ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 302, 17 September 1919, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS

"GOODY TWO SHOES." ■ | Tllo audience at tho Williamson pantomiiue "Lioudv Two Shoes" last evening included Adminil Jellicoc and party. Tlio jiuiiiy good tilings which go to mako ui) a well-conceived pantomime were euioycd to the lull by the audience. ' Mr. Arthur Stitumt as the Dame .supplied the maior port ion of the comedy clement. .Mr. Ered Walton's work as Hie Toy Soldier was full of merit. M.ss Dorothy Hustings, Miss Madeleine Huirisun, Miss Tobv Claude, and -Miss Eloie Allen all made the most of their purls. Miss Maggie Dickenson's dn icing was .1 lcatuvo of the entertainment. Tho chorus is a very strong one. The speciality acis introduced during the evening include Madam Jewel's marionettes, the lveunii Brothers. « Toylnnd scene, $nd a Kirchner ballet. Tiiero will be a matinee this I afternoon and aniither un Snturday afl.enioon.

"THE SPIIIIT OF ENGLAND." . Admirers of the music of Sir Edward Elgar will no: doubt attend the Town Hull in force this evening to hear the first performance of the English composer's new work, "The Spirit of England." to be sung for I lie first tnno_ 111 Wellington by the Wellington Musical Union. This work, which was only written threo years ago, is said to be tho finest war-time effort of any English composer, and, as such, it has been irequentlv sung throughout tho kingdom and in other parts of the dominions overseas with success. The music is soul to be instinct with the unconquerable spirit of the British Empire, and has been written down jns a. busting tribute to "those English" who barred the way of the enemy in tho early days of the war. and to those at Homo who suffered bravely and silently, that England and the world might be free. .Up soloists will be Miss Teresa M'Enrae fc«P™"?)" Mrs. Prank Tunley Mr. Martin Duff (tenor). The programme will also irtflucto'ljluit very beautiiul chorale Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise, fiom "Lobgesana," which has not been heaid in this city for many years. The plan is at the Bristol. _____ ■