ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 791, 14 April 1910, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. . • Tha picture drama "For the Term of His Natural Life', was staged at the , Opera House again last evening before'an ■ audience that filled every seat. Apart from the big picture, which is a credit to its producers, a good programme of new pictures, including some of the Biograph Company's best studies, makeim a capital programme. THEATRE ROYAL. At the Theatre Royal "Les Freres Crotton" continue to hold the stellar i position in Fullers' Vaudeville Company. i Their turn is a revelation of what can ? be done by a scientific culture of the I muscular system.. Charles Faning can- i nothelp being funny, ,and "Parker" con-, tinues to shake off handcuffs that to the I ordinary man would be irremovable. ! Other artists well worth seeing. are Miss Gertie Johns, Miss Georgie Dwoe, Mfc* Blanche Carelli, Charlotte, and merry Joe Charles. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. . His- Majesty's Theatre suffered from congestion last evening, when a new and particularly bright programme,.was preThe illuminating, picture of. the first' half of the programme is unquestionably the Biblical study "Belshazzarii Feast," a notable presentment of the well-known Bible story told in. the Book of Daniel. The picture opens with a scene - of feasting and rioting in Belshazzar'a ! court, in which, there is 6ome beautiful j dancing and posturing by skilled dancers. Then in the middle of it all comes the writing on the wall; Daniel is brought in .to interpret the meaning of the words, following which the city is captured by" ' Danns and his army of Medes, and , Babylon falls. 'Another fine dramstio picture is entitled "The Honour of Bjb • ! Family." An old soldier sends his pal-' I troon of a son to the war, but ae soon as he gets near the firing,line his fears ] get the best ' of him, and he turns tail and flees to his home.' The old man hears his pitiful tale of shame anddis-y. honour, and rather than, allow him to be : shot by his fellows as a coward and do- ! serter ho shoots his own son, and with ' the . aid'of _a negro conveys him to the field'of action,'and places him with ha face to the enemy, saving the family ho* V our though his heart is broken. "Boy Scouts at AVork" gives a splendid idea of the utility of the "latest' thing in soldiering, and includes a noteworthy bit of - ' \vorkr-the extinction of a. fire by the boys, whose well-organised efforts soon ' subdue the flames. "In Southern Tunis'' is a capital scenic view, illustrating the beautiful and the loathsome in that tor-' no.'weirdly, picturesque, and remote-part ot Africa. 'Buried Alive" is a mining •"•- drama in which two scallawa'gs, learning ot the richness of a mine, blow up the entrance in order to kill the owners within, lhese are, howeveT, saved by the efforts of a faithful Chinaman, who gets even" with the evil-doers, who have wJ, «2 a &* ■ ■ ■*» elaborate South. African War drama is embodied in ; the picture Briton v. Boer, which vividly demote the engagement at KHppersdor£ SSj? of CVonj^te this week's programme are: "Testimr Armour Plates" "A Pair of Slippy ' Egypt fo om Sunrise to Sunset," School.'^ 6 - ■ Bd W ?«5? i " '■ — KING'S THEATRE. King's Theatre at 8 o'clock last eveniiS , tares standing rather than not see thZ • \ at ail The best dramatic picture Company's production, "The Last Deal 2 I a strong story, with an American flavour : • ! A young bank clerk has ■■ stolen some < his books before he can replace it Ha is given a,-limited .-time,to replace it '' to avoid arrest, and in an endeavour to ! , S' h? money seUs his wife's , Instead of paying that money off the I shortage, he fancies he.can raise the Ml amount at the gentle game 0 f poker, and fw °l ° fe *"*• In the mean- ,- tune his wife's brother returns from,a " long sojourn.in the West; His sister tell, him the story of her husband's shame! . • and hearing it he also. resolves foe* • I deavmmto rai'se the money at poker, and i sits down-'at the' same -table- as the man ! he desires to assist,-but whom he has : ' never met The,husband has' had a '' small run of luck up till the time that , the newcomer, takes a seat, but from that out the. Westerner gets all .the "• luck,. completely "cleaning. out": his. un- : : i known brother-in-law. ' The latter re- ; turns home in despair, and is about to i shoot himself when the man from the '■ West, after wresting the revolver from ! him, explains the whole business, and i pays the money to make restitution. The ] little play is .strongly acted. "A Visit to a German Zoo" is an open page of-, natural history revealed .through the me- ' dium of what must be one of the finest : "zoos" in the world—it is a veritable i Noah s Ark turned loose. "The Forgot- ' ten Watch".is really a comical "comic," I with a smart ending which brings a roar / I of laughter. "A Day with the Boy I Scouts" is. an illustration of the utility I of Boy Scouts in the'field. The picture ! is one that should be seen by all Scouts, and a special night has been arranged . for them on Monday next. "Foolshead's Crime" is a burlesque on the" kinemato- - • graph drama worked out very cleverly I and amusingly. Other good pictures in- ) eluded, in this week's programme are the- ' i following:—"ln the Nick of Time/* I "Scientist's Nightmare," "Testing Ar- ' mour Plate," "The Orderly," "A Visit ' i to Japan," and "IJhe White Pokahunta."- j 'There will be a matinee on Saturday., ' ' .- '~ . STAR' PICTURES. : ' The 1 Star. Pictures continue to attract j appreciative audiences. 'to St. Thomas's ' Hall. They will be shown each evening ! this week and on Saturday afternoon. .' I ' "THE NIGHT OF THE. PARTY." j : Messrs. Rupert Clarke and Clyde Mey. j nell are sending to Wellington a splen- -■ •! did attraction in Mr. George Willough- ' New English Farcical Comedy Com- l pahy, which will produce the enormously \ successful London comedy, "The Night •\- ■ of the Party," written by Mr. Weedon j Grossmith, the famous comedian, under { whose supervision the -present company I •has been rehearsed in London,- with the ' object of selecting the very best combina- i tion of comedians that ' could be pro- i cured. Mr. George Willoughby has spent a considerable time in England so that i 'Tho Night of the Party", might be presented under favourable circumstances, . j and in a manner befitting the importance. ! of the attraction. The company will in- , elude Mr. David James and Miss Mab . Paul—two first-class London artists. In presenting "The Night of the. Party" to . j Wellington theatregoers Messrs. Rupert Clarke and Clyde Meynell feel sure that ' the opening performance at the Opera j Houso on Tuesday 'next, April 19, will be the inauguration. of . a | season of laughter that will make i "The Night of the Party" long remembered. The play will be produced under tho direction of Mr. George. ' Willoughby; The box plan will open at i the Dresden this morning, at 10 o'clock. j