ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 210, 29 May 1908, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. ' . The gTcat popularity;'of :'the' ''Scarlet Piiiipornel .was again evinced last evening, when ; ,almost every seat in the liouso wasoccuriied. . Mr.. Julius Knight and Miss Ola Humphrey again held tho sympathy and interest'of the audience in'their splendid impersonation of ~ Sir Percy Biakeney and Lady' Biakeney,' and severartimes wore called before tho cnrtain. 7/ • The. supporting ..characters . Were also again . equally,successful. . ' y : , . The " Scarlet. Pimpernel will ho repeated to-night. . On Wetbiesday eVeriing next "Tho Prisoner - 'jf Zenda ":'will-be ; staged', arid also for the ive following:, eireiii'ngs: • Full of exciting in : jidciits from, start to finish,_ the play nover. ilags for.'a nionient, and easily; holds the'ini. Sorest ... throughout a' v . series ,of dramatic spisodes, which culminate in the clever situations on which the curtain falls.' Mr. Julius Knight appears in the dual role of Rudolph Rasscndyll and King Rudolph, and Miss Ola' Humphrey as Princess ■'. Flavia. The box ..plans for "The.Prisoner of Zenda"'open at the Dresden to-morrow morning. ' . THEATRE ROYAL. There was ' another, large attendanco at the Theatre Royal last evening,' wheri.tho previous programme was,repeated.. 'On Mon- • day night'thcre. will bo a completo 'change, and a number of popular enteitainers will mako a ,rc-appcaranco before a. Wellington audience. Among the I'cwcomos, are Yaude Varna, I'\ Bransgrove, the Pricc Sisters, Brightio;Smith, and Jock Willis. Miss Eva; Lee and, her picaninnies will appear on Saturday; night. : : .THE VIVIENNES. The» Yivierines, (Miss-: Constance, : Miss Dorothy, and Mr. .Will,Vivienne), 'assisted by.Messis. A. Hobman, H. Attridgo, and J. . Swan, 'gavo a ' vaudeville . performance at .. Brooklyn last evening. - There was rather a thin house, "a melancholy' circumstance for which,' no;'■.doubt;; the '.weather was -partly' responsible;': The management evidently did not fully'appreciate thc ; value of punctuality as a tacrar in-gaining tho'favour of tho public, for the performance did not ■commence . until twenty minutes past , eight.' The programme \vas a. liberal one, and-was'credit ■ ably Hove through. . The items .included songs,-recitations,, comicalities, legerdemain, • and tho, performance concluded with a successful representation -i' the crmedv, ■ " A ' Society Girl's Night Out,by the Viviennes. Mr. .Will' Vivienne, was manager,' and Mr. A. Henry'acted as musical director. OLYMPIA SKATING RINK. • A large.number of beginners are frequenting tlic Olympia Skating Rink. Last night an eight-lap race was run, and resulted in u • win for -Mr. Patterson, with Mr. ICilleen second. To-morrow. night an exhibition ol graceful skating will bo given. BAND CONCERT. - The wet weather greatly interfered'-witl . the attendance at the Mission Band's con cert, given in tho Town Hall last evening Hardly ICO people attended, but the band under Bandmaster Baker, went through it: programme' manfully. The. entertaiiuneu was of a popular nature, including- a scicC tion, !'Songs Balfe" ; fantasia, *'Sabbat] Chants';"; and selection,. "Gems of "Britisi '. Song." , The .band acquitted- itself rviti .'credit, and the audience was appreciative if small. '■