ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 212, 1 June 1908, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

•*! OPERA. HOUSE. >'■ : VJ Tho seventh performance of "The Scarlet .given at the Opera Hduso on Saturday cyeiiing, drew "- another crowded house.- - The Orczyrßarstow ;,drama. is proving ' .one tof ! the;'most-'successful-dramatic attrac-tionsvthßt;;has-'becn: staged for some years,, anS : tlifci;e ;'is prospect of *the Opera . ,gous£ ( being taxed to" 1 its. capacity for'tho 1 roma[iiing (tw;o performances. pri-.[Wednesday .evening "The Prisoner of . Zanda" -will bo! revived. Romantic happen- " i and;l picturesque surroundings, gor-ge(n]jly-JtpsspdC. ladies ...in .court..;attire,, and .7 soldiers ; -in.Etrilsing.'uniforms:,ar.e sonic of its ■ featurgsvi- v: r The---story-.- l is one that- is most '. suitable-to stage .presentation 1 ,. and the pro--' ductjonr is spoken.'of as. a fine spectacle, with; "all:, the:' glitter pf.:-a jiatitomime. A; special 7 feature'.; Is -th'o... coronation scene in tho Win- • ter. Ualace. at.Streslau. Mr. Knight shows liis ; fiuest equalities as a romantic, factor-in $ic dual role '.of the: English ad- : "venturer .arid tho newly-crowned foreign king; : '."tvlijilei Miss ,01a'., Humphrey is said 'to be at hef ;j>pst.'as, .the mild-mannered yet 'warm- ■ hear'tetl Princess.' Taken altogether, theatre- ' sgoers may look forward with pleasurable an- ; 'ficipation to the revival of " Tho' Prisoner of ■ 'Zcncla.'' ~ - :.

. THEATRE ROYAL. - A very popular.item;, of s vaudeville Entertainment''on. Saturday mgh|; was the reV appetiraiifcb. of .-'Miss Eva""Lco and her Pica-., iuinriiesj-wlio ■were' : tho ,r p r rincipal attraction at •' .tjko Theatre -Royal .a" few weeks ago/ Their, r, , 'now; turn is prftfty,, comical, hnd chafacterwill'help. to; fill the' house this ■ ' Wcekf'-yThiT remainder ; of SaturdayV pro- ' ■grammo'Sfiay : 'bo summed tip as a-series of .' r.itarewbU ''appearances. ' It-' wes the "last.:;. .|ljgm ''rof:Alr; 'Harry Edwards,'the. Marlowe ; . S.isters;'the "Harmonious Huxh&'ins, Kadamo, %i c .Mr:; r .Dcm3" ,of whom, havo • : 'giv'eii n much 'pleasure' to Messrs. -Fuller's ■ • 'this. city.-' There will-'be a new - . 'prograirtinb: to-night,' when Miss Eva Lee and . .. the picininnios will reappear in. conjunction' .. with a ItTge array 'of- fresh talent,' including Vaudo ; and Varna, 'whose comic patter was so much'appreciated here a little While ago; ■ tijaclr"ffilhs, ■ the : . Scotch. Comediatti , Miss' . Briglitifi Smith,' coihodieliiio J the Price Sis- . fers'and Miss Solomons, sonos t Miss Blanche tJarelli, sbpralio vocalistand Mr.... Brans- . grove, the double-voiced baritone. , ) ( r SKATING. , , Tliero were-good at all sions;6f' the'Olympia-Rink omSaturday... At". , ■ tho' taornmg- session a boys', race was won by. i Horace ■ Bdocock, iof the Clyde Quay School. •At; the! evohiiig" session an additional, attrac•'«i'Ah»;yi& iasinost' entertaining r.fexhibition sof faiioy a"i\d kracoful skating "by.' Mi sir 'Lry-t Gamble, i! -'bf-Chrislchurch, and Mr. Ragg, one'of thb. "floor-managers of the rink;-., i'ho > oxhibitioit* opoiicd 'to • the' Btraiiiß of & waltz vl)yHho v bahd,-'4b-wliich tho'skaters kept -per-' " feet time, and performed a number of intricato.'but pretty steps,'including a.delightful , ; waltz.'•-•Tho'-musio, then ■ changed. to' a ma-- u . and the' couplo delighted the large audience by the gracefulness of tneir skating. '/■.' The Elite Skating Rink in Abel Smith i Street is now. in, full swing for. tho skating season, and'tho proprietary lias spared no oxpense in making tlib -rinlc' a most up-to- ; ; : dato one:' AThc': l ßkWes :«sed- are'; Said tb_be , is'tho first into -ROW Zealand;,; .'; ,-i - u'V

Hi. "WELLINGTON' GHOIiAL SOCIETY. in iliafiM filiGartols'df'Mendelssohn's, popn- . ■> lar SfitoHo " ■ Elijah " 'Wc being made by tlio \V6lliiititon v :Clidi:o:l -Society, under baton . of (Mr, J. 'Maugbaii Burnett. ' Tlio' Work, <vhieli-hti*s : been' under' rehearsal for nearly. ( , "{hreo feontlft-'Will be performed at the; lown , ■Hall' on Friday evening next; whon.a full Thouse'.'is' b'spcct'ed/!. For the convenience ol .. , those' living at tile Hutt, tlio late tram will b'o.'delayed until alter the performance; 11»,... box plan is opell at tho. Dresden... The vprogfamme. for , Mr. .Maugjmn. Bar- , ,nettfeVorigin.Rl-.*eoital..at the Town, Hall will ho t'oiind in our"advertisingcolumns. -ilia . recital will 'be given this/week on Wedncs- , day ovening. ' . • jupp's Btodi.wilUigitd/i.-performwice' afi •'the. , x'own.fl l aJl'-t{^n|ißfejijj' a t 8 o clock.