ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 658, 8 November 1909, Page 10

ENTERTAINMENTS.

DRAMATIC CO. t K :V. li-.vTho "William iyAndorson -Dramatic- Company t:..;. -i. drew., Another, .large audience to ' tho ' Opera jej is;Houso; last > evening, when that exciting 'molokf >^i'diataa,, tho f?l'he Great 'World of-. London," was again presented; One of tho; most • thrilling Ife;;,. : inCidonts;?in -the :play - is:the .murdor:in- a. rail- | way, train travelling at full spoell. Tho ihohj is. ;:: . ncr: in- which..- this - clever illusion is. worked ]jii: . -is.- ingenious.'-vThe-bijdy.toE^tho^carriago.rests. :i'i/ - - on, ; supports,?which loaves • the wheels ~ free .to .-revolvo l (without 1 touohing tho stage) > when tho i power is applied. Behind the tram is a ■) . -Panorama cloth,.which .whirls by, the frequency:/i. : - -with whiah the telegraph poles pass giving the travelling 'atia, hux: terrific irate. speed. ■ Good work is done .in the play by Miss Hate Gair, Mr Vivian Edh,-.,:;-: a wards; Mr.,; Herbert Linden, and Mr. Throsby. Kjy"The World of London" will give -way .on Wednesday to a now ; molodrama, ; entitled "The Temalo l Swindler" ' , ' THEATRE EOYAL * - r .v.;The ■ audience.-attracted;tothe-Theatre .Eoval ivfon ./ Saturday: fiveningvon-; the - occasion of tho l ire: weekly, chftngo ,of> programme . included the AftOTney-General l :(Dr.> Sindlay),'. |he • Mimstbr. oi:fr■ for i Internal Affairs (the Hon. D. Buddo), and . of:- inembers.' 0f..-.Parliament,., .who* ': pictuts feast a '.relief. from . the. i=<y eicfllent'.fsoreenings; i but hprobably "the <i....!..- one,, entitled "The Boyhood of Vidocq," which in 'Prance, and . was studded with remarknblo situations. This ? picture in: itself'is, alone. . Another fe®;Btrikinjg : .:film : iJ'Thelliequty ;'Spotir of) the' jiv(,':-.:,v.:Eiviera,".. : whiolu'.i.waro. excellently .produced, l S|%r^M.''The ? Honey slntfnstry"?was: a'clever Istudy ;in r -,beo .life, and .WU-? Specially interesting to thoSo .than:.in, gJSSve the :'orie state-j-jSady~'fpr• tho:"table: '""The' , Foundling" ;wa3 ■ , tho /;title. -. ofa touch-;Air.&-ing,!','<ilni, .• whiJh opens, with : a . somewhat! too -reaH death-Jiled 1 soene, l and leads to the. mother of a'bonnv little'girl,"when driven fitM'i-Vd^paw,;;a6aMdning^tlie.'child 'ih v a theatre ! >': : ;[riie:;£ctor 'ih; whose room . the. : chi}d.;is;-left!; adopts. th» infant; and brings it up. ? - ; i In : the cours^bEiufejr-^cai^ ; ihe '.motlier, W. the r *@,st dVtM" rwhich; the; foster- \ father of -the! child is:.engaged; . -The'foster-; t^";-f4feft«4ttllß.':Jii:.loveV'-with<itfe"nioth«if.'-.of--th» 1 .. .. '/.child, and after somo ; obstaclesin : .the; way!' have ■ been'.overcomo all ends, happily. .Of tho .' .-•.:other'piotures .the best were':—"The , ■ Milliner and the Thief," - "The Strike," "The. Cowbov's SweetheWt," "ah(T" "The Boxing 1 ?-5: VK: /'; vided: *i an" a.naiisenient~^'aiid' '"ij^stifuc.tioii.'^.'l^C.atures; 'oft lie' v::>-.- i :=:PrograninK!.. ; across i the I'nglish ~ Channeltiiiu',a':monopXano,tv.tTlie Dia- > niond Maker," 'JThecnlore's '■CqP,£er£.''„;lpd tho • arrival at; Copenhagen of .the -Arctic explorer, ; , Dr. Cook' ft a V • \ ROpi| PICTURES .. . ■ Somo anting seen per medium of l||s:j^.tl^;;kihematbgj'ap%isdisplayed; in;.#' film' en-i: .. . /-titled "The Bottejr r Way,' J ; being shown at His week. It; is the story, of a girl marrying tho squire to keep her :i^«iuothflrf : inrc6pi^rt;£;She7is;; : . . : :v:;ri i r,'tempted, to.