ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 624, 29 September 1909, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA, HOUSE. To-night is announced as tho last night of. Maurico's "All Star" Yaudevillo Company, which has onjoyed a successful season at tho Opera House. Tho audienco list evening was a largo one, and the clever coon songs'of (Jeorgo Sorlie, tho -artistic solos of Madame Biancho Carelli, and other items of a deserving company, wero received with much eh" thusiasni. Tho farcical comedy "The Baby Elephant" and Edison's ■ pictures are features well worth seeing. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. There wns a largo at His Majesty's Theatro last ovening, when the programme'of Royal Pictures,'which has been running all the week, was given for the last time. The' programme, to bo presented tonight will contain' sonio' splendid samples of kinemato'graphic art just received from England. In dramas, will bo shown "The Snowman" ( Patlie Trero art study), "The Marriage of Yvonne.", "A Mexican Sweetheart," "Tho Curse of Money," "The Odyssey of a Super," and "The .Evil.' Philtre" (this picture is-beautifully coloured). In scenic studies "Catching _ Fish, Solomon Isles," "Bleriot Week, .Paris," and. "The Lifeboat" (manoeuvring in a heavy sea). : In comics "Bob's . Rovenge,"- "Spontaneous. Generation," "Extra Turn," and "A. Novel.'Strike:" 'THEATRE ROYAL. The new programmo at the Theatre Royal is .confirmed .'in favour by each successive .'audience, and last night's was • received with emphatic pleasure and applause: The pictures of-the Tsar's visit to.England, the Parisian Physical Culture School, and ''Sons of the ,Sea" are especially popular. The • programme ■will be -repeated, to-night. . , , . ; "A BACHELOR'S HONEYMOON." ■' . "A Bachelor's Honeymoon," which will be produced by Mr. Hush Ward's Company at the Opera House next Saturday night, is said to bo one of the niost successful productions' of "the farcical description given to date. , It is a travesty on familiar types of character and -well-known phases of social life. It has.bcen describe'd as "a hurricane of comedy" which carries the audience along with whirlwind forco from'beginning, to end. Each character is said to be a clearly cut and well drawn study. Mr. Ituglv Ward piays the part of. "a gay old dog" :of tho type in which- he revels; Miss 'Grace l'alotta : is bright,arid vivacious actress in ,the piece, and takes ,a part exactly suited to her dainty facile style;' Miss Rose Musgrovo' is a,.domestic, servant who studies Sherlock iHolmes and attemptsto. unravel the family history by-his detective methods; Miss Celia. Ghiloni is a severe spinster." The other characters areall well represented aud all important to the plot, and it is claimed that the cast is the strongest ■ ever- seen' .in farcical comedy in Australasia. Box plans for tho' first six nights' of. the season- are now'open at tho Dresden. !•■ ~'■•■ ' BENGOUGH RETURN SEASON. : : i Bengough, the famous Canadian, cartoonist, returns to' Wellington for a farewell season of three nights: at the Town Hall on October 1, 5 and G. This will bo-the last opportunity of hearing tho brilliant entertainer, as he sails for Canada, at tho end of October. A Christchureh paper remarks: "Bengough is pre-eminently a man of fun, ~Ho seems to be somewhat in the nature of a storehouse, into , which has. been garnered a vast wealth of, funny stories, smart sayinps and witty Americanisms. Some of "-his wittiest-witticisms are dispensed while he is at work with, his" cray r , oris, and iliis • audienco must bo ■ ever watchful in order that, they may miss none of the subtle, point's of his humour." The same .critic comments' on .Borneo Gardiiier, who will again appear with Bengough,. thusi /'.Borneo: Gardiner, who was announced as a phenomenal, whistler, deserves the epithet. His technique, if a whistler , may bo said to ■ possess' such a a quantity, was remarkable." The plan for tho Bengough . entertainments,- is now open at. tho/ Dresden. '- ■' • :!