AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13986, 8 March 1911, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

1 ,y E W COMIC OPERA COMPANY. %>.« Williamson new comic opera com- ._._!_ commence their season at the ffi* RoZ on Tuesday next, 14th fvitli The Dollar Princess." A mS I L been heard of 'The Dollar ! ' «d it ha. the rerord nf Ik>- + Wnlv musical play beatini: «*lhe •ufrrvVidow" lor number of.conae-Mi-Krformances. The music 1R spoken */ excellent, and the .story, if ' believe all that ia said of ,t, t"SrStUW> and clever, quite a rara avis t Sards comic operas and musical JSes in general. Tho company also ffSreputation of bring one ot the „„cr Mr Williamson has Kent ns for *«tL 5 W It includes Misses Olive (.odwin, Lottie I" vßeckford. and Stella Sel**Z T VlpVcrs Heginald Roberts, W. S?Rt. Bert Gilbert. Charles Albert, *' T;_l Kirbv, Herbert Clayton. , n n f r i,er. Victor Prince. During friaSn.whieh will I* for fourteen *riito -A Walte Dream. rhe Merry BfiV- and " A K,,i « , ! t ,0r - a Day ' ?.K produced. The plan ct reserved Ws for the season will open at Messrs jCtoer and Thompson's on tnday, at FULLER '.S PICTURES, fw of the most noticeable of the ,i ;_• the new nnijiramnie ol )l'ulfß&mVtfvcn last nipht nt the Ktoeum was undoubtedly, that shnww tfs: laarvellnus cn.stnan feats of '2 fin Cosssoks. .Sonic ol them So almost incredible, and the .series was quite m.»«,..e. ,_notner %Z «ne soriw was "Clouds and [eel%" in which sonic very lieautiful K. both of clouds and alpine scen--1 ,ere noticeable. The effect of Skint, down on a dense mass of movKlond, like a wall of white wool, „« very oeculiar. It has not taken rt?einema"_ogranh drama author long £ rSnse the possibilities of aero1S in connection with situations fc villainy ha* to be vanquished 3 virtue victorious. In "Tlirough S» clouds" a story of an American Senatorial election, the «W«"«- ---" Sated a most conspicuous part -and SSd the situation. Qmte a novel fil was introduced in 'Mr Four SuA." where a wordy gentleman, who hit really been in gaol, tells his club mites of adventures in various part. ' X world. As he relates them a reduction of the particular adventure S*»ns- How he ultimately come* to 'Sf is admirably worked out. 'The • Kntains of Kentucky" was a drastic story, in which the.acttnc! of tho winoipnl" was very good indeed. fcleEt Hunting" w*s ? . senea where E urand mort waa. illustrated "A r«ful Do«," nnd "His S.ster-m-Law 55 two excellent comedy film.,. The «m bill will be repeated this evening. _ THEATRE ROYAL. ' There is a distinctly Australian atmwphere about the picture reproduce Sof "The Squatter's Daughter 3*b should appeal to colonial audiS The drama i.s an Australian ■ Sewritten by Australian actors, and SpSure was taken under Australian »kks, and preserves the Australian tone of the nlot in really admirable fashion. It is not necessary to recapitulate the dtdrr unfolded in the play; suifaco.it to say that there is a strong love m- : terest, a hero and heroine, and a very MT-ernil background of villains, mostly Wbraagers. No Australian narrative is complete without horses and ' aboriginals, and there ie no searcitv of HeMeF in the picture. The sedate S-paco of the eouines, while they are , .SupJOHHi to be engaged in a furious f vhase, is the only adverse criticism one > would offer of them. The setting of the drama is a natural and picturesque one—there* »» the homestead, the " stock and cattle, the bush and planta- ■ tion-f, and tbe Jenolan caves. It is ***ff __W»''Open-air show, and the story is ' T«y. well acted indeed by