AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 161, 8 July 1909, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

TIVOLI THEATRE. The present excellent programme a.t the Tivoli Theatre continues to attract good houses in spite of the inclement weather. The pictures are interesting and well shown. On Saturday afternoon a matinee performance will be given. THE OPERA HOUSE. An appreciative audience witnessed the staging of "The Broken Home," by the Geach-Marlow Co., at the Opera House last, night. The piece will be presented again this and to-morrow evenings, giving place, on Saturday next, to "East Lynn." CHUNG LING SOO. The Riekards Vaudeville Company gives its final performance in Auckland to-mor-row night. Last evening His Majesty's Theatre held a very large audience, and the programme presented met with yvarm approval. The feats and illusions of Chung Ling Soo were performed with an easy nonchalance and absence of effort which made them the more mystifying and attractive. The cycling act of the two Wheelers was a very popular 'turn," while Ted Kaiman was encored and re-en-cored for his comic songs. The other members of the company appeared to the satisfaction of the audience. A new programme, with further mysteries by Chung Ling Soo, will be given to-night. ALBERT HALL. There was an audience rather larger than usual at the Royal Albert Hall last night to witness the first production oi thp. new programme. It is a most excellent selection of pictures, and' the showing of the films on the screen left i nothing to be. desired. There was a series about the streets of Paris, which showed the architectural beauties of the city and the traffic, making a most interesting set of pictures. Another picture, "An Orange Plantation," described how the fruit is garnered and packed for export by the dusky people who live where the golden fruit grows. Another scenic film which excited some interest was "Hunting the Vulture," a picture of which the scene is laid in South Africa. The dramatic series were unusually interesting, the most interesting of all being "The King's Pardon," a really exciting picture-story. Generally, the show was an excellent one, and the appreciation of the audience marked in a very high degree.