ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 195, 16 February 1914, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE DUFAULT COMPANY. Paul Dufauit, the famous tenor, has been fortunate in securing a talented group of associate artists, and a pleasing feature in connection with them is the fact that they are all Australian. Miss Pauline Uindley, the soprano of the company, is a young .inger who seems to have a great future before her. judging from all accounts. She is said to gTeatly resemble Felice Lvne, the young soprano of the Ouinlan Opera Company, inasmuch as - Miss Bindley is very petite and possesses an -unusually big voice. Krnest Toy. the Queensland violinist, is also with the company. Mr Toy is well-known to all New Zealand music-lovers, having toured the Dominion with great success some years ago as a boy prodigy. Since then he has visited Kurope, and has won recognition from the musical public and leading musicians of England and the. Continent Harold Whittle, the pia.-ist, needs no introduction to New Zealand. He has filled the position of accompanist with almost every great star that has toured Australasia, notably Melba, Calve, Be Cisneros, Crosslev, and numerous others. The Dufauit concert will be held at the Theatre T.oyal on Wednesday, February

"WITHIN THE LAW." Enormous figures are quoted as the result of calculations made regarding the number of persons who paid /or admission to see '''Within the Law" in London, Xcw York, and Melbourne. The Westminster Gazette stated that nearly a quarter-of-a-million people must have seen this fascinating play in London up to November 17. These figures are, however, quite eclipsed by Xevt York. In that city it was calculated that quite 51)0,000 patrons had passed through the doors of the Elt'mge Theatre during the first twelve months' continuous run of the plav, and there seemed to be no falling off in the second year. The Melbourne total is also very high. "Within the Law" ran for 13 weeks at the Theatre Royal, and over 150,000 people paid for admission. included in this total, however, .ire many'who saw the play several times. "Within the Law" will be presented at the Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, by the .T. C. Williamson management oil Tuesday evening, February 24. The box plans will be opened at Collier's, next Thursday morning. "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD."

"Old Mother Hubbard," a pantomime of the Royal Pantomime Company, is to bo staged on Saturday night next at the Theatre Royal. it has been running for several years in the cities of Australia. Miss Kathleen Mack, who plays principal boy, has now established herself in the Dominion as one of the best impersonators of boys' parts that has ever appeared here. ' She has all the physical charms usually associated with delineators of boys' 'parts. In "Old Mother Hubbard," she has manv opportunities of displaying a handsome figure in costly costumes. Mr. Bru-e Drvsdale, as "Old Mother Hubbard," is said to extract every ounce of fun out of the part, and when he is on the stage there is not a dull moment. The scenery and dressing in "Old Mother Hubbard" is characteristic of the company, and due attention has been paid to the introduction of special artists in ,ihe Anderson trio and Gresham four. The company played here last November, and left a very fine impression. The box plan is at Collier's.