ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 163, 30 March 1918, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

'•THE BED WIDOW" TO-NIGHT. This evening, at (he flrend Opera House at 8 o'oloek, tlio curtain will rise ou the first performance here of n new musical play, "Tlie Red Widow." under the J. 0. Williamson direction. The jm'w.o ivill bo interpreted by the lioyu! Comic Opera Company. "The Ked Widow" liari a Khs-s-ian suttinp in the days heforc the war, when nibili'jts plotted against tlja Tsuv. Anna Vqrvsira (Florence "ounft) h ii vo'lisa iiiliilH-t, and the play revolves i■α-iih! her selieminpr to ta , ! tu I'i.ti-uwad, wiiiell uiiK do-.;: v.iiJi thf iiid of ii iuuspovt in ths name rf Mr. snd Mrs. Cicero Hannihal Butts. Mr. I'liil Kmiili i.» liiinnibiil Biu-.a, o (Mirpt't m.-ilicr. f> • ths complication!* which nrisr frotn ):..< hoi air sccouiiuuiied by a lady who is not his wijc Rive tlie ir.reprosslblc comedian lull sreiw for liif iMlci'Vivi'i-iil. iiumoiir. The play is spolien " r "' '!.-•' : "i- ii!n"inl. '••ei-ry «ini brig-ht. It has aluo tlis reputation of liei!.n ..{■...• im- limst I S[iC!!.sivc!v (.'ilElUlllrd |ii-:( ; . .■!■,,• jUM-iiiwd by the liig fi.i'J. Penmineiitly fiist in. the nrc Jl.soi-s. iC'irinaiil liohcrts, I'liil "Smith. John TC"i!ston. Oliver I'tviconk. and Cvril Ui.-ii.-irdx, Misses filiidt-s Moil'-■''••«. Adilji? J-niiard, '".■its, Barry, Eva Webbor, and Florem-s louiif;. "'nn- l<■.■(] Widow" v.ij 1 !];■ plavcif till Wcdii»srtrv !'■•■:, '-«i- k :,.., ~,u | will be swci'fcded by "Mr. Miinliattan." HIS SrAJKSTY'S I'll KATIiE. The current pi-oeramine of vaudeville at His JUjost-y's Theatre is meeting with pppuhr approval, and tks company In playing/.u cro-.vdeil h/.iso-. Waiter Jcliueon and Od. ava to the forp in a catiVMt. ing revue, which is rMooimihle for nn avalanche of tuja. The Jinins, the Hnrlems, and the Three Carre arc. a.? enlcrUtininj as ever. KING'S THEATER. "The- Hiudcnburg Ketrsai" or "The Battle ol Arras," the leadinif feature to be screened at the Kin'fi Theatre to-day, is claimed u, be the most- divereiliad and lutoresliiiß Him of tne war tukeii so far. It Is reii'.'y tfo "real Jijiideaburg rn- ' treal. T, w atlaci: u Ei'.id to be vivid in detail, «,nd its Hikiny was the work ' of a i)ltih"ul camera-man. The troops are seen In thousands advancing, fallint', find rtishiiif sikh.ii] with the shrapnel buidtiiig closu over their lioads. Just in front of them can be seen the line of our | barrngc, v.'itn iu< relentless explosion hail. I i'lia tKtiii pionire is described as wonder- { i fill. The view* of the difficult, problems :iftoru«i b,- ine Rivers Somme and Scarpa and tho ingenious river transport are quite novel. Lieutenant Longhurst, a I returned soldier, will lecture with the ] him. Supporting iteni3 will include the seventh instalment of "The Meglecte'd Wife, "The Message on the Mirror," the "uaumont Graphic," and other items. "THE PASSING SHOW." "Look Who'r) Here," the capital organisation presented ivuh inch miccesa by Jack Waller, has undergone a process ol' reorganisation, si:d ic now beirid presented under iho title vt "The (ihr ; -.<," a title most appropriate, at the company is ettting out .in a farewell tour of Sew Kenlaud. At the Town Ball, OonuV, Ohanibvr on Tlmwlay next, Mr. tt'iil'.r iviil present "The Vu<isii,g Show," and ail the familiar faces of his -liook W'lio's JXerc" Company in a final reason. Tho tompasiy has been considerably strengthened during its absence, and this fa-ct, joined with ihu high quality of "Look Who's Uav«." should alone ensure a big aend-off for the members of the coin pan;. Mr. Waiia , states that "The Passing Show" will eel even a. higher stiuiilard i,han "Look WTio's nero." The box plans are at the Bristol Piano Co. EMPRESS THEATRE. "Alimony," the feature to be screened at His ilmpress Theatre to-day, is tho first of the pictures released by the First National Kxhibitors' Circuit, and is said to be of a high standard. The atory deals with tho practices that havo grown up round the Divorce Courts in great modern cities, and is a pointed lesson on the results of making divorce too free and easy. A society beauty, who regards her husband simply as a banker, jets rid of him, but finds that the youiig clubman on whom her hopes were centred is too wise to cast, iu his lot with her. Ho fulls in love with a sweet and innocent girl. Tho play is ea-id to be full of eentnUonal incidents. In addition, is shown the sixth series of "Pathe's Special War Pictureß." EVKIIYHODY'S THEATRE. A Triangle drama, "Chicken Casey," is the star feature to be screened' at Everybody's Theatre 10-dny. Dorothy Dalton is the heroine. She portrays an actrses who is anxious to tako the part of "Kagn,' a girl of tho slums. The author, knowIng her for a girl of wealth and luxury, will not hear of it, and eo Dorothy goes iuto the liowory, and, as Ohioken C*sey, a tough and altogether undesirable young person, tricks the author in ai most compromising position. The lovo story that ■ develops is full of emotional strength. Charles Gunn is the hero. ORGAN RECITAL. At tlie Town Hall last evening, before o. veiy riiuisi&uiory attendance, 3tr. jjernard I: Page, ue cuy orgiiiusl, pluyea u programme ol amine of « cnaracter tiiat conformed with the sanctity of Good Widay. it is convoniional for organists in all parts of Hit! world to piuy mo "Goou i-'riday" music irom Wiigncrs "J-'arslfal," and this very beautiful and inspired music was very impressively playwt ijy .Mr. Page, who had a proper reverence for tho music of the greai master. Tho programme aiso included tho exquisitely beautiful prelude to •■Parsifal," Chopin 3 "Funeral March," Handel's "Largo in G, , and the finale from Tschaikovsky's "Sixth uympiiony.' , „«..».