ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 178, 23 April 1919, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

"MAYTIME." The popularity of the romantic play, "Maylime," was further demonstrated at tho 'Grand Opera House last evening, when another crowded house greeted the Williamson Royal Comic Opera Company. Effective dressing and striking ballets are features of tho production. This evening Mr. Reginald Roberts, who has been indisposed since Saturday- evening's performance, will make his reappearance. "Maytimo" will bo repeated until Friday evening, and on Saturday night and the thr.e following evenings the company will stage for tho first timo in New Zealand (he London Gaiety Theatre musical play, "Oh! Oh! Dclnhiiie." The new work is composed of light music by Ivan Caryl], and the dialogue was written by M. S. M'Lennan. There are, it is said, some screamingly humorous situations, in which Mr. Phil Smith and Mr. Leslie Holland simply revel'. "Oh! Oh! Delphine" is 6aid to be packed with bright and tuneful musical g'/Uis, and tho ballets are a special feature of the entertainment. It is chimed that the Wil'liamson management has surpassed all its previous efforts in the way of elaborate mountings, the stage pictures being, jit js said, magnificent. "Oh! Ohl-Dol-phine" broke fill records in .Sydney and j Melbourne ,nnd it is still being played with enormous success in England and America. Owing to the brevity of the season only four performances can be I given of-"Oh! Oh! Delnhine," and on , Thursday, May 1, "Katiiika" will lie re- | vived for ;; limited number of occasions, j and the final production will be that ] charming comic nnera, "The Pink Lady." I The box plans fo"r "Oh! Oh! Delphiiie" ! will be opened at the Bristol this mornI ing. | THE KING'S THEATRE. A most interesting and unusual play is ! now being shown at the King's Theatre. : It is a Select feature entitled "The Beii ter Half," starring Alice Brady in a dual j role. "Gowns nnd Girls," comedy. "Th" i Scarlet Runner," "From Fairlie to Mount | Cook," and a lengthy Gazette are includt ed in the supporting programme, . An | added attraction is the delightful singing jof Signor Lucien Cesaroni,-who is nightly j recalled for Ins finished performance. The : King's Orchestra leaves nothing to he d»i sired by their rendering of the incidental ] music. A Cesaroni matinee is advertised for to-day. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The special feature now showing at! Everybody's Theatre is being screened | to large audiences, and is a most popu- j lar picture. It is entitled "The Medi- j cino Man," and stars Roy Stewart, -who | makes the most of a strongly dramatic \ part. One of the outstanding features of the story is an exciting fight between I n sheriff and one of the conspirators. ! There are thrills in plenty in the drama j and also no appealing love story. The ! eighth episode of "The House of Hate," ! and an interesting Pathe Gazette complete the bill. ' EMPRESS THEATRE. In the World feature, "The Appearance of Evil," screwing this week at the ! Empress Theatre, June Filvidgo is starred ! in the leading role, and she has never ' appeared to greater fidvanfage. Some particularly striking dresses are worn by . the heroine. An added attraction nightly is the 6inging of Mr. Charles Melvin, in- | troducing to. the Wellington public tho ; latest American idea, known as community singing. PIANO RECITAL. Miss Esther Fisher will give a piano recital in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock. The programme is one that should give this gifted pianist scope for her great ability, and one that should afford all opportunity to the musicloving people of Wellington of hearing some of the great pionoforte works of Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Schumann, and Cesar Franck.