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ENTERTAINMENTS.

.-'. ; "LUCKX-DURHAM'.",■;.■'■, ,; :The Meynell'and Gunn Company,; at the Opera House, appeared ibneo more -in Wilson Barrett's play, " Lucky Durham," last evening, th'e capital performance . crystallising-'tho good opinion formed'of the capabilities of , the players on their first appearance last week. Espeoiall.r good irork is cone by Mr. Harcourt Be'atty,^Jl r, James Lindsay, llr. Deverell, and Misses Gladys Harvey,: Hilda 'Meade, Emily Fitzroy, and Deveroll,' whilst no great fault can be . found with . nnr. of the contributing artists. . There can be only three more performances. oMhis-interesting play..- ..-'. : ...\ THE:ROYAL PICTURES; .:',. •■."'-■.■ The Patho . Freres art study,'." The • Gambler," presented at-..His Majesty's Theatre last evening tells a sad story. Its. moral is obvious.. A gambler has ruined himself at the tables.' His wife in desperation at last sells up the home, and the pitiably small amount realised comes under the notice of the gambler, who seizes it as a.means-of pursuing his-pas-ision, His little daughter protests voheinejitly, butvit is of no avail. Left-destituto andutterly miserable, the mother and daughter resolve to end their wretched lot by committing suicide by asphixiation. They are in their last gasp when the gambler: returns, bursting with his gains. '-He', is'horrified-<at.'what* has occurred, ( and as with the inrush .-of fresh air the mother- and child revivo,'the gambler swears"off for good and all. /The little play in dumb' show is strongly acted by Parisian artists, .finished in the dramatic art. .Another picture with a ,moral.against..drink is "Nat's .Conversion," in which an athletic parson has a- stand-up fight with a drunken .wife-beater, whom ho later rescues'from a,'fire, and so secures his conversion..to-better. ways. Readers will remember the case, of a Continental- lady of title who eloped, with her "tutor, mnch to the' horror of, European royalty.. The incident is turned into.a captivating and not unrdman-: .tic. .story, presented .: under, the ' ti tie , of v "A Romance, of Life." In this.'caselthe parties become married and are -living happily ■ together, when' the husband . is.-.killed -in.'a. street' accident.: Tho wife,;.-reduced/, to/great.-poverty, is-eking out a 'dismab in .a'garret, where her' healths gives 'away;, 'The doctor says she must have wine as a ionic," bot there is no money:'.for such/luxuries.' Her little son .finds away: out by annexing a bottle from, a-store, arid' substituting'in its stead his Teddy'bear.' He. takes it: home, but 'th'e- mother orders him to .return it.!; He' is. doing so, when'he,'is' recog-nised-by. Madame le Comtesse, who at' once provides- a , happy end to the .'story.' Industrial pictures are perhaps more genuinely; interesting .and 'certainly more instructing. than any other: 'department -of. kinematography.: !;This week (is "being Ishown in colours the, elaborate' process'.'pi making" bamboo "i hats in the'lsland of. Sunda.i The" process is fascinatingly worked out. Among the "comics," "Juggins's Motor Skates'.' is most amusing;'.. Other good pictures are "Tame.'Animals-atWork"■ (pictures ,, taken in the private zoological.grounds of Mr.- A. H. Wingfield, ' : ,ofc Ampthill,. Bedfordshire), "A Makeshift'.'Postman." "A Cold" and its Consequences,'', "Religious' Fete, Russia,": and: "A Lost:Sheep."r ',)'.-•:. ;' '..■ - : '•'•■ .- ■ "■ '■'.' '/ . '■'...■-

: :'-:;r ■:'::■ TBSATRE ROYAL. : ~-V^ ' Brimming with - human.interest and laughter,; the-present 'programmeiof'moving, and .singing, pictures at thoTheatre Royal delighted a holiday audience, last evening., ■ Tho sensational story of:" The Abduction'. and .the interesting views of London; street-life >ere.in particular, appreciated! VThe programme will be repeated to-night.'.:-.- ■■':"-.■ v , ■;' ■•■'• -.__..'■ ..;.,';■■ ; ■■. '; :/ : ';;V :v : ;;;JEST'S. HCTUEES. : . '■''.: : ■-[ ■ -ik 'largey&ttendance: witnessed the : final exhibition, of West's Pictures, for .the present-sea-son in the Town Hall last'evening;'.The "star, items, "La'Tosca,"."A Royal and "The Keturri; of Ulysses,": were 1 received with much enthusiasm,, aid the remainder, of the programme made,a; good' impression.:- ,: : ',■ • JUVENILE :.OPEEA ■•'. In- oriticisirig 'the .production of "Ma'nbla," with■'.■whioh>the v Pollard /Company -.vfill , ' .acquaintance , -ivith:local■ playgoers .on'-. Mondaynight.ya/oonteinporary 'states t- 1 -" The.'scene ;;.6f ' ilanola' is'laid, in Portugal during the ; se'ven-teenth-.;century..;:.Tlie: first act- takes in. the: oo'urtjard- of- Don■•'Bazara.'s palace, , ' and. here' l it::is. at.; once, apparent, that'the.-'company; has ispared. no-, expense to. make ■ the • dresses - and; .mounting's.',of; : the ..charming, play -.thoroughly' 'representatiye'. of. tHe_ grandeur- of .Portugal- inthosev.days.' "'Noydetail' from the gay; cost'umeerof the,, , cavaliers -to. .the.'.spangledj.dresses of "the "ladies ! in waiting : to ; make the: scene 'one of -special' brillianoyV and' the: effect ■ of ..the., coloured,, lights. flashing on . the- scene evoked treinendbns applaUss from a"house that; was j packed to the-ceiling,' and. which realised that 'Manola'- was an.ambitious play. Througli-. 'out "the'performance the" applaußo/given-to, 1 the' favourites was! as sincere as it was earnest.", ':• :: ; - : :'-' ; '\' % ;,'.; Large/ attendancee-'*are .■ the/rule ■ at ''the .Skating Rink, each of. the, three sessions'.l) - 'ing. well 'patronised.'. Tie' beginhers''..session', is still, a'popular feature," .and', is availed of. Preparations are well'in'hand for poster carnival, to be.held on Aug-.. ust ; 11.; -The management.irivite communications .from business firms- arid ; others desirous of being represented, as they are prepared to find skaters to wear poster, costumes, if. early application'is made. : '.■.;'..■ -,. r ' :', An elocutionary recital, inaid of i the building; fund-of. St. Matthew's vicarage, Brooklyn, wjll/be given in-St. Peter's: Church to-night, by Mrs. .D. C. Bates, B.A.j who will be assisted byllessrs'. J. 1 ,. Carr, IYG.' A. Couperl J. A. Dohertyi. knd J.H. Smith.' The programme is advertised' in-another'.column. -.■'.' :■.'.:.. . The fourteenth annual concert of "-The Musical Helpers" is to be,held in Wesley Hall, at 8 p.m. to-night.- An attractive pro- , gramme'has-been' arranged, pdrticulars.. of which,can , be seen'in'our-advertising columns. . ' 'Ai organ,Tecital.iwasgiyen by. Mr. Maughan Barnett (city organist) in the' Town, Hall.yesterday afternoon.' '. ■'<:. ' .:■■■' ■ ' '.. '..

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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 566, 22 July 1909, Page 3

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ENTERTAINMENTS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 566, 22 July 1909, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 566, 22 July 1909, Page 3

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