ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 115, 8 February 1919, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

' THE KING'S • THEATRE.. The feature for this week's screenings at the King's Theatre will be a Select drama entitled "Up the Road with Sal- £ lie," with Constance Talmadge as the \ star. A full orchestral matinee will j commence at 2.15 to-day, while the even- ] ing session will' start at 7.15. In this picture Constance Talmadge is provided with a full set of situations for which she is ■ specially fitted, and the picture is said to be'her best performance to date. The 'settings are on an ornate soale. and the story is thoroughly exciting from first , to last. In addition, there will be strong supporting items and special musical accompaniments will be provided, by the 1 King's grand orchestra under the leadership of Mr. L. D. Austin. Among the ; pieces' to be played will be a selection from "Going Up." The entr'acte will be • Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2." Seats may be reserved at the Bristol, or after 1.30 per the theatre telephone, No. ! 3143, . • EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. A pictorial representation of Robert W. ' Chambers's novel, "The Business of Life," produced by the Vitagraph Company, will be the chief item in the new programme to be screened at Everybody s Theatre to-day. This novel reproduced on the screen cannot but enhance Robert \v, Chambers's' reputation. The story centres round a young girl and a bachelor who falls in lovo with her. She marries him in spite of the warnings as to his chp acter. Then it is that she surprises him in what is apparently an affair with an-, other man's wife. .From then- on the situation becomes very dramatic.. A wellchosen list of items supports the feature. EMPRESS THEATRE. 'A speciallv-chosen programmes ;has been selected for screening at the Empress Theatre to-day and all next week. The chief feature is a brilliant Triangle drama, "Ashes of Life," in which the popular young actress, Belle Bennett, takes the leading part. She is supported by Jack Livingston. The story has thrills and exciting scenes, while a strong human intorest runs right through, llie cabaret scenes are on a lavish scale, wJiu® the setting^and general g*(>up of the picture are excellent. The Topical Gazette is a most interesting Biibject, while the remainder of the supports include a very fine comedy subject. WELLINGTON HARMONIC SOCIETY. Readers are reminded that to-night, at the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, the above society will give the final concert of the 3318 season (postponed from liecomber on account of the epidemic). The chief item of the programme will be "The Pied Piper," a cantata grotesque, arranged by Ernpst Truman, city organist, of Sydney, to the words of Robert Browning's well-known poem The P'ed Piper of Hamelin." The cantata will be produced under the conductorship of Mr! Temple White. The accompaniment will be played by Mr. Harold Whittle. The cantata will occupy the second half of the programme. The first half will be devoted to an unaccompanied part-song, "The Sea Hath Its Pearls (Pinsuti), and th& song cycle "The Daisy Chain," an arrangement of twelve songs 4 childhood for solo voices and quartets. , TO-NIGHT'S ORGAN RECITAL. The City Organist (Mr. Bernard F. Page) will give an organ recital in the Town Hall to-night at 8.15 o clock. This will be the first recital smoe the' beginning of November, and there is no likelihood of another taking place for 'a week or two owing to the engagement ot the hall. Mr. Page has compiled the programme from tho following number of /successes of previous recitals:—Arca-dian-Idyll "Serenade," • "Musette, and "Solitude" (Lemare), Wnlthers Prize Song" (from Act 111, "Die Meistersmger") (Wagner), Finale in B Flat ,(OP> 21) (Cesar Franclc), Fugue on the narno of Bach (No. 6) (Schumann), "Pastorale (Scarlatti) (1683-1757), "Sonatina m A Minor" (Karg-Elert), and Andante, from a string quartet (Debussy). • "BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE." It is claimed that not since "Potash and Perlinutter" was staged-in Australasia has a comedy achieved such success as "Business Before Pleasure," the 1 Hebrew comedy which is to be staged at the Grand Opera House on Monday night next and the five following nighte, This comedy is stated to be a typical example of undiluted farce, and its fup is clean and wholesome. The play is, it is ■ said, different from its predecessor, "Potash and Perlmutter." The latter developed gradually, but "Business Before Pleasure" moves along during its three acts at a terrific rate. It is, so they who have seen it say, a riot of complexity and hilarious situations, and into it is crowded so many flashes of fun that much of the actions and dialogue .is lost in the whirlwind of laughter which it produces. The company that the Williamson firm has selected to interpret this play is stated to bo an excellent one, and a most evenly-bal-anced combination. It includes, in addition to the two principals, Messrs. Adams and Waters, Maggie Moore, Rosie Parkes, Helen 51. Adams, Elsie Menzies, Matty Brown, Tein Hogue, Bernice Vert, George Edwards, Charles Stanford, Arthur Orbell, Roland Conway, Tal Ordell, David Drayton, William Lockhart, Frank Thomas, Maurice Bennett, Edmunfl Sherras, and Frank 'l'horne. The Wellington season is for six nights only. The box plans for the whole season are now on view at the Bristol. , It is understood that the Williamson Comedy Company, which is to commenoe a season here on Monday, will play "Business Before Pleasure throughout next week, and will return at o later dato to play the newest comedy-drama, "Friendly Enemies" and a revival of "Potash and Perlmutter." THE COMPETITIONS. One 'of the most popular features of the competitions which will open at the Town Hall on Thursday next is the dancing. Highland dancing has become exceedingly pnpular in of recent years, and there aro now quite a number of clever exponents of these beautiful dances in the city. The Wellington Competitions Society has been fortunate in securing the services, through the courtesy of Messrs. Fuller, of Miss Polly M'Laren as a judge of fancing dancing, along with Mr". Bert Royle. Miss M'Laren, who is now appearing at His Majesty's Theatre, is the holder of tho championship for Highland dancing in Scotland, which she won three years in sinxiession. The box plan for the competitions season opens at the Bristol Piano Company, on Monday morning!