ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 80, 28 December 1917, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

"THE KARKIAGE OP KITTY." In "Tho Marriage of Kitty," which Iβ being staged nightly at the Grand Opera House, Wellington playgoers, have something of altogether outstanding merit to cnease their attention. Grcatejt of tun many allurements that the play possesses U the acting of Mias Mario Tempest in the leading role. "Kitty" is a' Bhrewd little woman, bleeiscd, with a keen, sense 1 of humour, and brimful of uliection. In the delightful aceno in which. she.and her husband find thomnelves really and truly in loto with each other, she eimply.radiates -witchery and charm. The tele of the little lady's nuptial venture is prettily conceived. All the characters, are admirably played, and orowded audicncei may bo confidently predicted for each representation- of the piece. • ■ , ~. .. "Penelope," Somerset Mo.ugha.nvai.delightfur comedyTia the Mario Tempest attraction gr New Year's Night. When tta> curtain ■fKoe, Penelope, by alarmist telegrams has assembled her parents, her unc e, and the. family solicitorat her houee in Mayfalr. aaa after explaining that she 'is K oing u> make a dreadful scene in a minute, suddenly explodes a devastating surprise with the words, "I want a divorce ticket. What follow? i« a delightful series .of incidents and situations. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATE.E; . An all-round vaudeville programme that is Suet the w thing to attract bis hoi day audiences has been-made up for the present week by the management of TTis Majesty's. There is something in it to .ait evefy taste. Acrobats, comedians, and musicians all contribute their OTgU of entertainment, and the result is that His Majesty's rings nightly with the ap piaiiEO of a well-satisfied crowd. KING'S THEATRE: . ; Tnnieht will be the occasion of the wmmm attraction at the King ■■ •'THE BARRIER" An extract from Eo ? Beach'* we«-M«™ 1 "There** fifty good men inttu. camp Rβ session wIU commence at 11 a.m.

EVERYBODY'S THBATEE. ToniKht will see the' farewell appearance at Everybody's of Bessie Barriecalo fn her latest Trienslo «bc<m:m, "Borrowea. Pliimsute" Real pictures, taken of actual ■ Kenings in tSe streets of V<*™B™* dunng the Russian'revolution, will be the nrinefpal attraction at Everybody 6 tomorrow ■ The picture wan taken after SiMXon had been obtained from gErcoSerr^onaff ■ ■ EMPRESS THEATRE. Robert Warwick- will bo seen for tho loet time .to-night at the Einprees iu "it Man Who Forgot." At .the change of programme to-morrow Ethel Clayton will be Seen in a brilliantly-conceived domertio drlma, "Tho Woman Beneath. Tho wrongdoer of tho pieco is the husband who has iloTOted moßt of hi» time and energies to nccumiUntinc an immcnue fortime while hie B-irl wife remains ieglecteu. When trouble comes upon ho couplo fi» developments are ■ wholly uncineoted, and lead up to an unlooked-for S«, Tho .World producers are responsible lor tho tUglng of the film;

,'• ■ "BOBIKSON ORTJ6OE." / - It willl be a ead day for the race waen the iuTenile imagination can find no delight in such a- clean' and glorious tale as "Kobineon Crusoo." That that day in yot far from lie Iβ amply ehown by the joy -with irhlch Wellington ohildren have hailed the Dictated Terslon of Orueoe, notr showing at the; Queen'« m Cuba etreet. AH- the thrills and the romance of the etory have, been preserved in the film. Splendid'scenery forms, the setting for the" action, and vail through the picco the eye is oharmed/and the fancy stirred by just such ispectacloß ae the young mind delights to dwell upon. ' ' BAETON'S OIROUS. There ie somethinff indefinitely attractive about a circus, programme, > judge by the attendance at Barton's Circus last evening. ■ The programmo. 5i said to eaual any that has 'yet bcon presented bv the Barton managoment. Among tno many itema of a length programme, perhapß the most predominant features are the acts remitted bv. Mirt Mena. Val, trirk ovoliet and stock whip mampulaSrfthe y Merry Demos,-tie of acrobats, Mies Qracle Bell, and the Frcdo Boys. , The latter team present an acrobaticmueical act that Iβ sa.d,tei be. dwtinotlv norel. The antics of a. group ol c owns end "dummies" are' reminieceut of toe good old days, albeit the quipj b^J^r^^eASn! will eventuate daily at -.M P.«n-. Jf*gold prize contests will be submitted lor boye and girls.