ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■ .— . ; ' rOLLARD'S JUVENILE OPERA CO. . Tq-iiight will s'co the returii qf the popular l'ollijrd's Jli I- r-11 iI o Opbni Conipiuiy,, After a successful tbiir of -the' Dominion. It is intended to, produce a repertoire of iiitisii'iil comedies, which will be cliinineiitied to-night by ji'reseuting tho American musical success, llis Highness tho, Hey." This musical. cbiiiod} 1 lv.aS. ptbiliiced fiir a brief period on tho cbinpaiiy's last visit llbre, aiid the il'ianagoineiit reluctantly..withdrew' it, io ftllo'w of tile .company's departure for Auckland. "His Highness the.'BeV" is fiill bf.' liielbdipus music,' brilliant ' ballets, and gorgeous ' scenery, The 'orchestra will be again conducted by Mr. A. lirahmfi, nhd- -tlifc wlnilo perforihaiico-Will bo-limlfcr tlib solli . pcrSblinl direction of Mi-. Toni Pollard.. /l'he - box plan, of reserved seats is now. opbil i\t tlio Dresden. The company iirnved I'rbiii the north by last evoiting's express. " / THEATRE ROYAL. A long and diverse prbgrailiiiilv wnS presented at tlib Tlioatre Royal liist. bvehiiig. Ahibiig tlib riOw-coiiicrs it'ero tlib Llibas Sisters, sprightly SiilgbrS iiul dhhcbls ■ bf tho iitislibdiled order.. ,loe Watts niid Lticas,;with their: comedy, Alid diinceS, , Siiiiuiated the vaiidbvillo IHsh boiljilt l , rilaking up in noise what they lacked iii art.' l'libj* wbro succecded by a very clever contortion act-..bf the shiidilcry kiiid, by;.MisS and an espbift, but overlbrig, cibg-daiiCc. hy Mr; Wattsi.' Miss Blaiicho Carelii., gifted with a tuneful, lyric sfiprallb. sang tlle .iiridyiilg "II Babio" (Tlib Kiss) sblig niceijf) and •was' bi-cii n'.Orb , pieiisiiig iri .Dnnza's pretty song: "A iVltiy Morniiig.".: ' Her effort in .''Kiliarriey" it'as slightly, rnarred 'bjr her Sing-, ii.ttf'"Hbivbiis rblleeks iii&tßad of "Heaven riiflects" iii the last line. Tod' CallbwaV/irts very . successful in his irisiiiiiatiilg coriiicl; btit feohili :bf. his allusioiis, wight be tbiied tloiiii. a little. 6'irhfett-, 'tM' dtfm'MJ-,- cbfitiiiues, tb ■ trip : over - scraps bf pjipbi' iii bfctwecji sbriio biitbrtaiiiiiig : acrbhiltic' : tt.brk, and "'Ethel"- created astonishment by flexible attitiidinising, And Mr. A. L. Gropp l.eilt an uplifting-..tone -.to the performance by- his singing of - AVallace's ■ freebooter -sbiig,. '/The Rebel." /The other' perforbifirs. aro .the Mai--/ lone Sisters. Hob Lloydi 11. 11 .. .Collins, Ida liigbrsolej Neilib Powerj and I'aSt'or. aiid Alerlo; - ' 1 :.. WONDERLAND. . J •. Wbiiderland cbntihiies tb: attfAct,- riiaiiy Visitors: T'b-mori-bw aftei'nbbii n 'iiew goldfibld will bb bpeiied, bii .the groiimls, suadbS' • will be provided, Biid "miners' rights, ' entitling the holder to peg out a claini oin tlib neiv Ei Dorado, Will bo issued. Nuggets to UuJ value of £25 will be secreted in thb bhclbsed flrbft,. abd the rbsliiti bf cbiii-se, will depend upon the energy an'd -enterprise of tlie "diggers." Tllii .-public nrb Also reminded of the Fancy, Dress Carnival arid •Plbral' fe'to Oil. Ariiiiyel-sary Da,y, Aiid, also of, the' fabfc 'that twenty giiihdiis ill prizbs iviil lie ' (liMtribiited. : . Thb 'fAmoiis " Sfriiig' ' Song" will be a feature of tho Carnival. THE ROYAL PICTURES. . Tho- syhdiciitb controlling the abovi. pictures are mrtkinß. :r bid for public favour at His Majesty's Theiitro u'ext- Mbiidayy And ■ propose giving ii i-t>al fainily. entertainment at iaiiiily. priccs. It is lioped—with tlio aid of a complete change of .programme 1 .wc.ekly, showing the latest in pictorial novelties, and projecting : pictures bjv aid of pblVei-ful