ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 37, 7 November 1919, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

I 9I . '"j'HK SILVER KING." Mr. Allan Wilkie lias made a v.ise c'.ioico in the opening play of his coining Wellington season. "The Silver I Kins" lias lung been iamons as llie finest ! play of its kind, and there are many I who will be glad to make its acquainij aiice again. The good old melodrama I has held its plate in the forefront for ] many years, but its appeal is permanent. .; Such novel figures as The Spider, Jnikcs, I and Elijah Cooinbes are seldom presenti ed, while it would bo dillieult to imagj is* a more lovi-.bie cliarinlei jijan the old servant, whose loyally lo his mistress is one of the many delights of the piece. Mr. Wilkic is not only an actor of great and varied experience but he has ability and Rifts, both on the stage and in production. His company will play a four weeks' season of stock drama anil classical comedy, the repertoire being an ex- j tensive one of standard productions. "The Silver King" will be' staged for five : nights only. On Saturday, November 15. I Mr. Wilkic will produce for the first I time in Wellington. Stanley Houghton's ! ■ famous play "Hindle Wakes." The box 1 plans are oil view at the Bristol, and j theatre-goers are advised to secure their ! sent? in good time. j j Much to tlio regret of everyone eon-! cerned the Wellington Amateur Operatic j ~ Society's season of "The Mikado" isdraw-! ing to a close. 'L'he success of the season ! is beyond all question from a financial point of view, and from the purely artistic prospect it will take rank with the i very best performances the society has ! given. In one sense the society is' doing a real servj.ee in Wellington in that, it is keeping alive the spirit of legittmate comic opera as opposed to the more puerile nnd frivolous forms of musical plnvs which have so largely supplanted it. on • the professional stage' During the last ; five years the society has given "Paul | Jones," "Lea Cloches de Corneville," ' "La Mascotte," "The Gondoliers," and j "The Mikado," and, with possibly one ; exception, the result has been highly i satisfactop' to the public and creditable I to the society. Anotlier very big audience enjoyed the performance iast evening, I and large audiences are assured for the ; last two nights. The season will conclude j to-morrow evening. , . ==============