency the Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool have signified their intention of attending the evening performance. PAHAMOTJNT THEATRE. The great success which has attended the production at the Paramount Theatre Of the picture, "The Pride of the Olan," has induced the management to extend the season three days. This will be good news to any who have not yet seen the film ~and to those who wish to see it again. The story is set in Kaleen, an island off the coast of Scotland, end it deals with the deeply-religious life of the people there. Mary Pickford. m the leading role, becomes the chief of the island clan, and her-manner of guubns her peoplo is charming. She adopts effective methods to fill the kirk, and her disciplinary measures are admirable. Love episodes, which run through the piece, add Interest to the drama.