elfccf ti-ic.: light—tb' establish a- 'perliiiiiieiit 'show of biographic items only. The price of admit- . ti>nco. to. the ground tloor lias been fixed-- t • a:-very- cheap rate, And it,is hoped, that tlio , jmblic Will ■ apprbcihte tlio • ontbrtaiiimeiit Which-Will bo .placed hcfol-c"thein- "tor theii- approval, aiid .whieh'.'the .'ma'nfl^nioiit.:; 'promise shall be of the highest .class: _. . CLARA ••' ', Madame C-jara Butt, iS.nglaiid.'s. great con-.; t'ralto, Mi'. Koiilierlby ~B.Hnifbi'(if;',-nnd(f,.t.he. . mdiiillbrs of thyir,C'Oiicer.t-;,-pAH,y .wili/afrive. , by' tlie- riiail, train..froiii iNeiv-.iilyiitoiit-h- this - evening,' arid will he .lriot- at. tlio station, by., the ropresbntatives bf tlib' differeiit; miifeicil, "societies bf-'Wellington* y'fhe fact 'tliat;M?i-'clamb-Butt' will mako lief debut at tho, Town I-lail oii'Tuesday evening next will. give, last- : ilig iiiterost to a colicbrt At M'hicli Mr. Riiiri- ' -'ford .and other artists newly arrived from, Europe Avill also a'ppeA'r. , Ofriiig to the excebdiiigly limited tulle at thb. disposal .of ■these two gredt singers, it is riot possible for ,|:hem to 'remain long iii bile-centre, and as only two 'conccrts will be given here> niusio " Ibvers will rib doubt attend in force., in Madame Butt and her husband,-.-,-Mr. UumJ fold, we have two fresh young voices, re l fined , arid with thb experieiice of a dbc'ade 1 of years in tlie : loading • coriccrts. ai\d festivals, iii Great Britain and America. . At Tuesday eveniiig's concert the illustrious contralto'..will sing tlio great ,aria "0. Don, ■lfatalo," ' from the opera '' Don Cai-los " (Verdi), " Abidb With Me" .(Liddlc), with '{jraiitl ofg&A . accbniphiiinieiit-;, "My Trb'a-siii-e "i, (IVovajs'n), ai'idj ivith her /husband, the • duet, ■" Night .Hymn at Sea l '' (Goring Thbilias). ill 1 . KciliVbrley Ruiiifbrd will sing " Largo :Al Eitc.tbtum," from, "'Barber o| Seville" (Übssiiii),, an old W'elsh air, "All. thro' tlio'Night " (Somervell), Arid " King CilnlVles" (White).-. Mr. Carl Barre, r-blo yiblinist,. will play " Avb MAria " . (Sbhubtl'tWillielinj), " Hungarian Dance" (Brahinsitonchiin), and ,the. " Witches' Dalice " (Tlaazini). Mr,...Frank Merrick's pianoforte solos will include ".Rondo a CapHccio" (Beb'tiioven), '' Rbniaiice iii,'l r (Braliriis), ' arid ''.Etude:, G Flat". (Chbpin). Mi-. Arthur Godfrey, the \voll-kiibwn, Eilglish composer,' who, Accbiilpanies MadafUe Biltt, will, act as. lliii'sicAl director. 'Messrs. j: and. N, Tait annniiiiee that- ss. tickets, Admitting the holders to tlie, hhek seats, will bb sold at . the Dl'csdeii Piano Cbnipany's 'frAi-ehbiiife: on Mbiiday iiior'nilig. )sxti-a row's bf gViinea Aiid balf-gtlinca seats ill tho reserved section of .the hall Will also lie liiade available this lliolning. ' , PIOTORIAL / ENl'fißTAi-NJiENTiS.. Mi-. Fidit'ulftd Mpl\tgbViiery has. secured the Town Hall for Wednesday- next, Wlieu he frill iiltrbdube. to his iimv pictorial ciltertrtiliillbnt. . Cliibf anibng the iiew subjects w-ill bb - a recent, London, success, "Ali Jiaba and the Fbrty TliieveG," repi-o-ductio'n in. liatnriil colours bf the great BpectaeUlai- pantbriiiniO. A naval Bpectaclo, eti-t-itied, "The Kiiig.aiid His Navy," will give ail idea of Britain's Honib flbot. TheiiMajesties tlio Kiiig and Queeri are presbnt on the Dreadnnught while big gnii practice, is being carried but, And a gi-aiid review of the squadron takes place, the Droadiiotiglit passing down, between the two lines of tattlesiiips. "The Goyentry Pageaiit" -.will he the basifi of another set. Special attention is drawn to the "family pi-ices" tb be charged.