ENTERTAINMENTS.
;^vV;iyr.V|MAIJ: ; TO MAN/ , : ' ' ... :. ,<;.'. : ' /; THE ;iNDEESON DRAMATIC CO. "Man .to Man," a melodrama in four acts, [hy Wiliam Bourn. ■ Cast:— . ' .■'■'■,:. James Gordon :.:...'.■ Mr. Vivian -Edwards, Matthew Ellerton ......... Mr. John 1)0 Lacey 'Bichard EHcrton .;. Mr. Herbert Linden ' Philip Ormond ...........:.,... Mr. Orosblo Ward , Samuel Plunitree, Esq. Mr. Ohas. it.Throaby " Ned Doylo i....i Mr. Prank Eeis Bill Burkelcy :......, Mr. Edwin Campbell ■ warder Johnson ~.....:.. Mr. Frank Koseinoro ; Warder .Turner: ;..... Mr. Stewart Garner Madge ........J...... .'.'■ Miss May Qranvillo ■■ Mura Lavinia Dove Miss Barry Lane Ethel Maythorne. .:.:...;...:;..;;. Misa Kate Qair The', melodrama "Man to Man" is not un-. familiar'to ■Wellington playgoers. It has teen produced in Wellington on moro than-one occasion, and ..has never failed to provide entertainment for those who love melodrama in the , rough,.and:do not analyse the action too ,closely.. "Man,to Man",is..relieved from the commonplace," not by anything ■ the hero, heroine, or villain are concerned in—they are a set type, ..and are seldom guilty, of. moving out .of the groovo—but .by thevcreationVof the character, Bill Burkeley, a tough old "lifer" at Portland Prison, who has a certain'grim humour which makes him abhorrently comicHe gloats unctuously ; over "being in" for murder, and having only spent ten'years out of gaol, and calls murder a trade "which you have to'-get -used "to,- same- :as'"any~";other." ..The ■ story -s-has: tho 'well-worn-'tivormen-and-. one-rwoman basis. 'Ethel Maythorno', loves and marries■ Jatnes Gordon, 'manager, for • Matthew Ellerton, of the' Phoenix Ironworks. , ' Tho latter has a'scamp of a son, who is .also under the spell of, the_ charms of 'the' sauio 'young lady, and on losing her plots to ruin young Gordon. Ho' annexes valuable bonds from his father's.office, and, with' tho.assistance, of-Ned Doylo, an office boy whom Ellerton has in his Power, has them placed 'in .Gordon's pocket, illerton senior ; discovers his loss, *and Eller- ■ ton' junior 'accuses'Gordon , :of the';theft.' . Ho is searched, the incriminating documents hre found,-and he; is,sent to tho prison illuminnted by "the .presence of the,aforcmentioiied ■TJill o'. Portland.". He escapes with others;'! and while seeking a nighfs'lodging in a railway truck they'/accidentally set "it going on a' down grade; , ' It : ■ crashes. s into , ., an '-express on which Mrs. Gordon.is travelling, lured by JMlerton,: .who' has promised : her a sight of her husband. The barn to.which sho is >conveyed by Ellerton after the: accident is Gordon s J hiding-place. ■ There; he finds a letter wnich: apparently. incriminates . his wife, but is- merely an appointment'with' Ellerton regarding the tram. Thus goaded, Gordon : reviles.her, but she pxplains satisfactorily.•■ Ii the meantime : Ellcrton, has/returned to the oa™. yhen he is confronted by tho husband Tho othor. : escaped convicts,-. ; -including ■ tho festive./Burkeley.J jfiizo- .Ellerton,:,and' dreSs him in convict's .clothes, so that when the-war-ders :arnv Oi io arrest all parties,' they will' not to Ellerton until," Gordon has made good his escape..-..Finally,- an aged and dyine gipsy woman confesses: that Ellerton ■ and : Gordon wero exchanged as' infants, and that thot hero, is^'the'ironmaster's son and the heir to his fortune,: the' story being rounded off' by the arrest :6f .'Ellerton- for im • attempt, on : Gor-'--life: ;.'■;;: ■->,-.:; ' : ',: ;';■■■ ,- ■:'■'.■■.' :'-.■'"' ■'■:■:.■ .J'-,- |.' : . Thoughtho'-vpiceJofjhe prompfe. struck fre'i' quently on .the',ear .in -several scenos, 'the ' performance was;.:not' .uninteresting.. Mr. '■•■'vTivuur Edwtirda.niade'a":stalwart, lover, and acted-the' sick convict'^meritonoTisly:.- , /■■ Mis■ Kate'.Gair; made, a presentablo'lheroine, arid Miss'-Jlayt cuta Jnnoesque figiife in the' motley of Madge; ;the: gipsy', fortune-teller.' Mr. Her- : bert Linden played l tho villain, Bichard Eller-' ton,, withvlittlo real conviction.'. The most W c'eptable performance'was :the; ; OBill .Burkley of Mr. Edwin. Campbell, -• 'who' -was' consistently' funny in 'what^tnust'.lie regarded as a capital part. : Mr. .Crosbid Ward was ;qnite sood as the' Bev. Phillip-Orinond, and Mr. Charles Throsby will do better asSamtiol Plumtreo when he ismore familiarMjntK '■ the '■ lines. '• Mrs. w ßarrie' Lane,. Miss rDulcie: Hall, ■ Messrs,;;;l , r'an^'^eis, : Stewart,' John .do La'cey* flayed ;minor.roWßatisfab'torily. "Man to Mafe" Will be playedforthe'iast^time-to-night.;.■'"'.'.-.' ■'.■.-..
