ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 54, 24 July 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE KENNEDY'S. x There was a much better audience at the Theatre Royal last night to'ltear the second concert of the Kennedys, wJiieh was no doubt due to the realisation of their'cleverness as displayed at the previous concert. A complete change of programme was submitted, each item receiving single and double encores. A • wide range of popular and clasical numI hers was performed. Mr. Laurie Ken- | iiwly again displayed his decided musical ; ability in his 'cello solos, and Messrs I Keith and Lance Kennedy added much variety with their violin and flute num- ■ hers. Miss Dorothy Grace met with.* 1 line reception and sang Braga's Serenata, a light, dainty song "I couldn't, could (r" and in the second half Slater's "The I Passion of Spring," and for encores "The i Rosary" and a humorous song, "Men," ! which wholly captivated the audience. | Miss Grace had to again bow her acknowledgments. Miss Rose Fitzgerald's sweet and mellow contralto voice was I again beard in many numbers, receiving ! a deservedly excellent reception. The concerted items were of: the highest standard, giving our concert-goers a fine [ opportunity of enjoying- this pleasing branch of .musical composition. Madame [ Bertha Kennedy, as accompanist, greatly | assisted the artists in their performi anccs. One more concert will be given on Saturday night, when this charming ,»usical combination should meet with a crowded house. - f "JUDITH OP BETHULIA." I A stupendous cinematographic production, -"Judith of Bethulia," the latest •'masterwork" of the A.B. Company, will be introduced at the Theatre Royal Pic- | tare next Monday. The plot is taken ! from the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha, the period being about 600 years before Christ. The A.B. Company's players, headed by Miss Daphne Wayne, the beautiful young leading lady, journeyed to Palestine to enact the play amid characteristic surroundings. Ac-. tual knowledge of the site of Bethulia i *as been lost in antiquity, but it is-con sidcred by some authorities to have been a fortified outpost of Jerusalem. " For I this reason portions of the ancient walls I of Jerusalem were used as a setting for some of the scenes of "Judith of Bethulia." The most spectacular' episodes are the grand assault upon the walls of Behulia, in which thousands of Assyrians take part, the charge of the char- \ iots, the grand march-past of the Assyrian army, and 'the mystical ballet, "The Dance of the Fishes." Owing to the expense of this production, it has (been necessary to slightly raise the prices as follows: 2s and Is. The box plan is open at Collier's, and patrons arc advised to book their seats.

EMPIRE PICTURES. The remarkable feature drama •''Count Zarka," by the Kordisk Company, will be shown -for the last time to-night. It. is 'one of the moßt thrilpictures that has ever come to New Plymouth. Anotlier very interesting picture is "The Tango Dance," which contains a very good exhibition of this world's great craze. A scenic picture, j "Picturesque Brittany." is an exquisite | production. "Tli'c Catch of the Season" J—a London comedv—reveals one of 'the most humorous, "fish" stories ever told. The other pictures are all good, and a [ visit to the Empire to-night will ho | wc'l repaid. Reserves 1 at theatre. ' THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES. The Theatre Royal Pictures screen tonight, for one night only, their new week-end programme of cinemas, beaded by a Cines Co. 2500 ft drama, "The 'Banker's Ruse." a thrilling story, with » powerful plot. Tl' full programme is advertised ill our nirr.'scmeiits column.