ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

.;.yr THE'SCABLET."TEOTIBADprjBS.;'^§|£ . ■To sco the Sqarlet Troubadours and , .;iiotite''. fool satisfiedis impossible for. people; who hay* i any taste , for good', outertiiiiinient.f., : .Thoy', arej 1 ; a-merry:company,■(who , ihaye- long-. Hnoe^appre-,: 1 audience, ;ahd! are:well; •able. to satisfy thenr.v-'- They ■'are , i unOdoctbre,: ,-.whose .subtle.•.potion,. ■; daintily,,; adniiiustered,'-.; dispels .every furrow of- the.>brow!V\-Ballad,)'; story, and; dance; - coon: lullaby,: and. sparklingv: anecdote, possess, in their-hands,, a new ; charmi?; To-night, .at,< : the 'Opera,' Hpuse,/.the.. Scarlet';; Troubadours -will present,a..: coniplete- change.■ o£i:ptogramme.;'.'-i.;.', '■■ : ' : ; . •'• V' : .:..'■■' ; v" .EOYiX; ; : ;^'l '? \ : >i:!s; ' Ifpie, than.'onS'.reniarJv':has '.been■ made- that-' Mhematdgraph' , -'pictures'- arevflashed" upon'..-the-V screenV almost before 'the events which; they,'i '■portray'are , over;' and ,, that;■rUnjs..!of : :.impprtasitV> occurrences, in- the ; Old . World-; are; .received" ■here..promptly. *' In- this ; wiekls -projrr&mrao, at i>; the ,'TBtatre Royal,' ftnMinstance; -thero? is: 'i'J, picture • of- the'.recent . airship , .■ carnival , ,; , at;. Rheims.; It surpasses all films ol:: : ■ the sort, nnd brings-one-into;close, touch:with , . '. "tho ' flying : .people."-:;;• -Other , interestinu-'-picv : s ' tiires, tb'-be,.shown during, the, week. ;are!-f"AS Dasli-'for tho'Pble,".'."The.'Mended'.,llate,""andf. ■''Historic. Oxford'//-'-■■V ■■■.•.;'■'■•■'. ■'':■; k :.\''-!i.''?.:-^. ; >. J; .-;•■; : i : : ; : : / ;:: ' ; T '^;ms'.MAJESTy'S;' : : -v; : ' ; The 'last' few nights, of.the' Nveck's-prosi-atam*;; at Hia'v Majesty's Theatre" aro ■-, •-bringing '<■ c oreaise'd patronage, thera being si "fnil:-hqus|>'£* again Inst evening. s ' Thomost remarkable■pic--i turb - of; -the, series-:' is Entitled- "The. ;Fall,' :bf S ■ Rome."--There,; will- boHhc lusunl'; change! * too: uiorrow , evening. !-', : .'*'-. ".• '.il(-"i , ; y.'.'v ;■!'•.?';''■;;• .'<!■:•:( ■:}■■-'((;.> : ; ; : ; -■Improvements; of- various'.:kinds ; have.'becni;! carried: put,,- since the- opening of -theKStarii .Picturesat SV. Thomas's 'Hall,-:Newtown.s bnt;; , ■tho-.mbst'nb'tleeable'nqw is. _the--impr6yeracnt;m-" the .attendance'*: ■ ."Change 'night"'always -jneane;"a.crowded house, atid ; as'long' arc of ; Such -lueritus-those to bo shown-;duririg'.i •this week, there will bo few .vacant' 6eat's\;m>' the hall. ■■ Two fdramn tic films', , "The.'. Huibattr Sacrifice'.' , and ,"The" White 'Chief,"; are ;the:; be'stj.-of:,'the.'.Mries,...and. both , .were 'received-i last evening .with enthusiastic applause.\Thert'i were' other pictures:of this.type—"Fbrgottbn';"; 1 - of , his : ' Ancestors," "A.' Heroine.i of the Forge"—and,all flashed- but"their-storiee.' 1 ; •β-itli an'cfiect'that could hardly'pass ciated. "ilothel'ly ; Lbve'i.in/.-Aniinals"-;'.was-;dtt? unusual iiaturo'study, the camera 'man- hav'ingi" passed quickly .'.'snap" the. fierce creatures caged.'-at. : tho'\zoo..'" . ■ ■ A.' lW Minutes: with.-'thollexican' Arniy'>-and? ,; '"The TJahi-rido Ihrotfgli tho Nitivo,Quarter at;i Bombay" :wero' sufficient for-those" who WbpuU: see' , the worldj. and"coinedy was.represented;,!!!.■;' quitO' a' number ''of ? pibtures- : T"-The Calamitous ;■ Elopement." "Snowball," ''Bliud,;Against-,Hiai ! AVill," and "A'Cheap.