ROYAL PICTURES
] Large . audiences v'tiightly assemble ,\. at; , -His Majesty's Theatre to witness the programme of the .Eoyal Picture Syndicate. l The .reputation of the '.films, King shown this weet may.--.be 'allowed to ; xest'/;oii: the pbpular..\vbrdict .■which? ssemsto be very.; much .in their: favour.-*. To: ; day,'botlr a matiheo'and .an evening ;, ,display will •;>:, .:.• : , ' .\ : L :.■■'■■:.■ ■.•:■■;•,. .."■' : jSujilers' .Picture Company, gavo the last' per.formance last night of the .-week's highly' successful \ programme before a large "and enthusiastic audience, 'who' showed their appreciation: of /the good things : provided' by ■' loud apjplause; : ..Tornight .some ; new'.(inu, attractive ! pjcturesliwilk'bp.shown, for the'.first time,- the loremostv beingv','The Eace; for; 'the '.Jfelbflurne ,pup,"<:whiishVis; : ,'s'aid to b"af. ( 6f/:an; .unusually BtftacHvjb'Sjfatpre,; : -/deoicHng ><the'.t principal; PjeinjngfohJ the arrival bf.theyGoyeriior-Gfcheral, jthe ' lawn,. sonsaUoriy , run •■'jot'. home, ;iind'''iJHnce*]?ooto's sensahon'al:dasli for: fame. the' other/tow'pictures: willbe •sein'-al' thrilling' dramatic-' ''■ series, "The Tear"'.,and ! ."The , Park at ;Casafa," a scenic' siibject -. ; token: iby special : permission : of tlieKHngro^ltaly. '"The Tea.lndustry"'.'will.forni: ■ the .subject-! of' another/picture," and". the' pro-; gramme. , also:/.includes:" "Tho • Sword■.-.>.Swal-lovrir," v. ; " The '.Naval "Strike,". ."'"The '■■■ fivil' Philtre," Pish :by ,Dynamite,", aiid a;number, of; other :interesting. items.' ' -
.^St:- Thomas's -'Hrfi,'^Nowt6im;' : JweU'" at-' ■tend^:--liiit-''iUgW;v'*lito-'- I ]the% i SW:' v PititJires Syndicate, gaye'. another' '.excellent ■ ptogramme, whicli l :reccived - duo. appreciatidn.' ; Tlie : usual : matihce:;and ■ ovoning petforinances■• are . announced forto-day.;^ ' -.A,"/ ■.';;.;'; : ; .■: •
7 Wonderland/; :. : :; , :;^Vv; ■■'■ (Wonderland ; will be open; this afternoon and'evening,". when >'. admission to ■" the ' gar/densy fernery, and side-shows will' be : lii :, the pyening the ; grounds;'will bo . ';:if,\THEiBEEED,{pIV :>. !> ':■ 'AV, the- Opera, ; Houso on .Monday next, ; !Mr« : J.J C. \\yilliamsou's _Julius /Knigfit Company, will.stage for the first time iriAYollington Dix and SutherlandVjwonderfully. successful: pic.turesqu'o'_ play.V' "l'he Breed;.'of. the Treshams." Oα ' previous visits, : Mr. Knight' has appeared ■. in;, such, eharacterij. ,as / Napoleon, Monsieur' Beaiicairo, and the ; : ,Scarlet. Pimpernel.';: ]f thi/ statement;: is .''correct that his' portrayal /of ;■;.' the ill-starred ..Ned Eeresby is his ; finest. effort of: all,V it .would ..appear that afrare" dramatic.treat is in store for play-'-gopra.iiThe'part'is pf.tho Sydney Carton type.' The .dominant note struck is.solf-sacrilice and , loyalty—the ■ giving sawoy' of a .worthless' life to'save another-eijually, valueless, but one' in ;which.\thelove ..of: a':woman is. irrevocably bpund;up.V.A special feature of the produetidn, which will run the first four nights only, .is'said to Kβ'tho; scenic •display, ; notably .the' seventeenth century, settings, and. old-timo appointments. There "is a., wonderful stage fall,in this play. ■ Tho drunken and mutinous soldiery attompt to break , into'the room where. Mar-: garet Hungorford. is. hiding. - Eeresby .allows the sergeant to get to the top of" a. flight ol eteop stairs, then shoots, him, ,and;.the man comes from the top to the bottom in one bound,', falling upon his if ace upon- the .stage;. As: a. piece of ! realism ,of '..the" kind 'it 'is. said to,be, unique. Tho company, conclude a Wghly -sncceisfnl season ■' in. Christchurch . fewnirrow.: ie'vening, and arrive in,"Wellington by the Mono,wai' on. Sunday afternoon..;. •-■ , ~ .;. : . '.-■
j! . l-f-f: ;'.■ ■;, OEGANKECITAL.'>;;:? /:;. ■;-; ■I" Mr. Manghan Burnett will'resume his seriesof. weoHy ; organ recitals .at tho Town: Hall 'to-night: ; Tho programmo: -will,- to a, /'special roquest" one;"."Peer Gynt" ; (Gneg), 'and 'Tausf , . are amongst tho .selected items. ...... . -■ '; 4 . WELLINGTON' MEDEETAPiEI.'.; •;', ;;, '■''■ Tho' Wollington Liedertafol'is^;breaking now gronnd in giving • ono of ' its concerts at Lower Hutt. The'concert; which is announced for November 26', will, iconsist largely of .part songs, glees,':' etc, supplemented ,by songs 'by Miss Phoebe Parsons, Miss .Nora Nahisch,. and mombers of; tho! Licdortafel. Mr. C."JI; : Hector will also-assist; . '.';:■•. ' ' :; ;, ' ; : :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 10
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