ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 187, 6 February 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

Paul dufault mav sixg hers. Mr. Frederic Shipman, tho well-know* impressario, arrived in town, last night. He is here booking the Xew Zealand tour for Paul Dufault, the great Canadian tenor, and his concert party. Mr. Shipman states that, as regret w'aa expressed in Mow Plymouth that the recent Nordica party under his lnanagcment did not include this town, it is his intention to spend a few hours here, and if the interest evinced will wan-ant it, the Paul Dufault Company will include Xew Plymouth in the Xew Zealand tour. It will be remembered that Paul Dufault is the tenor who created such a sensation with Mme. Xordica on nor recent tour of Australia and New Zealand. His success with Xordica was so pronounced, both the Australian and New Zealand critics acclaiming him the greatest tenor who had ever visited the Southern Hemisphere, that Mr. Shipman signed contracts by which Mr. Dufault was to re-tour the same territory covered' by the Xordica Company, but this time as the "star," at the head of his own company. If arrangements are made in thw town, the date of the concert will bo about February 18. '

ROYAL PICTURES. "A message to headquarters,"' is the title of a fine drama which forum the chief attraction in the new programme at the Theatre Royal. The theme is the ever-fascinating one of the Italian Inndilti and secret societies. A wealthy American girl falls into tho hands of th.-e outlaws of tile Italian mountains, and is rescued by an officer of the Caribiuevi. This officer consequently incurs the enmity of the bnndit gang, and is imprisoned by them in a lonely house. When he is 'in the direst extremity, he manages to send a telephonic call for he'p to his headquarters, and an exciting rescue brings the picture to a close. The drama is a fascinating one, iiriistß'nlly carried out by the aid of splendid photographic effects. The acting is in the hands of talented artists.

Other good film-, in a strong supporting programme are an Edison drama entitled "A Proposal from the Dltkc," anflt a Vitagraph comedy in which John Bunny figures hugely.

The programme w'ill 1«> shown again to-night inul tomorrow ni(>ht.