AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 91, 18 April 1922, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

COMIC OPERA SEASON. Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Yeoman et tbe Guard" will be revived for one night only at His Majesty's Tbeatrp on Friday next. Mr. Charles H. Workman " will appear here lor the first time in his original .characterisation of Jack Point, his interpretation of which was regarded hy the late W. S. Gilbert as the best ever conceived of tte jester. On Saturday and , Monday nights Alfred Cellier's charming picturesque and most humorous coniic opera "Dorothy - - will .'be, revived. To old .heatresoere the production ol "Dorothy" win -bring back nappy recollections of the days when Nellie Stewart. Charles Riley, and George Lanri 'were popular favourites, while to those who have not yet enjoyed this delicious opera it will be appreciated as one of tbe best musical plays tM- or any other [feneration has produced. The plant for the rest of the season will he opened at Lewis R. Eady and Son's, Ltd., tor morrow morning. THE OPERA HOUSE. The change of programme at Fuller"* Opera House last night attracted a largp holiday audience. . The show was on the . whole an enjoyable one, though one turn . contained features that could very well have been omitted. Strong man Carr ' gave a display of muscle-contorting which ' wopld have delighted the students of'an I anatomical school, and be lifted heavy-- , weights with ease. . Wells and Delie pro-. , vided an interesting acrobatic turn. Effie ' Fellows, (male impersonator) maintained ■ her popularity with several rousing songs; . Gilberto did some clever juggling tricks; Charles Ancaster aped the inebriated with success, and did some really clever plater i spinning; Selbohi performed difficnlt feats • on the trapeze: and the Honolulu Four i pleased with qnalnt melody ou their- • stringed instruments. Norton and Forbes '. gave a new version of "Peggy O'Neil," and 'pattered" amusingly, and Rix repeated his • successes in lightninz sketches with coloured cbalfcs and charcoal, his wort. 1 lopldng wonderfully effective from the- -, circle. The Kennedy Boys provided a. . dancing turn which was a revelation of. agility. [ THE STRAND THEATRE.' j„ "' Special orchestral num_ers are hei'-r , played this week at the Strand Theatre to. ' support of "Star Dust,'- the leading film irnon the bill n6w current. Misses Bcttina ; Edwards and ilarjorie Turner stage a • , pretty phantasy, ''The Easter Egg." The programme at this theatre mill ihe changed, on Thnrs_aT tbls vreek instead of Friday i as usual, and tbe new headliner will then, ibe "The Sign On the Door." This nhn, featuring Norma Talmadge. has -been pro- ■ pounced by critics to be so much better! ; than the stage play that the question - naturally arises: ">Why shouM this great difference be discernible?" It is a query ' that is -not easily answered- -with actual sight of the film. " ._* .- AMUSEMENTS GUIDE. -j& • - HIS MAJESTY'S—"Merrie England." OPERA HOUSE —Fuller's Vaudeville. "DIXIELAND."—Dancing. SCOTS' HALL, SYMONDS STREET—RushMunro's Cabaret. PICTURE THEATRES. THE NATIONAL —Harry Carey in "The; THE PRINCESS—"Ove/ the HiH." THE TlVOJ.!^—Wallace ,Reid and ladies in "The Affairs of v Anatol." - THE NEW LYRIC—Mary Pickrord ia "Pollyanna." THE Hampton in "Star--dust." > THE HIPPODROME—Dustin Farnum ia "The Devil Within." THE QUEEN'S-—Princess Mary's .Marriage - and "Handcuffs and Kisses." THE GRAND—John Barry-marc in "The Lotus Eater." EVERYBODY'S — Margaret Steuart in • ''The Tavern Knight." __«■?T_s_"_£ r T" A Trlp t0 Mars " WEST END—"A Broadway Cowboy." THE empress—"To a Finish" and "Play Square." v THE BRITANNIA-— "Biding Borneo."