ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 747, 21 February 1910, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

1 "A COUNTRY GIRL" : '.On;; concluding;- a- 'successful;' season'" at' : the Opera .'.'House,Williamson's : - Comic ■ Opera; Company /were given' a cordial fare- : fell on Saturday, -. night.,- Members •of . -the .'company, had hardly time! to changefroin. the.frocks'of "A. Country Girls".beTore'/they" pnibarked.:oii;.the..Mararoa ,-for the. south,Vdeiviiig. a cheering band:.of ; well-wishers on. tiio '.wKarf;-'-: . ■ '.'. ::'; v ; ;theatre royal. i i --''The'entertaining programme ,:whiclihas' i 'been' running for ,the . past week at the { Theatre"; Royal ::lvasgiven ~for the. last tinie on Saturday evening, before a large; and; appreciative..audieiice., '. A;new pro-, 'gramme,: which is. said to' be equallyvdi- , versified .'-and /attractive, :will . be .'intro- . : duced this ovening. : , . ■ - ; ;;. : His -sujesty's theatre.. Every:e'xhib'itioh; confirms,'the popular-: ; ityof,: the programme., of .pictures'. now;,being.shown :at-.His Theatre. On! . Saturday both, the.'matinee;and .evening: entertainments ~j were ~ largely, attended. Tho-.pictures'; will ..be shown again: this: Evening, i;.V : ' ; . .. .. : ..STAR PICTURES, ' ; The 'Pictures;;"attracted a fairly ; largb/audience i'tb St; 'Thomas's. Hall'. on- : paturdayj'.eyDning. The' .company ■ -jyill; ' ;i?iye." their ; weekly / change of : this; evening, -.v]]en the principal screen- , ' ing;Mrill;..,he.", "Merciless -'Marguerite,";; a . strong, dramatic - subject; -P!:' THE icORNISH' PIXIE. ... ' ; interest iii the strange .little; being,, ■ '"Tho.: Cornish i-Hxie,"; appears'-.)to /.'be t Steadily imaihtained;,- as 'shown by -/ the. large -number: of • risitors' 1 who attended hisI receptions/- on .'; Saturday; ; '.'.The./manage- 1 -ment'.aunouncesan .extension of the sea- . "On, and the 'Pixie'-will 'therefore/continue his .exhibitions during,.this week. ■ ' ;,' THE.3IUSICAL.ALL BLACKS.' •. : 't , r^/ le vcrsa '-'' e: All, Blacks Pamily,- which: , has) won high: opinions /throughout - -the; Commonwealth, and New' Zealand,/open at the Ojfera:;Houw [ to-night.,yM-iss" Nellie' Black, i?■' tlie' staf '-art'ist of",'the 'troupe,; ■ .and;, is' described by./ Melbourne, Sydney, _and>.Adelaide' papers as, a .distinguished 'Viplihisfce. and. gifted/poritraltp;/. Her bias>sical :ivork; j -on;, j tlib'.'ylolih;, is said . to - lie; characterised -;by-"splendid' tone arid --.fine technique,- , while she;-is also ..'stated .to ;lje clever- in-. lighter work and trick playing.-Miss-Elsie: Black; is a -flautist.. and is also; .cleverr as o/ dancor, '■. -inandoiiniste, : and r pianiste; .Mr. Bert' Black' is a corjietist, 'cellist, andiflxpert dancer. ..Mr. P..Black .is also -an'accomplished" pianist and vooalist,'' and'.Mrs.:;Joh'n' Black a profioient ,organiste,;and: pianiste.: Mr.;. John Black' is a' quaint Scotch comedian and instrumehtalist. ./Duets, .quartets, and. "musical- : /sketches', are;,also ! !.iricludb(l'in a delightful; : programme /which .is/saiidwishetl between twi) exhibitibns;of.Black's picture's,'which are' said"to be, among the best yet",seen here. ■ 'Assisting 'the.: Black - Family':are .Her-, ber't : Carroll, ;theVwell-known r London, so-j, cietj- entertainer, I,vocalist; .-and! composer, ;dhd Mr.. Harty."Spencer; comedian and,instrumentalist.. i,Seats ; : may. be .'booked- at the: Dresden, 1 --aiid day,; sales; be- had.-at Christeson's. . .. /- ; - , ORG'A' RECIT \L : ;A-"special-request!'? •brbgi'amme was tnat presented -to'.' lus aiidience' by Mr. ; ; 'Maugiiari Barnett; (City; Organist), . at': his ! 'orgartirecital at the,:Town:Hall'on:Saturday::bveiuiig.'v,;To. jiidje/by' the..selected items,/the. public;taste iiv.nmisic: is being: ' -.systematically;.''ciiltiyai'ed tbwards an fcx-. cellent'' . standard;. .Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Wagner, Handel—illustrious masters of their, art —v.*ero ropresrnted,'while , oxcerpts from, the works' of .Herold, Grey; -and Massenet,:/in 'lighter vein; supplied that appropriate contrast which co'm;Pl«ted "the ..attractiveness ;of tlie : series. -The'-recilal;;opened.:'ivitH -Jlendelssohn's Soiiatb"r-a ~iuagnificent: . . -number,' with Undignified' opening "'movement; -"Allegro'. Moderato,".' introducing , at. its: , .close a tranquil; "Adiigio," and followed, •: in .striking , contrast,..by. the imposing , Aridante.:.R«citando','' and: the 'brilliant .and vivacious;; "Allegro . .Vi<-aci,";' Beethoven's beautiful" adagio moveriient from his. "Piano.; Sonata in C:Minor (Pathetic)" was the next/numb'er. Theii came a' graceful ;-"Aragdn'aisc,;'";from '.-Massenet's "Le' Cid," and -Wagner's dramatic "Das Rheingold:" -The"concluding': numbers were a delicate '-'Hymn Celesto" fGrey), Handel's celebrated.': "Largo,"' and'; Hcrold's" brilliant; . and : .oyer-welconie'. overture to ."Zampa." .Tlie'next , recital will be given ■ on. Saturday; at 8 p.m.. '