AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15756, 24 November 1916, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL

There was another very large attendance at the Theatre Royal last even- " ing, when "A Daughter of the Gods," the local children's pantomime, was repeated with much success. In answer to numerous requests, the juvenile panV tomime company will again produce the . I same piece at tho Theatre Royal to- '• morrow night. a j - O"PERA HOUSE. Last evening there was a largo atteng dance at tho Opera House. Tho Bert k La. Blanc Revue Company vras most enthusiastically received. The longer this talented company stays here the more popular it becomes. The first part of the bill is composed of good quality vaudeville turns, and the whole show £ is one which should not be missed. The programme will be repeated this even- » ing, and a matinee will be given toL * morrow. e j GLEE AND MADRIGAL SOCIETY. At the Choral Hall last night another j concert in aid of the Red Cross Fund was given by the dee and Madrigal ' Society, under the direction of Mr Sid- _ ney Williamson, with a well-chosen pro- ~ gramme of beautiful part-songs. After tho free-and-easy chorus work of * "H.M.S.# Pinafore" it must have cost . no end of trouble to subject the choir again to tho rigid discipline required ~ for all the refinements of harmony. But 3 the conductor, with his nntamable energy, has succeeded beyond tion. Especially the ladies' part-songs 1 were presented with charming and artis--1 tic efficiency, admirable, though at ■ times a little exaggerated in the pianis--1 simo effects, like in Cowen'6 "In Our > Boat," Elgar's exquisite "The Snow," ■ and "Stars of the Summer Night" in the setting of John E. West. The tendency towards dragging habitually the tempo in the soft shades should be re--1 pressed, as it inclines towards artificiality. The clever "Tattoo" for ladies' • voices, also was deservedly encored, and Dr. Vincent's novel J/Vocal Polka" very brightly sung. In beauty of tone and flexibility of tone variations, Mendelssohn's "In the Woods" stood out unrivalled among "the productions of the combined choir, the male voices, despite their numerical weakness, filling the harmonies with excellent effect. The nearest approach to it could bo found in Pinsnti's "Tell Me, Flora." The wholo performance spoke volumes for the skill and car© of Mr Sidney Williamson's work. Miss Adeline Goodman introduced herself favourably with an evenly-bal-anced, well-trained, and agreeable contralto voico, her interpretations particularly of Coleridge Taylor's beautiful song "Big Lady Moon," and Cowen's racy "Border Ballad,'' being meritorious in style and sentiment. Mr Leonard Bowron, whoso cultured voice and artistic method are too rarely heard in tho concert room, sang with great success, very finely and expressively Sullivan's aria from "The Prodigal Son," "Morning," by Alev Speake, and "The Spirit Flower." Miss Margaret Lund accompanied part-songs and soloists with taste and reticence. "PEG 0' MY HEART." "Peg o' My Heart," J. and N. Tait's latest production in New Zealand, will open in Christchurch at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday next for an eight nights' season. Peg is the daughter of an impecunious Irish genius, who set--ties in the United States. There she is brought up in the freedom of untrammelled American society, but when . she is growing up she is left an income, a proviso of which is that she shall go to England to be transformed into & "young English lady" in the home of the haughty Chichesters_, who are relatives. This family consists of the stately mother, the supercilious daughter, and the son, with a monocle and a drawl. Into this refrigerator of a house poor little Peg drops down, with her uncouth but loving ways, with her shafts of Irish wit and the pathos of Irish sadness. She and her Irish terrier are like fish out of water. Added to her trials is the rather attractive villain, Brent, a part that will be played here by Mr A. L. Pearce. Peg tries hard to knuckle down, but her dog fights with' Ethel Chichester's aristocratic pup, and she herself grieves . for her daddy and the free days of little old America. But gradually the eleotricity of her personality thaws the English icebergs, she saves Ethel from the clutches of Brent, and love comas to Peg. It is an idyll all through, told ; in clean and crisn dialogue. The box - plan open 6 at The Bristol on Monday ; morning. PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS. \ Each session at Everybody's Theatre < was well attended yesterday, when Miss ; Clara Kimball Young was again seen in 1 "The Feast of Life." The various 1 other pictures proved most entertaining, i The ..same programme will be screened 1 to-day. i "The White Pearl," a magnificent c Famous Players film, featuring Miss Marie Doro, was shown again to a large 1 attendance at the Sydenham Pictures \ last evening. Charles Dickens's n "Christmas Carol," and other items, a were all well received. To-night the 7 same pictures will be shown. s Marovene Thompson's novel, "The e Woman's Law»" is being shown in pic- c torial form to large attendances at each h of the present sessions at the Queen's 1> Theatre. This powerful picture has ! c many varied subjects to support it, and I f naturally the programme is meeting p with much approval. The same nic- j p tures are to be screened to-day. | a A first-class Famous Players-Lasky v film is now being shown at the Globe t

Theatre, and is attracting many patrons cach day. It is en tilled "Tho Goose Girl," and features tho popular film actress, Marguerite Clark. The other films are of a varied and interest4hg nature. Tho same programme will bo repeated to-day. > The Grand Theatro was crowded last s night, when the Metro play, "Lovely r Mary," to repeated. The same programme will be screened to-day. 3 Pauline Frederick in the Famous Players sensational photodrama ''Sold " and Charles Ricliman in tho William Pox iilm production' of C. Haddon Chambers's well-known novel, "The Idler," attracted large audiences afc all " sessions of Star land yesterday. 'Hie ® excellent acting of Miss Frederick and b Mr Richman in their respective plays r was greatly appreciated. Both prod 110 * tions will be screened at all sessions today. The mighty man of "Cabiria," the giant "Maciste." ic still drawing largo houses nightly to His Majesty's Theatre. The romantic melodrama is full of interest from beginning to end, and it certainly presents many features unite unusual in the picture world. The last two nights of "Maciste" are ' announced, and next week the irresistible Marguerite Clark will be featured in "Mice and Men." The current ■ week's programme will be repeated to- ; nTgnrJ.