ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 233, 11 March 1915, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

NELLIE STEWART. "DOROTHY <y THE HALL." On. Saturday evchiing, March 20lli, that charming actress Miss Nsl'.ie Stewart, will appear at tin- Theatre Royal in the romantic historical costume play, "Dorothy c' the Hall," which wil l be presented on a goigeous scaie as regards scenery, costumes and general uage effect* Mis» Stewart will play the madcap Dorothy, a bright, almost hoydeniah girl, who Hhowii her wit and worth in the exciting experiences she is called upon to face. It is a part specially suited to Miss Stewart's temperament and style. The play is rich in apid trnm - itions from comedy to patties, from laughter to tears, and the thread of romance is never lost. A cingiilar character was Dorothy Vernon, impetuous and trivial, lovable, loyal and brave. Be. trothed as an infant to the elder son of the Honso of Rutland, the heiress of Vernon Hall, owing to the later feud between the two families, reached womanhood ignorant uf this arrangement and without having stcn tne man chosen to be her husband. She had, indeed, at her father's :i ;;t..u:ari consented to wed her cousin Malcolm, also a stranger, and the. action of the play commences with the moiii<ni o» Malcolm's expected arrival to claim his bride. Bui vo-mar Manners, coking adventure, arrived lirst, pretending to be the looked.for suitor He immediate ly falls head o»i, heels )n love with the winsome Dorothy, and she with him. The imposture is, ot course, exposed when thc real Malcolm rides to tlie scene, and many are thr succeeding complications. Among thriic is the imprisonment of Dorothy, the wounding and escape of Manners, t'le personal intervention of Qiie.ii Elizabeth, the storming of Rutlai.-J Castle, the capture of Mary Queen of Scots, the exposure of Malcolm Vernou as a traitor, and the flight to Wales or Manners and Dorothy. The box plan for the New Plymouth performance opena at Colliers' on Thurs. day, March 18th. EMPIRE PICTURES. Still another Keystone star comedy is to be shown at the Empire to-night. It is said to be equally as good as the previous star comedies submitted by this popular company of star artists. The filni is entitled "(The Girl from New Yqrk," and features Mabel Normand, the. great Keystone girl. The K.B. Company contribute a star drama entitled "The Geisha," the story of a terrible danger. Interwoven in the plot is a sweet American-Japanese story. Other films are: "Oh, that Jack of Diamonds!" comic; "Love and Flames," comedy;

"Topical Budget," containing the latest in Avar news, and "The Crime of Cain," a drama by the famous Vitagraph Co. Seats may be reserved at the Theatre or by 'phono 30,1,

TIIIC CHICRNIAVSKY'S AND A.MKIMCA.

Leo, .lan, and Mischel i.'herniavsky, who "will honor this town on March !:_' with one of their wonderful concerts, open next year in New York with the Symphony Orchestra, and after presenting concerts in conjunction with tli„ Symphony Orchestra'of the various cities proceed on a tour covering all the leading towns of r.S.A., Canada, and South America. These geniuses mad,' such a profound impression recently in Auckland and when they were hciv'last year, that they are certain to be received with wide open arms everywhere, for New Ze;,l;,,i,| has never heard .such wonderful instrumental music. Mr Howard Edie is tlie general manager of the tour. At the third concert in Auckland, the reserved seats were all booked uj. twenly.foiir hours before the concert, the fourth concert was packed anil the lii'lh- an e\tra concert niven in His Maje.iv's Theatre was also crowd-