AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 249, 17 October 1908, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

fjflJS. WIGGS, OF THE CABBAGE PATCH." *0, Lord, whatever happens, keep mc fram'getting sour!" Such is the prayer of Mrs. Wiggs, and it is just the deternjinatibn to h-.ve sunshine in the heart ,tl»fr makes the play—"Mrs. Wiggs, of the Cabbage Patch," which opens at His jjijest/s Theatre, under the direction if Mr. J- C. Williamson, on Monday next—hbth a joy and a benefit. The box-plan is at Wildman and Arey's, and exceptionally good advance booking is jeported. _ HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The list performance of a successful geason was given at His Majesty's ftieatre by the MeyneU-Gunn Dramatic Company last night, "The Stepmother" 'i Seiag witnessed by a large and apprecia- \:■ Mm audience. ;ff' OPERA HOUSE. f: The Wide World Pictures were wit■H iesse'd by a thoroughly entertained audV fence at "the Opera House last night, the H 'wfibtis descriptive, humorous, and ; - ifeiouied films meeting with every sign ; of approval. This afternoon a matinee -' js Deing grreu, while on Monday the •V- usual change of subjects will take ojgKfc ' MARK HAMBOTJRG'S FAREWELL. To-night in the Choral Hall Mark Eambbufg makes his third and final appearance; -when, as at the first two recitals, he will be heard in* , a most inter- : Sstiiijj programme. It will commence " with Eameau's "Gavotte and Variations •md Beethoven's great work, "The Appasionata Sonata." An unusually inter- . fsting..Chopin group will come next; > -rcL, "Ballade in A Flat/ "Etudes E Major, B Flat, F Minor/ "Nocturne G Major*" "Mazurka A _Minor," all- very yell-known compositions of the famous itolish composer. The programme will jjjjniiiude with Leschetizk'y's brilliant %mntelle," "Idyll," a composition by ime of the present day's most successful J. B. Davis,~and finally Liszt's "Bh»pwdie. No. 6." This will be the jast opportunity of hearing Mr Ham- , boarg for many years to come, as he leaves for the South on Sunday and prt*ee3k to Ahstralia and thence on to Europe. THE SCARLET TROUBADOURS. i In oar amusement columns to-day a Mtice .appears, announcing the advent of. a London musical attraction of a povel character, which has been sent TO Few Zealand by Mr. Edward Branstombe.. This is a comedy costume comfiaiiy, khowil as the '-Scarlet Troubadours," who will make their first appearance- in - Auckland on Monday, 26th wtobtir, at the Opera House, special arafigements having been made with Messrs. Fuller and Sons to vacate this . itotre for a week to enable these performances to take place. As in the case «f Mr. Branscombe's Westminster Glee * ftrtyj which visited these colonies some ttree years ago, part-singing is made a distinctive feature, but in place of seri6ns music we are promised that, whilst the musical excellence is still maintained, the programme will, for the most part, contain humorous numbers, given in character and costume. The "Troubadours" number nine vocalists, six gentlemen and three ladies, amongst them wing two late members of the famous u>iidou Jdfeister Glee Singers.