ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2169, 20 April 1908, Page 1

ENTERTAINMENTS.

RICE DRAMATIC CO. The drama “The Parson’s Oath,” which is -being staged to-night by the Rice Dramatic Company, promises to be a great dramatic success. The music, which is an important factor in all theatrical performances, is in tlio able hands of the A r ita Bros., and everything has been done, even to the minutest detail, to- make the piece as realistic as it is possible. The snow scene, showing the soldiers in tho snow-bound camp, is well worth seeing, it being a masterpiece of staging. Intending -patrons may secure reserved seats at Miller's, where tho box plan 'will be open until noon to-day.

WEST’S PICTURES ANI) THE i BRESCIANS. The entertainment is one of indescribable cliarm; its inherent and indescribable beauties blending in one harmonious whole. The fascination of science, the love of Art, the enchantment of scenic grandeur, and the merriment of healthful humor. In the animated, picture world the name of West stands supreme, a position achieved through untiring energy, perpetual study, and the investment of large capital. With tlio marvellous advance of cinematography, Mr. West has ever kept apace, and to-day his .success in the field of enterprise places him easily at the head of all cinematograph entrepreneurs. “West’s Pictures” are synonymous with the latest and most up-to-date development of animated photography. They are without flaw, fault, or flicker, and are a marvel of steadiness and optical clearness. Truly it maybe said that West’s Pictures put a girdle round the earth. They confront you with the region of polar solitudes and tlio midnight sun, the torrid latitudes of the tropics, and the almost impregnable forests of Africa, tlio jungles of India, the mighty rivers of the world, the aweinspiring grandeur of snow-capped mountains, and deep, rocky defiles, canyons, peaceful valleys, and smiling plains; the ancient cities of the old world, .“the grandeur that was Greece,” “the glory that was Rome,” and the crowded Bnbydons of the new, a lifetime of travel compressed into two and a half delightful hours, and the pioneer of cheap cinematographic travel. -Mr. T. J. West has made it possible for the man with a very slender purse to enjoy all these sights with the most wealthy person amongst us. In conjunction with all this, he places before his audience a company of vocal and instrumental artists ’as yet unequalled, for the Brescians arc undoubtedly without equal.