-,Eutertaininenti".''Aa-s , other- exhibition /will be' given, this':ev6ningi':y;sj; ;"' ' ; 'After ah 'interregnum of. popular Vaudeville: entortuinment,' under;{-the?, managonient of Jolin. , Fuller,and. Sons, '-'■ liriil?; resume -. operations at , 'tho ■: Tlieatre BoyaliJ on Friday next. :i: &, large--company''of: tists left., Sydney last.Saturday,. and >rill;, ar-? ivive in time for tho: extra rehearsals that Avillg be necessary .'owing -to-, tho; re-eslablishinont , :., of the old but , perennial llrst'part. c llr. l :Frahj£:;: ductor, will■ have charge' of .the.''■■.orchestra.',- ; The scenery has been : ."renovated , ;. ;■• and f,; ."re-'j: painted, "niiif. with, the new' seats: in the stalls.-:; the Tlieatre lloyal ...should- preseiit.■ att : .-::'oniA, mated. and pleasant • scevio ..wiiou; tho' curtain.> : .rises on ;Friuay'.!jiight/next.■•■'•iV,■■'..; :,./ ; ; \-.&. j-.^jHS ,d:->i ■' V -^UI*ILS^CO^ERT/;^V-'^ ; ';*!?| i Mr. Leo Buckcridgo's pupils Bavoacpiicerti at" St. Andrew's Hall 'last- evening, v bcfbroA;'a-j ivery ; good attondauce '.of -the, public;^:Mr. , ; Buckendgc's pupils, to judge.from-,their work;.' have been..carefully .trained, r and'from among';; tho various- singers lo;;'tUe." .programme last, evening,', it was 1 possible ;tot select ono or two 'who .stuiwed. distinct proiiiiso; j ami, , ■ with ;: care,. should'; deVolop ■, into;'.concert.j singers , o'f -niel'it. " The '■ concoH' opened■;wiUi * - .a 'duct,; Balfo's "Excelsior,''; by , Messrs.-'JJ . B..Bowman and X'ooV- Bueketidge. :.Mr;,,GeraldS . Hoggard,'.:■'-a■'. light. : baritone,.! sang -; Tosti'i/j ."Suzori,". successfully. 1 ■ , :Mr;>..W: : :SharAbtt < «T -item was , Hatton's , ,. ■■-. ''Good-bye":■ Sweethbart,--! Goodbye." .. Miss ; Nora;.Natusch;,Banß i '-~ , !Tht:« Lady of the . Lea" (Smart), : "In My Ga'rderiV| (am oncorq number)," a.nd .tho aria,' "\Voe>" Unto Thorn," from '--Mendelssohn's ' ; "Elijah/ 1 ? , vory tastefully, indeed. 'y Mr.;,T. :T. , : M.1 , ., who- has a^plehsing , baritone, aad.\aa' engaging' stage presence;. Kang ; EmU'-,Clarkp'«| "Sincerity," and .as.' on'' en core number,'.: ! ?EyeH!. That:. Used 'to 'GaV.e in lline." '; In": the" i! finej song, ' "The , , Trumpeter" (Ilix), Mr. G.:?Ki f r Blundell showed 'that ho: possessed ai richi.bari-H! tone iof oxcollent: promise,' : A little .care,; Jnndj; iuoro' animation,in expression, howevor,.>rpiild'i much . enhance the elfcct'-bf. his. singing.;': Ho.;' added " : Tho Little-Irish. Girl" as' , an cncoro.'l: Mr.. J., C.' Barnott sang.'."Thb Harbour: Bay*'iii (from;' , j;'.K,-fianiett , ■Which' ho mterprotod with fair success; ! '.--- Ho "< also' sang' the' Elijah■ number, "If .With-; m? ,Yqur Hearts." -. Lohr's'.."Margarita," - and''t.hb J ana "Conifort To" (Handel's MessiahV, woie: Mr. J. B. 'Bowinan's. contributions to ; the granimb."' Mi.- Bowman:• ifc a : : singer' of promise. . Eric Lawsqn's' singing of l lload-menaer's Song" _(Di);); was- raflicr' hbavj , ' and _ittoxproesivo. "Thrfg..Littlo' V.. WhiteL were",-.very .hitioly; sung by /Mr, ! - Stanloy, Natusch, who , should ' develop isomo'-' care and ; study. ' Tho: old part's song, "Dame Durdwi" ,(Dr.-Harrington),>'was* sung _by ifesdaines Boraiio ■ und' Buckoridfto;--i and Messrs. Shapcott and J. W; Carr..''< f , pnjnle , TOro assisted by ;: /Mr,v.H.VTombs,.a' local 1 amateur violinist.:of 6ome:ability, whose &d r ? solqi wore played with;oieellont fiiiish in'ribi*' .cnhonr.Thoaccomna»!ers wero: Mrs. Natnsch.^i