the- artists Tf/ljO-'are in tbe' caste. It is hardly '4lWM_)_ary to. add that, as in all good t dftiaas, the final act witnesses the **,tri__nph of virtue and the ignominious udefent of vice. The end is led up l t6 with a series of more or less excitr ■ 'giaa adventures, and the finale is cer?"itM.n_y well dovised. In addition to • \tins principal film, a miscellaneous f-series, of pictures was shown. Included 7 was a particularly fine one of the 7 Stadium sports, in which the competi'?t<_» Were shown in the «rand niarcb !' p__t,- and afterwards at their various '•'athletic pastimes. There were also ? wraal humorous and dramatic studies, . each of which was entertaining- The jf, programme will be repeated this and :'.._uhborow evening, and to-morrow afternoon a matinee performance will 1». given. HAYWARD-WEST PICTURES. .: Tha programme shown by the Hay-**W_-We_t Picture -oroorietory at His •'Hajatj's Theatre fo"r the first time on , "JHonday evening-, was repeated last , ;j_ght, arid drew a full house. Tho ''films which are as varied as they are -■ BsstrDdive and interesting, were all Jtreeted with enthusiasm, especially the Graphic" and "r*athe ''Gruette," which g;ive representations of r-.topical incidents in all quarters of the -;«tobe. Not a little of the success of. * the programme was due to the selec;,,toi» played by the orchestra. TodfJUga. the same films will bo screened. ;Jt OPERA HOUSE, 'j;* nTaadevDle continues on its career of s'Jtoabated popularity at the Opera fyOime, the current programme, -.vhich ; "S^.- most entraining one, again atjSlf* 1 "^! 1 * larß ° attendance last even■vSj**! The new performers repeated " of tho previous evening, j '-««..i - other artists also-proved their f* , SS2s n if y « b y' i ho heart * v & pp*-"™i t -«Wfced by their efforts. The same bill ■-»ai b e presented to-night. ,-1v... sydenhaiTpictuhes. ! : ''K*SL Btt *",' Ja , nccs at th '° %denham ■.SSn*? "'Rhtly-are m«.t satisfactory, " **•* a _ Rht tho "oeHpnce of the pro■'ST.i™"' * n »tl*er crowded house. ■ 'aSA&T tho 1,5,,a1 chnnyo of Proßramme ft^ "* presented. The new pictures inand the Outlaw," "An r S "Brooo Bill's Rederap--Vfi» «,*tf t ? nt l ? ,res of Kie Double !!i ft2.** " Ma -m-Law's Picnic," "Rice vjJWgMfj »> Borreo," "From Hamburg ~i,wi.lßßkenese," etc. COM7, - PAXY. '"ftc* Ji_ Way * reoin e. M. Eugene Ossi- I ?"'SLL\ ir p , l , ve a ref l" p st recital at the '"ffi i H . al ,9" this Misses *Ww b * ! Cl 1? (vio,in > and Alma ■"«Ms (p, aU fl) Wlll assist Aliss Rffl)M ?oZL« l a « dlt| on to nccompanving M. ,U l a,so sing a dl,et w»th him. ,«e p }an of reserved seats is now open Milaer and Thompson's. ]if ORGAX RECITAL. " l i» n- Proßramme of the or « an recital 'nL i Bra^a haw at His Majesty's '""fr*- ton next will comprise ,rl*ais from the.works of Schubert and ■■"""■n. This should prove a great: "''W C i *?■ music ,overs > *" th « num- : , are amon «.st the best and " W P°^?, r of h o * composers. The '»wtaj will commence at three o'clock. V wainonTpark. "pJI I6 I*°? ran, n"! to-day at Wainoni •P7 V** include a naval battle and a "kW Judy shovv * Tho various side ■W.. wIH bo n *n»»nE, and also the CT nferry-go-rourtd. The Hororata ■ ■•wool picnic will visit the park to-day. '.j U«SH XATIOXAL OOXCIiJIT. 'st*^ 0 ?', 1 } 10 IrLsh national concert on St. f Wricks night, in aid of Nazareth *•?*¥' t0 Uke ph,co in His Majesty's gjr~f atrc > a varied and interesting proha* been drawn up. In addi-

tion to Irish songs and recitations, tho double Irish jig will be danced. Tho plan of reserved seats opens at Milner and Thompson's to-morrow.