AMUSEMENTS

Taihape Daily Times, 29 July 1918, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE. The queer title of the latest Triangle, drama "Chicken Casey," gives no idea of the delightfully original nature of the plot. Dorothy Dalton is the heroine and the quick changes of her impersonation arc baffling. She portrays an actress who is anxious .to take the part of "rags" a girl of the slums. The author, knowing her for a girl of wealth and luxury, will not hear of it, and so Dorothy goes into the Bowery and puts up a remarkable "stunt .as Chicken Casey, a tough and altogether undesirable young person. Through an ingenious trick, she gets the author into a most compromising position, and the love -story that develops is full of emotional strength. Charlie Gunn as the hero, is the part to the life and the supporting cast is notably strong. The whole play is an interesting sidelight on the way things are managed behind the scenes in the production of stage plays. The scenes in slumland are vivid and inf foresting. The story is of a genuinely new type and it affords Dorothy Dalton greater scope for her versatility than anything she has done.

TAIHAPE PIERROTS.

All arrangements for the appearance of the Taihape Pierrot Entertainers at the Town Hall, to-morrow night are complete, and an amusing and agreeable evening is assured. The choruses are remarkably good, .and go with the vim and swing which should characterise these numbers. The various vocal solos arc varied in character, from the broadly humorous, in such pieces as "Prunes and Prisons," to the quaintly, pretty, such as "SunBonnet Sue." "My Echo," "In Japanese Butterfly Land," "You're Such a Lovable Girl," and "There are Fairies in our Garden." Two musical monologues by one of our leading elocutionists will also be given. A sexetie" wheh is sure to' bring down the house is "Nursery Rhymes," in which some •of our most talented vocalists will appear. The "umbers -above mentioned are only a few of the gems to be submitted, and are given as an indication of the variety and quality of the entertainment. All the gags and "business" incidental to a Pierrot entertainment have been worked up in first class style by the stage manager, Mr Do Latour. Mrs. Hummer, has had an exacting time in making the musical portion perfect, and that she has admirably succeeded will be disclosed to-morrow night. There has been a keen demand for tickets, and it is as well, in order to avoid disappointment, for intending patrons to secure their tickets and seats without delay. THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS. Speaking of the Fisk Jubilee Singers the Auckland Star says:—"The new programme put on by the Fisk Jubilee Singers , in ,the , Town Kail Concert Chamber last night furnished another striking illustration, of the genius for harmonising in .chorus and part-song by which the graduates of Fisk College have made .their alma mater famous among music-lovers. Ever since the first company of Jubilee Singers aroused enthusiasm by their choral and part-singing, each succeeding coterie from the college has maintained the reputation then established for high-class harmonising, which, in natural ease of execution and peculiar method of obtaining the proper musical i effect has never been equalled by ' other musicians. This feature remains ! the most striking character of the programme submitted last night by the present company and the choruses "My Lord, What a Morning," and "Roll Jordan Roll," given with the peculiar characteristic embellishments <"!•:' effects of the Fisk style of chorus, aroused the unstinted admiration and applause of the audience. The solos were accompanied by choral accompaniments, which gave them an added value and unusual character, the entertainuumt being full of characteristics to which none but Fisk singers can give adequate expression. The Com-, pany will appear at Taihape on Wednesday, July 31st. next. Box Plan at Swedlunds' Music 'Warehouse'/ ' where seats may be reserved without extra charge. Popular prices to suit everybody. 3s 2s and 1.