ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 258, 24 July 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

~ :. ~ OPERA HOUSE.. " Thera was .axrow'ded audience, at. the! Opera House; last ;evening, 'when'iMr:' -Frank. Thorn-' tori - and' his'' 1 company- -'repeated success in. "Charles iAun't.";- 'Icwiight:. this'-'clever company.. will} p'resenty.''ThePrivate ■ Secret' tary comedy., whose. perennial : jKipulafity has Vbeen.: greatly in' '"t-iieso- southern countries i.'iby.; Mr." of ,'the Revj-Robert'Spalding, ■a- part that he has'.p]ayed;_over--l-2Uo : (,iimes.-^ special matinee-,^to-morrow,afternoon,-. andHlie last pdrfornianoe of thb 's'easo'irivill "take'place, to-mprrow,eveujngo . ''... V:"theatre royal:'. . -The .juggling , aqt-, of-.i-tho:. Jbevartos,-.. thn clever : |§atof(rf i ---I«?o.g» >^-Mck£cjrplist,-';8iid yoo'al .and ; o)iher ;items .-of' high -mcriti.. kept a'.'large'-audience .on the of terms' with Fuller's; Entert'ainerl . last' .;eyeriing." j" Tho' same be'giveii/to-night.'; ;. 'ni.s,MAJESTY.'S THEATRE..': ' The new' programme at: His Majesty's Theatre has, evidently 'caught. :the public fancy,-;for ; last, night,, despite the- rain, there was; a full.house/ The Royal Pictures, however, 1 I deservetheir . popularity, : for ; the programmes; always.'.contain mucii that interests as well. as .amuses. : The '.picture of .the", French President's' visit.'to: the FrancoBritish- Exhibition . affords, excellent; -photo-, graphs of :King Edward :and' ; Queen Alexandra; : 'the' 1 . Prince, and' Princess; 'Wales,and President, Fallieres. : .Tho.stirring-.'picture, "Blue.and, Grey, or, a.Tale of '61, - was "again received: with tho: applause -which- it .merits, for it .is .one of. the best-seen- for/some time.; .".The.' Mexican's Love Story''- -and 1 "For -a Crown!' .were also, and the comic section, supplemented-last- night-by several new subjects,j'kopt the audieneo: in -good humour.:.. A inatmeo. will be :held to-morrow afternoon. . ,'; -. MEYNELL <AND • GUNN - COMPANY; - > -"'Her. Love-Against" the ".World;",- which:' is to':be'the opening- production- Clyde Meynell .'and.'John- 'Guiin's-.Beatty-M'lntosh Coni'pany 'at' the" Opera^'.House'' on- Monday; evening,: is-from 'th'e.pen.'6f-"\Valfer Howaridj the 'a'uthbr .of' ■' The .Midnight' /Wedcling;''! and 1 has ■ met '''with-:.' qonsiderajjlp - success, in, ; tho principal Australasian;6itics:;',The "Sydney. Daily' Telegraph?'" s'peaTimg;. of Her, Love Agamst the World,-'. 'said :. 1 dramatist possesses the .undoubted,- faculty of contriving big'situatio'ns',.fuirof'strenii'ous life and' incident'.. -The principals in the drama are all the time active- participants ;"in stirring , adventures, where. aro at war.. Tho now pioco has a military setting .with the glitter of uniforms arid the. panoply of warjust the elements which,please the eyes; of a crowded Mr. Harco'urt - Bcatty is said to bo .well cast as Eric, Earl- of Strathmere,' .a dashing soldier ■of fortune, whilo Miss 31'Intosh will appear as the Princess Iris of Idalia. ~ . OLYMPIA SKATING RINK. A large number patronised-the Olympia Skating Rink,liist evening.- A polo match 'was tho special feature of-tho evening, and was witnessed by a large number of nonskatiiig spectators; To-morrow morning ■ a children's matineo will be held. and Monday next : is set down as a 1 ladies', complimentary night. ' '. ■ • BOYS' INSTITUTE.; The'monthly concert given in the Boys' Institute- last-evening was fairly; well attended considering tho inclement state of the-wea-: ther. The programme consisted of a'piano solo by Miss Ellis, songs by Jliss Rash,: and Mr. arid Mrs. Vincert, a conjuring performances by-'Mr. ' Howaird, and several items: by .Mr. mandoline and guitar band.