ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

NELLIE STEWART, jl "DOROTHY 0' THE lIALL." "Dorothy o' the Hall," in which Miss Nellie Stewart ivlil make her app "irinee at the Theatre Royal this evening, s described as a romantic historical costume play, the actio,i of which takes place in the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England. The dramatist therefore had wide scope for his imagination as regards stasje settings and costumes, and in the Nellie Stewart I production the mounting of the play is 'on the most lavish anil gorgeous scale. The play teems with incident and of each in succession Dorothy is the central character. The part is one demanding a versatility equal to the requirements of situations intensely dramatic and of interludes varied by Ihe lightest comedy. Miss Stewart is said to met with rare skill the heavy demands marie upon her in portrayal of the wavward maiden. She is vivacious, so feminine, so genuinely human, she gets so much effect out of what is V r-ativclv unimportant. and manages the heavier situations with so much discretion, that Dorothy Vernon must be counted one of her greatest successes. Miss Stewart will be supported iiv her full company, in- I cludiiifj two distingu'-'icd London actors, Messrs Clarence Bbikisten and Allen Wilkin, together with Mr 11. H. Roberts, J. !!. Athohvood ' and other leading actors and actresses. The box nlana' are at Colliers, where there has been a heavy demand /or reserved seats. EMPIRE PICTURES. A special change of prog-nnnie will be shown at the Emuir:' to-il \v end fnnight only. The star featuve is '>">■- t-culnrlv sensational, and is entitled "A Circus Romance, ov A of the Sawdust. Ring." dim Flint, the rirgnmster in Cody's cirrus, in c-il. r to '"t rid of Jack Dorn. his rival f'" - the 10-e of Polly Wells, a bareback rider, manages to heve Dorn jail"d <u a fal- ! " charge. Siv:i after, whii" '"t.'>xii"it»il, hj" insults IVlly. and is discharged bv the owner of the |n ■/,. Flint looses the animals and Polly is pursued bv a lion to an old barn, where she climbs up into a horse stall cut of tin' frantic beast's reach- Dorn, mean-i

r.-liili'. has niado liis fjct away, and is biding in iTic same barn. li;* comes Polly's rescue. With no weapon save a pitchfork lie wives her life and disables the lion. Flint, ••r,capiw; across country, stumbles int-i a waterhnle. where he is found and fatallv wounded by one of the wild beasts which his own fury had loosed. The Yitasraph company is represented by a fine drama ".John Ranee, Gentleman." Jilted by a flirt, who marries his friend, whom sh" does not love, she tries to win back the love of the first man. who rone-noes her. When he learns the truth, her husband disappears, and is found dead. "Howls and lianas" is a Keystone comedy, '"Knur-footed Waif," "Tango Spree," "Australian Gazette" and cthery are on the programme.

TIIE CHERXIAVSKYS DRAW CROWDS.

Tile Capetown Town ITall i-; a capacious building, holding nearly three thousand people, yet at each of the Cherniavskvs's recitals many would-be auditors were turned away disappointed, as the Town Hall authorities were forced j to stop the sale of seats. (With their wonderful personality and talent, T.eo, Jan and Miscbel Oherniavsky —violinist, pianist and 'cellist respectively—have carried the banner of success into sixteen countries, and, like Alexander the Great, have been looking lor more fields to conquer. They have, just reaped the richest of all musical harvests in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Africa, Egypt, Australia, Russia, Germain", France, India and the Past. Musical I.ondon has struck its colours despite the influential prejudices against youth. The great CherniaVskvs have, recently marched triumphantly | through South Africa for the third time, and India and the East for the second time, where they have broken all records. The eritios of the world freely acknowledge the. uplifting influence the Cherniavskys have had upon their musical circles. Says an Australian critic: " Music is the universal language of civilisation. It speaks alike to all hurtianitv, and takes its message to the heart in every lark! without an interpreter, and of all musicians we have ..heard none have appealod to us like the Cherniavakva."

They appear here next Monday, March 22, when tlicy are certain to have a , packed house, as there has been quite

an unusual amount interest arousod. Collier's music warehouse has charge of the booking arrangements,