ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1153, 14 June 1911, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE I'RINCK AND THE BEGGAR MAID." "Tbi; l'rinM n-.id the Beggar Maid" was repeated at the Opera House las', evening with succor. Tho largo audience heartily applauded tho dramatic situations, the lavish scenery, the handsome dressings, and, above all, the good all-round acting of Mr. Anderson's new company. The ploj will he resumed to-night, and until further notice, and will be followed by Wilson Barrett's well-known "Lucky Durham." Tho box plan utter one o'clock to-day will be at Abel's. TIIEATKE ROYAL. The attractive vaudeville programme al the Theatre Royal again drew a large audience last evening. The Staig Troupt of trick cyclists are still strong tavouriies. and continue their daring act? on the circular table. , Miss .Nellie Power and Miss Vera ivearns, serios, were in great demand, and had to respond to several encores. The act of Misses Delwyn and Tye, entitled ".Schooldays," was well received. Messrs. Carlton and Sutton were recalled several time?, their smart sayings and jokes evidently iinding favour. The turn of Miss Ida I'oslyn and Mr. Jack Ivearns was also a very successful feature of the bill. The programme will be repeated this evening. HIS MAJESTY'S. Many good pictures find a place in the current programme at His Majesty's Theatre- One of the best is "Mexican Filibusters," a dramatic tale of love and adventure. Equally good, iu its own field, is a reappearance of the inimitable "Foolshead." "Glimpses of Bird Life" i; a series of pictures as interesting as they aro beautiful. A striking film is that portraying a review: of the New York Fire Brigade. The current number of that modern periodical, "The Paths Gazette," is well up to the standard. THE KING'S THEATRE. Among tho pictures that passed over the screen at tho King's Theatre last evening, "The School Mann of Coyote County" takes rank as "star" attraction. It is a Wild West story, which in some of its details at auyratc would have done crcdit tn Bret Harte. Another good film denieU the adventures of a daring little band engaged in smuggling contraband of war across the Mexican border. "The Patlie Gazette" pictures the lann'ching of two big warships, and has other features of interest. Many happy little comedies alternate with the more serious items on the programme. THE NEW THEATRE. The New Theatre was a haven of rest and warmth in tho bitter weather yesterday and many called into the continuous picture house to see what was going. A novel picture, quite in keeping with the cold southerly blast which swept over tho city and Harbour yesterday, was quaintly entitled: "Manoeuvres on Elevated Mountain," which really pictured a company of Swiss soldiers manoeuvring in the snow 011 a ridge of the Alps. The titles of the various views were comical, but the pictures themselves were living testimony to the hardships these troops are prepared- to undergo in the defence of their country. One view shows how tho mountain guns are transported among the Alps by means of pack-mules; a troop is shown advancing in soft snow, each soldier sinking up to his knees at every step. A "ski" corps is also shown in skirmishing order. The "A.11." star picture this week is entitled "Was lie a Coward?" It relates the story of a writer who goes ranching for his health's sake. By winning the love of the ranchowner's daughter, 110 incurs the enmity of the cowboys, whoso taunts ho bears in silence, realising in his weak state his inability to thrash them. Seeing this, tho girl thinks him a coward and breaks with him. Then comes tho smallpox.First an Indian, then the girl's father fall victims to the dread disease, and none savo the. newcomer,, will touch them. He nurses them back to life and takes tho fever himself from which he rises scarred for life. But in the meantime the-cowboys' opinion of- tho young man has- changed—they recognise that there is more than one sort of courage —and though 110 is marked for life the ?irl gives herself up to the hero. "The Girl of the Mountains'-' illustrates interestingly the fiieklenoss of man and the faith of a mountain-lured Welsh lass; "Tho Cowboys and the Bachelor Girls" is Tennyson's "Princess" westernised, and "A Warrior's Faith" is a graphic incident in Red Indian life, capitally acted by the Bison Co. The programme is raried by several comic films of good :;uality. "HENRY VIII." At the King's Theatre yesterday afternoon a privileged few were afforded an opportunity of a private view of the kinematograph picture of Sir Herbert Beerholm Tree's magnificent production of ■Shakespeare's "lienry VIII," 0110 of the most elaborate productions of any of Shakespeare's plays ever submitted to the British public, and which has established a new record in London as far as Shakespearian plays are concerned. The picture, which is in black and white, .nakes no pretence at. giving tho -whole, )r even an outline of the play. That tvould be next to impossible, but several jf tho most notable scenes are picked out, ind from thew* one is able to realise to some extent the quality of the performmce and the splendour of the production. I'ho scenes mentioned are those in which "he Duke of Buckingham is apprehended it Cardinal Wolsey's order; the great >anquoting hall at Wolsey's Palace, where luring , the revels the King is ensnared jy the charms of Ann Boleyn; Blackiriar's Hall, where the King divorces t)ucen Katherine; and, finally, Westminster Hail, with \Volsey, shorn of his ireatness, Though the picture was put :hrough rather hurriedly, a capital idea ivas conveyed uf Sir Herbert Tree's ijnpnssive acting as the Cardinal, a per-' t'ormanco full of dignity and instinct, vith dramatic strength, and even without the lines, tho personal magnetism and masterful power of the great prelate. In strange contradistinction to Tree's, is Ihut of Mr. Arthur Bourchier, as Henry VIII, whose ponderous frivolity in the L'ardinal's I'alace, his rompish love-mak-ing, and his bold insolence were all part af a fine charactcrisation, which ranged Irom comedy (as when lie enters with Iho maskers) to dramatic heights. Queen Kftthei-ine (Miss Violent Vanburgh) only appears in the 0110 scene—Blackfriars—in which only a fleeting impression of the actress is given. The outstanding feature of the production is the completeness of the ensemble—the merry banqueters of the Cardinal's Palace, the troupe of Morns dancers, maskers, and courtiers, and in Blackfriars' Hall the impressive and solemn assemblage of Cardinals and Bishops, which in the play must form a blaze of colour. The picture was witnessed yesterday afternoon by a number of people, including Archbishop Redwood, Bishops Verdon, Grimes, and Cleary, the Ven. Archdeacon Dcvoy, and other "members of the Roman Catholic the Hon. Geo. Fowlds and Mrs. Fowlcls, the I representatives of the pross, and several members of the Anderson Dramatic Co. The new picture will bo exhibited at tho Kings Theatre to-morrow evening.

SKATING PJNK. The popularity of Fullers' Olvir.pm bmk is undiminished, and the polished floor is well patronised at each session. Many beginners find the conditions at this pleasuro resort nil that can be desired, and the courteous instructors render ollicicnt aid to the learners. The Olvmpia Isand adds to the enjoyment of the patime. The hockey match, Kin Ora v. OlynipiQ, takes phice this evening.