ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

' OI'ERA HOUSE. , 'ilio delights'"of "Lady/Madcap" arc at- •' &'• tracting : crowded ; audi?uccs , ; to :tho - Opor# -:: ■'*"! House.-. The. piece: Is'heavily.'.endowed'with 1 ' '<xcce!M<(MMcdyv-aAd-aß'inll r ; 9{/cat(^'itv]ii.'.»-~ < i:'''\:': ' bers that' is)usf rbo ." heard to -'bovhummed. ' i i'- : ■ .The.,performances :of.:'Mr"'Myles ~Cliftott.! < a« I'rivato" Smith, 'jMr. Gouriot as Posh Jenkins, 1-' , and> Miss Daisie Wallace as Lady Betty aro ' bright enopgh" to make any picce go with 1 ' ;av snap,: andJLady'-Madcap 1 ? ranlis- as. one 1 of ! - jlio v ,'smoi'toSt''.mu3jfcal''.playsrthat ; 'Eas/s9'-fst%' ,-v ; public,:of , these,'par,t's;.:4Vv/.'H, ojv!.Wediiesday.'*evoning:^,next V"Lady.'.Mad-;, i,,iVsr ! cap".will giyolplaco.tq , Tho' Little'',Michuj,'!',' ji. , .wbich has pecjiJ as the third . ■: v . tionr of. .tHoVpresentVsoason' by' , Mr.i.wilh - am. ;;' ! .^> i ; sotiM New . Musical- Coiliedy- Company. "- Tiiiaf play has been 'a great deal talked, about, t 1 and ,its rproduotioii 'is-sure to crcato consid- ' efable interest - amongst , lovers -o£comioopera... .Sltieh of., tho music is already - popu-. lar.with amatfeurs,sand"the'iplay is said to - • j abound in ' funny situations and bright , ;Wjtty -dialogue.-;' As\ta- spectacular-.'productTon '.M and; locality give evcry-:scoiso''for> v ricliest mounting and drossmg->... r '. : v . THEATRE ROYAL. >' Iho progfamme it Fullei's on [ Satur'dtty ;night , was. little altered from the previoua - - : four .or-five, .audience 1 .-was' also;' ' as large ajid.- asienthusiastic >as .during- any : -<: .of..the, holiday performanods:; Most of- thosa appearing on" the boards .were.: warm ' favour* ? : ltes, -. and • onev of v the' warmest • was' ' Miss - " . tilancho:- Carelli,. soprano vvocahst; wlio waa' ' ' recalled fourtimes.'.-Tliev Stfgpoole'.trio-': 'Hil strained, heavily: .for,a comic effects' m s-their -' ■burlesque !'"lho>Waiter;"Lesseo 'aud'Roxo ■ had some .moro juggling specialties ;- 'and : - ; Armstrong aild -.Verne, who- are bodked - fhp' '. tho: United- States j presented a conglomera- i tion: which-the :ii programme: ::n'ingeniouslyv ,' .- termed: "Comedy Junk:!' - -In addition to 1 other- performers, sojne' excollentsibiograph': ■ ■ iilms-went to complete-a-popular-programmo. : WEST'S PICTURES. Wesf s ■ Pictures' 'coritinue'' to -'attract ,largo -~. crowds. . ;On : Satnrjlay,;'aftornoo(i, .>:,-ivht) l ti;;a :' 'i :: ;matiheo;-..was i held,;,\tho •attohdancer'.ati.thoi , : ' _Town .Hall was gratifying,. and-in. tho even-. ■■■■: ' Tng. the, building.- .'was packed. .-.A-'novr/soijet 1 of, ;iilms f ineluaing'; excellent--views'; of |-pib-i. turesque- spot's in.Spaiu, thcMirincipal-icehio'' attractions in andi-about - Edmburgli,. tha - ;famqu's ( yictoria-.-Falls, on the,' Zambesi River, ; -, . and angling, in Norway; was presented; :,The > / :music:r'endered-:by;.|the'De-Groeh-Vice-Regal.-'; -..- 'Band 1 was,;much= enjoyed.: The . progfammr . ' ■ will be repeated, this evening.,. I WONDERLAND,' ■ t . W onderlahd-was;! well: patronised ,on ; Sat'. urday; afternoon. and eveuin|. ; -,' Tho' iiiiiiage-, nient::has;lhstitute|d' ; a'. different' rate ad- ; niissioii,.:'.whereby visitors, on,-. payment '.o(' :t. , one shil 1 in £, receivg jn ' : exchange ..twelve •' -. penny- eiiEitling the'holder 'to see' the .various; sidefiihows.-Fori, children';'t|e' rate is.sixpence, for-which six pennr coupon 3 '" x -- . are,-given, i.Tlia udea ■ has",evidently'."caught !*. on," judging from the attendance..-;',^; : 'J SUNDAY CONCERT. 1 ; • Ihe, Theatre -:Royal was • well f filled-' lastV: , : evening,, when- tho MacCallum family.