ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

. - THEATRE ROYAL. Fullers' vaudeville entertainment was produced to a good' liouso last evening. Jlr. Graham and Jliss JCellio Dent wero primo 'favourites and received their usual ovation. All tho items wero well received. ; - HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ; It:was :ft liappy idea to rovivo that wonderful old legeud "Rip Van Winklo" ill dramatic form._ Liko "Cinderella" and,.'"Tlio.;Babes in tho Wood," it is ever popular, and has plenty of dramatic power to lend interest to tho episodo of the Catskills. "Tho Artist's Ruse." "Tho. Waterfalls of Bohemia,", "Tlio, 'Foreman," "Tho Sea," and "Tlio Way of Lifo" aro all pictures of tho choicest variety, of; subjects. Thero will bo'a 'matineo this afternoon', v ■ . .. KINGtS THEATRE. An entirely satisfactory programme in every, way is.boing. prcsentod_at tlio King's Thoatro this week. It includes the Houndsditcb pictures,, a.wonderful snap .of an neroplano smash, a .gorgeously/beautiful trip' down tho' Danube',' "and a number 'of ' well-acted "thrills;"'. Thero will 1)0. a.matineo this .afternoon, and an .entire chango. of programme oil Monday.' '. y-' .

STAR .PICTURES. , ~. ■ • a eain. last evening to a crowded and'»enthusiastie house..-Tlio series included several very, excellent films, and tlioro is bound to bo largo patronage again- tonight. ■ '.'BUFFALO BILL WILD WEST" PICTURES. . , : Buffalo Bill lias -undiminished popularity, although lie has. been the hero of all tho boys of tho, white world for moro years than most of iis caro to' remember. Colonel Cody lias dono _ big things in his life, but none bigger •than.tho organising, of his great Wild West' show. This is tlio great, circus that took London by storm, and the MacMahons' • bioscope pictures of it represent •it 111 its entirety—animals, cowboys, Indians, everything. Some of tho animal performers mako a world's record .for .sagacity and sprightlinoss. Tho;agiHty;bf tho elephants .is especially;, remarkable. All tho pictures shovjn duriiig this season at'tho Opera; House will bo from tho stock of Mr. J." D. Williams, tho Greater, Ltd., whoso enterprise lias revolutionised tho picture business in Australia, and of whoso films in New Zealand tho MacMahons lmvo now secured solo and exclusive rights.;. ,Tho. box ;plans for,,jthftt brief ;scison'aro ; ;dt tho'Dresdcu;'! • i.v.iT *<uf.MISS AMY CASTLES. ""

Miss Amy Castles, tho joung and .brilliant Australian singer, is now touring tho Dominion, giving a' series of farewell concerts. Being under engagement to appear opera in Europo in May, Miss Castles is leaving New Zealand about tho middlo of April. Miss Castles needs no introduction to tho New Zealand pilblic, and tho many who wero fortunato enough to hear her with Williamson's'Grand Opera,. Company liavo not forgotten her genius, her artistic talents,' and the'-furores 'sho created. *In fact, throughout that Australasian tour her popularity was almost unlimited.. Only two concerts' are to bo given, in Wellington, in tho Town Hall, tho first on Saturday, March 4, and tho second 011 Monday, March' 6. Messrs. J. and N. Tait have associated with Miss Castles soveral artists of undoubted merit and attainments, as a moro glance at their names will assuro anyone. ;Mr. Alexander Camphauscn is a baritono of. renown from tho Royal Grand Operas of Berlin, Leipzic, Hamburg, and>Dresden. Herr Louis..Hattenbach is a famous 'cellist from Germany. Mr. William Conway, the pianist of this distinguished combination, is a young Australian, who lias mado a splendid reputation in England aiid on tho Continent. Thp company's, tour so far .in tho South Island has been most signally successful. All , extra' night was demanded and given,.in,.Dunedin,

' TO-NIGHT!S GRAND ORGAN RECITAL. Tho usual- weekly - organ . recital will bo given to-night by Mr. Maughan Barnett, 1 011 the . Town llall organ. Tho programme, which is up to tho high standard set by Mr. Barnett, includes Handel's Organ Concorto, "Cuckoo and Nightingale," from tbo first movement, repeated by' request, Schiller' March by Meyerbeer,:;'a very important composition, and tho. "Ques*tion ■ and Answer"' by_ AVolstenholme, a popular pieco'" with ' Mr. '""Harnett's nudiencH.' ~ Other''Vorks "arc by Bach, st. "SWEET LAVENDER." ' Tho "Wellington Dramatic Society will appear at tho Opera Houso 011 March 15 aud IG, when they will produco Sir Arthur Pincro's • threc-act comedy "Sweet Lavender" in aid of tlio Wellington' Boy Scout movement, .lit is a long timo sinco this wholesome and charming comedy was presented here, and as tho production is in aid, of such a worthy object,' it' should bo. doubly welcomed. The Boy Scouts havo"."already commenced to get busy with tho salo of tickets. Mr. Leo do Chateau will conduct, tho tour,of Mr. Allan Hamilton's draniatio company,. which. opens at Invercargill 011 April 10 with tho drama, "Why Men Lovo Women." Tho company- will bo headed by Miss Frances Ross, for vears leading lady of tho Bland Holt 'Company.