>leavet'hori; homo with a lover: Disillusioned, and 'disgfisted jfjth re. turns to her husband The acting-of the'grrl is of a high sfanddrd. Other splendid pic - • tures arc .—"The :-Blaok ■ Hand,".'. "Nick Carter c and tho Suicide ClttV' and "The Consequenoes : ..;tctriiig^ili.'Mind; 'Tuesday;: .A'{. 'completp' |i;,. -. ohangons alnnoujited .for .AVednesday, and a 6pccialmating.fbfSthe/benefit: 'of families will 1 | ■; • \ bo Birthday), h ? : v when children^wil!,'bo admittetl j6r;siipenco to ! •'••;-'; 'v. | x EOYAL PICTIIItES AT TOWN HALL /*ThGi i placo.^to,J:p l n(l', - the. is tho-lino i :'H which' tho .Koynl: Pictures are announcing . p ; l' ». their porformftnee'.at* tho iTown Hall : to-morrow'v 1 t . . .-.(King's. ,- -No doubt thousands \ will witness tho performance of tho Koya: Pictures at - jioth'stheatres, nnd thus end tho I, holiday in a contemplation of the latest bio I-'--'.: -eraphic. .gems.,,-P,or, tho Town -Hall a special ! programme has.,been arranged, every item' of hdiEK;pat>on for the first time, and ! sffi«l no included, notably the i -Woman's , Way "and ) Where is My Wandering Boy?" Scenic and comic films'wHKiKp be»incltided The music will bo provul&% an efficient orchestra, while tho prices of admission will bo the samo as are charged bj, the' syndicate at their other " theatro in Coutfenaj Place. , . M* * STAE "PICTURES i ' ' There was a'largo attendance at'St Thomas's Saturdar night, to witness tho final of : last 'Week's, programme -of tho :]■;s v.;',- " Ic^^e A*-. Judging by tho,'hearty, applause. »■W:'s-1 -*5® highly '.appreciated:-; A change' ; - °f_ P> o gTammo,y.introducing \sotoel:of-' tho latest; - :£i .^/^ n ?? at^fPt ic v art,v4s. :^noTi- nc • ?°r to-night, and. a grand matinee will bo given• • , to-morrow at popular-, prices • 5 ' WONDERLAND ' •f.'.', '.-• •? of --Wonderland wero-frco • :wh6:i.Kact, pafd • a 'eti-'' ■tv 11 fee at the gato. / i'ho, public - was not -.fj^ w iof i,the l pri-vilegej : -<aiid >,Jl l Jllo^ section of,-the '-in. par- : > f > r? cula if Wrongly Many w ero .of 'pleasure p fleard ( upon wator™ \ •. : chute,. and .the ..helter-skoltc/r. -I'he mmiacuro p:i:railway, carried: .many - passengers/ the conserva- 1 . r tory yielded much quieter pleasure, and all the Kgood going wero'-well^patronised; < Pine' weather. ' [ t contributed to the gaiety* of tho throng, andi\ I enabled Wonderland to be at its best * In the' j evening the 'grounds were brilliantly illumm--iPptentljr l - .operative. , . To-morrow... being the b■' Birthday,, tho company ''offers special t''"' W ( j t l GSire to : spend "the" " LECITTUL ON THE OKGAN i^;vi ;or '^rfdrminces/ron.; tho organ jby , ' : l;Barnett> afe., fortunately no£t 1 . i T are ' ! Dunrig the "past two ycafsj ■ !/«ic^'^! ; *'t' l w%prgamst>fi^^doneVttluc>i; ; : Tbrg4iiL:.l.izlxi6ic % "i"the'rdl>y'.r fo" * : ;),' '.'Taise v tho standajd.*ofv-nhfsic • g«iisfally.£,• .To .the j a : oiv attending-ithe /^'.•. ; recitals. &nd • m'atiyj."wlib rdo - -.iiot.-itwill no/ aonl?t;be toHleam that /ilr, f :>>\Barn^tt r intends',.tq; supplement.!''• the • ordinary R r , € 9 l .tals .. by . a the King . of Instru- 1 mentSr-its -- -history', arid- 'its mechanism'.. ' The ; a?vrastly::inteTestij3gi!;one; dnd ,:Mr., ®4 r . n, ®tt.vsnould a:' good l- ajidience ; at iho • next.