ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 773, 23 March 1910, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

THEATRE ROYAL. Fuller's vaudeville. entertainment at the Theatre Royal was well patronised last evening. The feats and clever tricks of Hassan, the Hindu, were applauded enthusiastically, while Wara Lear kept the audience in a simmer of merriment with his . comicalities and amusing patter. Miss Beatie M'Donald made a hit with "Don't Tell Your Pals Your Troubles," and Miss Gertie Johns contributed an Irish folk song and jig in a pleasing manner. The rest of the performers also shared in the applause, which was liberal. The management promise "rational vaudeville" for Good Friday evening. HIS MAJESTY'S PICTURES. The 'programme presented at His Majesty's Theatre last night was well received. It. makes way to-night for a • programme of entirely new items. Prominent among the "star" items is a magnificent naturally-coloured film, entitled, "Wild Birds in Their Haunts," by Oliver Pike, F.Z.S. This is said to be a triumph of the bird kinematographer's art, and is especially remarkable for the beauty of its colouring. There is also a remarkably beautiful scenic film, portraying the banks of the Rhine. from Cologne to Bingen, and showing some most interesting ruins and famous beauty-spots; a fine drama, entitled "The Rocky Road"; one of the popular "Nick Carter" films; and among the • comic items, ■ "Terror or Terrier," "The Porter's Dream," etc. Seats may be reserved at Christeson's. . THE KING'S THEATRE. Every seat in the new King's Theatre was occupied last evening, and many had to be refused admission, which speaks well for the quality of the pictures presented. ' An entirely new programme, including many picture novelties new to Wellington, will be presented this evening and for the'following week. A diversion will be made on Good Friday afternoon and evening, when a number of new pictures dealing with sacred subjects will be' projected for the first time in Wellington. Matinee performances will also be.given P» Saturday and Monday next. On Good Friday and Easter Monday the box plan will be at the. theatre for the convenience of patrons. THE' BESSES O , TH , BARN. What is to be the absolutely farewell appearance of the Royal Besses o' th' Barn Band in Wellington will commence at the Athletic Park on the evening of Good Friday. A special programme has been arranged that should suit the tastes.of the most fastidious. The park will Tie specially lighted for , the occasion, whilst an accelerated tram service has been arranged. STAR PICTURES. A bumper house greeted the film show at St. Thomas's Hall, Newtown, last .evening, and judging by the enthusiasm, shown, this week's programme has a successful run assured. The various pictures are all of an nature, the star film being "Life in the British Navy." Others are: "Magda," "The Son's Return," and "A Will of Her Own:"

On Good Friday night will be shown the representation of the picture oi Shakespeare's "Othello." No opera or melodrama has ever been more liberally treated in the matter of scenery and costumes.' than "Othello" has been by. the producers, Pathe Freres. There is the canal, on: which gondolas flit hither and thither; gorgeous . chambers and handsome senate hall, and other hints of Venice in the sixteenth century. Thecostuming .is.' on an equal scale of'.magnificence, and -both the principal an"d minor characters are richly apparelled, and with due respect to contemporary history.. The acting of all participating in the performance is of a very high order' ,and it needs no dialogue to makethe story thoroughly understandable. Care hasbeen exercised in the selection of the pictures to support "Othello," which will include many other of a dramatic, scenic, and instructive nature, besides a full complement of the everpopular comic reliefs. A matinee is announced for Good Friday afternoon. . .-. 'TETER PAN." . The booking of reserved seats, which opened at the Dresden yesterday, more than fulfilled expectations, and .points to, a most enthusiastic reception for "Peter Pan",in Wellington, where J. M. Barriers captivating sprite makes his first flight over forests, and housetops on Saturday evening. The author himself has propounded his views as to the correct interpretation of this remarkable play: "The actors in a fairy play," he says, "should feel that it is written by a child in deadly 'earnestness, and that they are children playing it in the same spirit." "Peter Pan" has reigned in London for seven years, and in New York for five. It is said to be quite apart in idea and construction from anything that has ever been presented on . the English-speaking stage, * and is sufficiently summed up as "a fantasy." Mr, J. C. Williamson's company is due to arrive by the Moana this morning; in charge of Mr. Harold Ashton, who has just returned from an extended tour of America. The Opera House will present a busy scene . between now and Saturday, for "Peter Pan" is a most olaborate scenic production, and much intricate mechanism is necessary for its varied and novel effects.