- gava.) a silyer-com-, concert, Songs : were contri- ' buted. by Miss 'Flora' and Mr. Archibald AlacCallum.,,; ■ Messrs. Los and Harold ,(bf the v,clan)-V played .flute, and. violin . s.dlos ,'rq-,. - - spectively... Miss.-.Burrowes's moiiolo'giie coli-, " ' triuution-- was acceptable, particularly the;. - ' recitation ' a,!)out the Christmas Bells and the ' *. waits. . The. bioscope pictures. '"A. Brigand's . Daughter/! and -"A-: Victim to .were J interesting, but the illustrations to . the songs could easily -have been .dispensed withitThe! ■ company opens, its .nprthern tour at...Gray- • town on Ayednesday l evening,, v : yv:/ • THE. THEATRICAL TASTE. ■ -A-- correspondent the -/Sydney-; '" Bulle« •: tiii,"..revioiviug the"plays"produced 'during" ' the past 'yeari l says:—Thore'; ' arpn't : .mariy things; - * Australian" dramatic productions duriffg' the' past.';hal£VyMr£ •'''About !! ?o 'fieS ; .>"Mt.-.'of;^jie'!"S' shows . / (say):'-July,last:were'melodratria's:'-T'':Ndt''-m.pr.o; '■ or. less convincing -melodramas^siicK'as'Piriero '' writes 'loii,occasion,' noruyet: witty Shawiau V one?',- butvwildj screeching, rblood -arid f -; dyuiimite'impossibilities,'inducing in th^'judicidug ! the same feoling'o'f wear.y ! prdtdst that'sur|jes 7 : up while observing. Tom' Manii- 'advocating Sosh, and, say ing." Arise 1", or -G; Reid hello'vring'Anti:Sosh and alsosaying''Arise!'.': "Hu--riian Heart's,]' "The FiitaY iWeddibg,'',' Wa'rnirigto Womon 1 ," -"The . "fler Lovo Against tho World," "Tho Tyirantj" .'.'The.-Femalp': Swindler,"-. Ljfe'.s Revenge "7-these are ,a, few -of ' tho many outrages'perpetrated.'in tho' six months /that.. havo jiist-spetl./-i -In one week four, of: the-'-sort—m'.yThe .Way-to'Kenmarc,''' "-The 1 . Southern Cross,'". -"The - Midnight Wed- . djng," and' "'The' Yellow-Peril raged'con- -.*• - tdmporarieously.in Sydney.- 'The leaveij of- ,> rational stuff js thin'and elusive. '■'Mr. Hopkinsoa". was ; .worth'->scoing—main-ljV.fbr, the presentment of'the. liame part by Hiigh'.Ward. Yet there wiis'no- tour do fpfce'.;df'lMcting as Ward was iconcerned; it simply happened that the ,act-or was curiously well-suited by mannerism, appijarance, and . a' 'scort ;of other natural qualities to--play Hopkinsoii. , But.theat-re-• goers, weren't hypercritical on tliese or any . other grounds;: They eagerly accepted the . > joyous stuff ;oifered them, and clamoured .for' niore: ' However, v ' they didn't get -any mqrej' Ward being '" off and rather dull-in tho. remaining, shows,staged by his managivment.'.' Latterly,wo have' had. "Brewster's Millions " and " Johii Glayde's Honour " en- . acted by mimes who kiiow their .trade! These.■ aren't plays'of. exalted mcritj'ibut they,'easily toujfh tho dramatic! high-water.'mark of -the past year. ' ' The' imported. musical comedies' have been tho worst up'to., da t0.,'.. The es- . sqneo of a good variety show is that it« average turn should be. fairly good.; In' recent' musical; comedy variety shows .the average stunt has been awful,., and'the best—w'ejl, ' . ; nothing to write to mother about.'.. During ; >• the . period under, ' review, play-house., freiuenters: who weren't atteiidirig .at' some n',; ! , tho. above wer<j .shuddering beforo the flickeß jraplied infamies of. the Kelly or " Robber^ Under Arms " miscreants; or watching fakec' blood-shed in connection m'th' the " Eureka Stockade,.; massacre.. J)ops ...this ,' sort . of. , ihing represent tho,intellectual leyel of aiiv, tair section /of townsfolk ?; Pray -Heaver not. And yet, if it . doesn't, why is it'B4 persistently offored to iis? ~ . . . • -'Ma'dame"Clara- Butt, and :M.r. "Kennedy Itnmford aro to give . two' coiicerts,:at .the . L'own HalP on-January 20 ant! Ja'flhary 22. , L'he' box.plan will open at' tlifi Dresdeji on Monday, January 13; and r the music-lovilig niblic should secure their scats iii gopd, ii'rfe. " '' '• '" ;