ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

• THE • SMAItT .SET." The ".Smart Set," under tlie direotiqn - of Walter C!eoi'«c and Muynard Dakiil. will give the first nf their novel entertiiininents at 1 lio Theatre Koyal tliifl evening. Tim company have recently completed seasons of eight cous:'cutiva weeks at Auckland Sikl Wellington, where they have been, playing to capacity business* and judging from recent business and press reports lo 'bund, th« entertainments are far above the average. The Melbourne Argus saye.—"lt can be said without hesitation that the 'Smart Set' pcn'ormanco is the best over given here. A special feature is tha •musical sketches into which are introduced clever witticisms and smart patter entirely free from vulgarity. Tha Smart Set.' wito claim to be the originators of this class of entertainment, ara slated to be very much on the lines of I'elisiier's Follies, who keep London lunching all tlio season with social and political skits, satires on current happenings, and 'potted plays.' Kaeli, member of the company is reputed to .be in artist. of considerable merit, and includ. i-d in their number is Mr. Mavnaril Da kin—well «nd fa vorably remembered, as having visited the Dominion <m previous occasions, when be presented itenia of extremely lino innocent comedy anil acting. The combination consists of eight members, all contributing numbers of more than usual interest, including a repertoire of humorous and sentimental swigs, coon song's and choruses, vcntriloH»al items, duets, character songs. musical sketches and musical selections." The box plan is now open at Co'lier and C'o.'s. • run couxt op lunkmhoi-rg" There is something unusual about tha tamoiis "wall/, on the stair-case" aa seen in "The Count of Luxembourg," to he staged here shortly. Imagine the feaL Miss Floti e Young %1 Mr. Frank Ilreeiie have to perform, to waltz up a flight of step., thence along the balcony, and down an.ulier flight on the oppositn side, keeping time to the music (one lost -tep would nic.ui an entanglement, and throw the w!.„le tiling out), and at the same time nvolving gracefully. Those who consider themselves accomplished exponents of the waltz 011 the polished loin- will appreciate the dillieulty of the performance if they try the waltz »n the Staircase. Miss Young and Mr.• Crivne have c more diflicult task than I lie exponents of their roles in Ixmdon and \ ienessc had lo perform, for the ' 1 air- in the product ion to lie staged lierc have bee:: made six tim-su higher. KMI'IKK i"' ri■ iij-: PAi.Aci':. A new picture was screened at til# I'.liipii''.' J Ilea Ire on Saturdav night, il picture which, to use a hackneyed phrase, both point.- ? moral and adorns a tale. "Shipwrecked," as the picture is called, lionesses many points of novelty, and is horn all points (1 f view an excellent, ft shows virile scones of opeu-air life free from impo=sibly-pic-tiirc,«|iie cowboys or grotesque particolored Indians. Tu sentiment is not mawkish, and the love-siorv which is embodied in it is not of die drawingroom variety ending at th- altar steps. In addition, it deals in a forceful manner with u great social problem. "Shipwrecked" j,ivcs tin- story of a Milet, a man who lias appiirentlvno ambition bevond a desire tn he the most perlect vale! in existence but a Soeial-i-t. (hough unaggressive He i R taken on a sea vo? a»i. by his employer. a wealthy American, and (lie pn'rtv is wrecked on a Ironical island. Tii this predicament, it' spc'-uilv iitipears evident lhat the val- 1 :i the best- man of tha parly. Of n erse (he parte j„ rescued by ,i passing -hip, but n,,l h.i'n-e f>» • valet Ims v. n the h»ari nf Putrli-w, bis employer's .laughter. Thi> coiicludiilP scene shows her at home tmcc mora, reading a Vtter from her once hinnb' ■ and still deferential lover, in which li u-ks her to wait for him whilst I)* makes a p'ace in the world which he aa> ask her tn share. j: ■. The suppoi'tiiif' programme is tiomilly sttiiictive. Tlic programino will be shown again to n'pht and tQ-KOWoW**. L J, ■ » a