ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 99, 19 January 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

J. 0. WILLIAMSON'S NEW MUSIOAL COMEDY CO. , This evening, in the Grand Opera House, J. 0. Williamson, Ltd., will present 1 their New English Musical Comedy Co. in their latest success, "You're in Love," a musical offering that haß repeated ils Is'ew xork and London Ruccess in Sydney and Melbourne, and also Aucklaud. The author and composer who formulated ilv n^a " also responsible for 'You're in Love," and great as was the 6UCOCBB of "High it is said to bo. easily ecljpscd so far by "You're in Love."* "You're in Love'' was described by one critic as ideal for the tired business man -as jjood as a day in the country. It is a return to the melodious in light entertainment, says the American critics, and ragtime is otiatcd by smooth vocalism and tho waltz. The vocal burden falls upon Miss Maude Fano and Mr. "William Greene. Mr. Field Fisher has a sea'dog Btudy as the bo'sun of the High Hope, and Mr. Alfred Frith is the runaway husband, Aloysms Wix, of Miss Connie Ediss. who appears as a man-hater, in Bpite of the fact that she is as much married as the average dame in pantomime, itiss F«liss h ft o. a son? or two at man's expense. Miss Cecil Bradley has a delightful ingenue part. There are several specialty dances, one bein? by La Sheila-, entitled "Victory." La Sheila has appeared successfully atCovent Garden, London, an,d at thp Palace Theatre of the same city. There are two acts, the first showing the Sun Parlour, Santa Monica Hotel, Southern California, the artist Leslie Board is said to have aohieved some .wonderful colour effects in I?- 15 .' r^e tfwond act is on board the •41 dressing of the piece is m the latest, and io snid to show some wonderful costuming. Ttnbox plans are available to-day at the Erip'ol until 12.30 p.m.. apd thencc at the Opera House Confectionery, where day sale ticket? are also procurable nil day. Tbo second production her* on to-nmtit week is the musical play, "Canary CoHage."

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The bill at His Majesty's Theatre this affords much entertainment. The i gem of the programme is the eontribuiion of the Konnedys, a trio performing Upon the piano, the flute, and the 'cello. Another popular musical turn is that of M Kay and Graham. M'Kay has a plori. 0123 bass voice, and his rendering of "The .Floral Dance" sets every heel and toe in the auditorium tapping. The Klentos are a pair of exceptionally clever acrobats, whose clowning, by the way, ia Bomething to be heartily laughed at. There are several new American artists on the bill, and two of them present an amusing skctch that has been quite popular with the attendances of the past few nights. KING'S THEATRE. The Greater Vitagraph's latest super feature. 'The-Billions Plot." or the Message of the Mouse, is the star feature to ho screened.at the King's. Theatre to-day. Ino drama- is said to be full of new and wonderful things. Anita Stewart is the heroine, and Rudolph Cameron ia her lover. One of the sensational hapneninga. ia an explosion in a munitions works owned by the heroine'B father. The working of a. huge ,tj)d. .intricate system of underground spying is also revealed. The cast ib a very strong one. v . EVERYBODY'S THEATRE, Tho title of the Triangle drama. "The Tar Heel Warrior." tho star feature to be screened at Everybody's Theatre today, means a man that has never known or shown fear. Walt Whitman, as old Colonel Wills, is faced by almost certain ruin. He goeß to New York to raise the money to 6ave the situation, and there he falls ill with a veteran friend who is making a "surefire" plunge on Wall Street, and who inßistß on the certainty of the speculation, and the temptation for the old man is too strong. The concluding scenes are said to be full of strong pathos and wonderful acting. The 17tli chapter of "The Secret Kingdom," "Eawke's Nest," will also be shown. EMPRESS THEATRE. Tho dangers of the life of the modern smart set" are treated in "A Woman's Way," the society drama by the World Film Company, to be screened at the Empress Theatre to-day. Ethel Clayton ia the heroine, and she portrays a country beauty, who marries a. city man of wealth, and is bored by tho life of the gay circles into which he takes her. Slowly they drift apart until the husband becomes ontangled with a clever adventuress, and exciting complications ensue. Tha story is said to be cleverly told and full of dramatic moments ~