Plays and Pictures.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 65, 7 June 1912, Page 6

Plays and Pictures.

The entertainment provided by ''The Dandies'' at tho Wellington Town Hall is clean, clever and captivating. 'Tis indeed a "dandy" show, and should i draw liko a sinapism as long as Branscombo's merry men and maidens continue to serve up the dedeotable fare they have siiiec- the initiation ol the season. "Does the hero marry the heroine at Ihe end of all their troubles. "No: nt the beginning." * * * "In Japan." said the Oriental tra' oiler, "we make our houses entirely of paper." "So do no, sometimes, 1 ' returned the- theatrical manager, gloomily. » « • The liim of Portus and-Talbot scenis likely to go far. It started well by engaging Janscn, find booming him fkilfnlly. His was the greatest piece oi puffing Sjdney had known, and that made lei fine houses. The moral effect, however, went further, for the firm showed that it could fulfil its premises — its results were as big us its talk Now they have a company of negro singers coming; and negro singe:fi aro always a sucocss. After them, Mine, do CisneroH, and with lier a t*rior and a 'cellist of quality. Mr. Talbot says that they will confine their attention to "one man shows" largely, and that they will select carefully. It will be their aim, not so much to have jxiople always with us, as to be assured that each person they Bend will be a reference for the firm and an advertisement for the others who will follow him. m • . The next Portus and Talbot attraction will be Kersand's Negro Minstrels. They open in Auckland on J«uie 10. and their tour of Australasia will last over a year. Messrs. Hugo Bros, had (ho duty of organising the company, arid they have gathered together colored folks who have made names *cr trcrn selves on the vaudeville and legitimate stage. An extra attraeiion will be a quartette of "real and original Texas Tommy dimocis."' Street parades ,-,rrt/D be features ol the company's stay in the several towns of the Dominion and the Commonwealth. « * -» Miss Margaret Cooper, the Knglisb ont< rtaoioi-. nbo has been doing rood business acres* the streak for some weoks pa-tj w'll open he? New Zealand tour in Wellington on July I". Miss Cooper's work is all of the lightest sort, and is said to provide an cxc llent evening's amusement, for tho.-" who are wearied of serious things. In Melbourne her managers. Messrs. ,1. and X. Tail, announced her as "irresistible, inimitable, and incomparable," and. as one journal put it. everyone who heard her said she certainly was all thi*. only "more so." Ma'-gr.ret lias < \ Idontly got thf goods, and knows how to hand \-m out.. * !• » Pang the big drum and shout "Hurrah!" "Call Hoy," of ihe Dunedin "Star." has been advised thai the J. C. Williamson management has definitely decided to send "Kismet" 1o the Dominion, complete in every particular as regards company, soonerv. and effects. "It will be presented at the several towns meulioiu-d on the following dates: Auckland. September 23; Wellington, October' U; Christchurch November -1 ; Dunedin. Noveniber ~(\; litvereargill, Decenibor C. » . » "Sinbad lb,. Railor." at Her Majes ty's 'Theatre. S\dnev, has jumped rigid info popular favor, reports the "Sun."' It is brimful of nonsense mid mystifying splendor. The humor of the panlomime -lorn-hrs the laughing nerve. ;'" brightness dazzles the rye. and its t urn fulness has started an epidemic if whistling. if * * Before he rose to fame, Maurice Maeterlinck married Courgette. I,eblaue. an niiivss. Of ihc act iv-ss-wilV of the men who gave the world "The lilue l!ird : " All red Sulro recently wrote: "She is a woman of rare intellect and chaim, with a iou'-h ol genius herself, and *he has been the ideal hel])inate to her pool husband. Madame .Maeterlinck has stood between him and the jarring world, kept the yelling 'mat kef at bay, and inspired him where inspiration was needed. She. perhaps, like the exquisite figure of Light iv (he play. has known where to look for the blue bird of happiness."