Plays and Pictures.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 67, 21 June 1912, Page 12

Plays and Pictures.

A doit firm with a Jie-tv piooe i« Ihm work's feature uf •iiiU-i-cst in ■Wellington theatrical circles. The new firm comprises Keg. Wykoliam and Weldi> Xabie, both ueN known to New Zp«- ---! lallders MS elc;'er Jillfl {JKJK'TUMHV'd rtrli.its, mid i 1 ic11" offering is a musiojil :fa roe comedy yclept ''Mr. I'lusler of j fan's." 'I'dis comedy Ins no serious ! aim in life—it. wax .built to amuse, and I i> serves its purpose M.tliriir:ihly. In a<<(lition to I In- priueij*a.L vi tho firm, tho ciist includes IYe.s.iy Preston ar.W Maud diet v, vnd, of whom we have ploasuiaMe i,'collections in WilliamJ Koii product-ions, so that on the disLiil' i side, tin* company is charmingly represented. AH the artists put plenty of £o and ginger into their work, ami liii-ijc-.siz'vl laughs, strong rind healthy, reward tli'-ir efforts. • » # Critics agree tha-t Margaret ConjM'r, shortly to be se«n and heard in t.h-e. Dominion, is unique as .in entertainer in lier particular line. A musician o! varied gifts, she clothes her melody with delightful humor, and in this xvav uppoiils to a. wide section other (him the strictly musical. She i-i acclaimed by many admirers as the most vt'rsalilo entertainer of the day, in whom the charm of a wonderful personality is allied to a raro art su'LTlftv. * * » Pan! Dufaiilt, the Trench-Canadian tenor who will support Mine, de Cisueros i during her Australasian concert tour, lias a voice which in-net- of prent -power, j but its lyric, quality is praised by all critics Mine, de Oisueros writes otincerning Itiiii : ' Ho is pre-eminently a jcc ncert singer, and I am delighted lo have secured him. He iias an exquisite : voice, and is also a mati of delightful . personality, and a groat, social favor-. it*. 1 am .sure that you Australians, i who were so kind and appreciative, *s,\ j live, will like the ''find' 1 am bringing to you.' , i The Williamson management proI mises that , "Kismet" will be, singed ', during 'tie Dominion tour of tho Oscar • Co. on fho same- scale of com[ileteiiess us Id Melbourne and Sydney. No detail will he lackinc, — the whole of ! the enoimoil.'; production (which i-; : lieavier and more intricate tlitin the i nirist 2,oi'p:fv)us paii'tomime) will be transferred bodily to New Zoaltind. I'aen the Inline, harem plunpo bath, which is loni;, Bft. wide, and nesrilv Gft. deep, will be br(>up;ht alonj;. <iooj biz. I The following has T>een by I the (■ver-increasing popularity of ;mc- ! tlire shows :—■ i Siii.f; a soup; of sixpence-, motion picture i shows — j Kvorybody loves tliem, everybody goes. I When the doors are opened, music starts to 'play; j Oil wo are so :1( ] we're h n re, couldn't stay away. .Se-> the cowboy winning, larruping his nag! See the fat) man eliaso his lint; my, lie's on the jag! j AVhat if everything is liigh—food and i renf. and clothes — IWe still can take the family to sro ■ the picture shows. I * « 9 I.i its notice of tlio revival of "Ben Tlur" at Drury liane on April 18 one of the Loii'lon papers described the charfol I raci) as a triumph of .stage niiinageI Tnent. We* i-">ad : ''It- surprises by itj self, tin's chariot race, in the most sat,I isf\ing fashion. The. very noise of it Jis exhilarating. Tho sight i.s plainly incredible, impossiblo —but there it is, a stage full of galloping horses, of j chariots abreast, ;;o cl-ose that they can- ; not hut smash into each other, so j niae'ly racing that they must- in a mo- ' mont go clean through the wall. There , never was on tho stage a race so real. i There never was such a preposterously j convincing illusion." There ere 20 horses in the chariot rare, and [lie stage crowd numbers ■•[(¥). I • * x- ' Comic opera and musical comedy art- . isi.s come i'nun abroad. They have iln.'ir : day and cease u> be. Miss Florence ; Ymng remains. Why is it? What is i 1 he source c>f lier strength and i:nd"- I ninble popularity V Ilefon , anything, rt ] i i-i her voic". says Sydney "Suti." ' i '"Have you ever known ». sinaer iviU: j J n n'cnuinely good voien ewr fail on the • i stag- , ," asked llerr SlanotTski, discusß- j i ing the subject. "Just think now- a j : really good voice. Yon can'i jvenii-on ! i on: , . I'Morence Yoihi/t is ;ni illiisJral ion iof my argujiici'l, ,, lie adder!. 'She ■ has what f call an honest voice There lis no faking ahmit it. It is firm, true, : eleii- to her eharoc+er, anr? di,slin< I jpo. Viiii are always <jui[.-e ceH;!.iii when she ! opens her moulli to sifig tlml ynu are j ' going lo hear somet.fiing worth listen- j ! ing to. 1 like ln'r fitting, too. She has j in it that SHinft esfiential for sucees:- , . i that she has in her singing. She known I what she is £omg t-o do and why, and consequently lias confidenre. Tlio audience feols this, and responds to if." I Miss Young has been successful Ueyerid any artist on the Australia-): stage. ]]•: list of triumphs is too long to enumerate Tt is largely aoeounl<ed for by thrfact, that her voice is Ik-ttor than is usually heard in fight musical entertainment and by reason of her. personality. The qnefltion is from the, manager's point of yiow, ''Can she ever lie replaced P" The rcriw qTiest, goes on : year in and : war wrt., Unit th« likely successor to Miss Young never arrives.