ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 264, 4 August 1919, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. "Tlio Hayseed Family," billed as tho principal item of the new programme, at Everybody's Theatre, purports to lie a humorous portrayal of life on n wayhack selection. .Selection lifo may ho crude, but insistence upon its mere crudity does not constitute humour-a fact that does not seoin to hnvo been uppermost in the mind of those who produced tho picturo. Artistic restraint in tho drawing of somo of the characters is wanting, Tho plot boars chiefly upon tho rise and decline of a feud between the Hayseeds and the Dugjjnns; upon an alliance by marriage between the clans; and upon a win in "Tatta" for a Hay-<seed-Dug™n ticket. Tho Saturday soreeninfts of the film attracted sood attendances at oaoh session. Tho supporting pictures included an instalment of tho Fighting Trail," a serial that bids fair to become very popular.

THE DANDIES. That the Dandies still retain their very firm hold on entcrtainment-seekera —with many these clever people have hecoma almost a "habit"—was again illustrated at tho Concert Chamber on Saturday, when the building proved much too small to accommodate all those who wished to gain admittance. Perhaps the most interesting portion of the bill on Saturday was tho reappearance of Mr. Andrew Pace, a light comedian who was already a favourite with Wellington audiences. With his three numbers he pleased as well as ever, and the reception given him left him no reason for complaint; neither did that accorded Mr. Noel Monkman for his 'cello playing. The other members of the company were all in excellent form, ana if mav be nuite truthfully repeated that the Dandies are a certain nntidoto to dullness,

OKGAN IECITAL. Tho City Organist, Mr. Bernard F. Page, gave another of hie organ recitals in the Town Hall on Saturday night before an appreciative audience. The programme comprised a collection of very uhoico numbers, all of which the organist rendered in an artistic manner. He opened with Mendelssohn's Overture to "A Midsumer Nighfs Dream"—a beautiful work in which Mr. Pago displayed eiciuisite skill in the conception of the delicate strains. In Wagner's (prelude to Act 111, Tristan ami Isolde") he gave full expression to the scenes around which the music was written. Jn harmony with tho story, the music is of a mournful nature telling of the grief and loveliness of Tristan, and Mr. Page save the work the full scope of his arUstio application. Another interesting number this Ihe third movement from "Scheherazade" iOp. 85)— a symphonic suite for orchestra (Himsky-Karsakofi), a work of fascinalin&r beauty. ■' Other itemsTvere "Have Pity Upon Me, 0 Lord God" (Bach), Core-Hie Preludio (from 9th Sonata for the Violin), Martini's Gavotta. from the 12th Sonata for the organ Fantaisie in A (Cesar FranoJO, and a Prelude from "La Damoiselle Elue," (b) Le Petit Bergcr (The Little Shepherd), and (c) Prelude from "V enfant Prodigue" (Debussy).