Theatre Royal.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 778, 22 March 1905, Page 2

Theatre Royal.

THE .HLULEE SIXGEHS. The second and last concert In Xew Plymouth was given by the t'isk Jubilee Singers on Tuesday evening, when there was a good attendance. The quality of the performance was quite up to the standard attained by this popular combination, and nearly all the items were encored. One could seo that the singers put their hearts and souls into the music, and the peculiar negro enunciation and phrasing were striking. The soloists were particularly happy in their selections, and so greatly pleased the audience. Mr Harry C. Newton's "Out on the Deep" was greeted with an encore, to which, he responded with "Asleep in the Deep." Miss Beatrice Mercer was also encored for her "Slumber Sweet." The lady baritone, Miss Hclle'GilAions, was particularly happy in Sullivan's "i.osl Chord." A double encore rewarded Mr Clarence Tisdeje for his rendition of "There's Nobody Just. Like You." Mr R. H Collins' coon song was also well received. A (fuartetlo Kissed," by Messrs Tisdale. Collins. Xewton, and White, was the other item outside the Jubilee choruses and glees, of which "Hear Item Hells" was perhaps tho most appreciated. "The Lord's Prayer" was also a nooulur item.

' [lopuiar item. CAPTAIN SCOTT HAKDEXS PICTORIAL ENTERTAINMENT. Arrangements have been completed ' for Captaiin Scott Harden', the famous war correspondent of the London Graphic and Chronicle, lo give one of his pictorial war lectures in the Theatre Hoynl next Friday even- • ing. Referring to Captain llurden's successful appearance in Sydney, an exchange says :--" Bronzed by the exposure incidental to the work of a war correspondent, geniul-jlooking to a degree, and elad in the undress uniform in which ho left Port Arthur during the siege. Captain Seotf Hhrdcn, i'i'esh from the war region, was aWe to give vividness and local colour to much of the information he had to impart, and was aiblo to present many characters to his audience in a fresh light. In addition, he had many little anecdotes which were particularly interest ins, some humorous, son e pathetic, and some full „f dramatic force." He will deal specinJlv with the sicgo and full of Port Arthur and the lecture will be illustrated bv upward* of j.oo limelight picture's fromi the captain's own sUmps-hots. and sketches taken in the fortress. These are tho only authentic pit* lures yet exhibited in the colony, and thc-y lend an air of realism to the many points touched on by Hie lecturer. The box plan will be opened at Mr McKinnon Main's this morn-