ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1311, 14 December 1911, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

]f|i,'KAJ(I),S'S VAIJHiVn.I.K (.0. Tho hi.-.l nights of tficliiiifKV VnmlovilU ('.•iiiijiniiy »rr. .■■iiiiuiili>'i'il. c.\<;ollent ( i;i |i«.:'.r. wink is c.\i'(:iit"d in a very kiikkfiil iiiiiniir-r l),v Ali-idd CiipiUiiiic'. Carl, ton Mux, ili.K-rjbud us "Jji-lniiil's jiriiinii'i- is ri'itjiinly a very clcvit pfivm, nnd was loiidly I'ippliuidcil lii-t niglil. 'I'Ji;, /iiii;;iaii)im', ivliiih mntiiins 11 lni-|;i! iiuiiiher of oilier interesting , items, will |;o rcpiiatcd this evening. THKATJIM ROYAL. If tin- allcHiliiiire ill Ilifl Theatre Royal la.-.(. I'viiing was any criterion it was evident that kiiicinuciilor pictures luivo • funic t:i sliiy, 'J'lh: iinigninimo vras miilorinly kwA, thu drnmalic f-tinlies in particular brill? a feature. "Thu Rebel's . JJaiipJjlcr" i.s a romantic incident of tho I'citiiisuliir War, autl is biviulilully coloured. Another good coloured film de,|)K'ls views of Keveni! of Ilic fiwiious Jtiiliiin lakes. Other items fccrooned were: "Kitchener of Khartum." "Motor Jioats and Yachting," and "Fioral r I'lcnuy. FULLEKS' PICTfIiES. The baby competition is still one of the principal all ructions at thu Skating Rink in Vivian Street, whero Fullm' pictnrca iiro being screened. During the last few ilnys a nmnL-μ- of excellent films linvo been shown, and tlio audiences present Jw "Jit been slow in showing approval. Jim lii-u'Rskly cliangn of iirogralninii b announced lor to-nigiit. KING'S THEATRE, The current week's programme was repealed before a large tiudicnco at tho King's Theatre last eveninj. "Life in the west was a stirring wild west story, which depicted tho daring deeds of de'speroto men, and their affrays with the ' Indians. 'J'liis craning new films will be ' presented. THE NEW THEATRE. The popularity of tho New Thcatrt ' continuous picture entertainment was iißiiin evidenced at nil serious yesterday afternoon and evening. Anione the liriivcipal attractions are "Artificial Butter," "Tin' .Signu Oiiua," and "Dark Feather, the Squaw." The programme will lx> shown for the last time io-day anil tonight. Tho cijstoniiii-y change will bo introduced 10-day. "THE SPECKLED BAND." Of "Tho Speckled Band," which is to be produced by J. C. Williamson's new dramatic company at the Opera Houso for a Hvi.'-on coininencing on Wednesday next, Kdwiirtl Morton, in the London "Play'oor," write:—"Tho Sjicckled Hiind," by Sir Oman Doyle, is all excellent e.tumplc of the new kind of pluy which is not specially «ililres*e<l to the misojihistifiitetl, bat is likely to interest all playgoers who can enjoy d good story wi'll told, and who is there, eld or young, simple or .sophisticated, who cannot? AVlulo other writers , for (ha Mage aro searching for the new form of drnma to which tlio old order must yield in the natural course, since (he drama i» siil>-jpL-t to the same law ot everlasting change as everything el?e in the unisystem, while other writers aro searching for tho new form, and arc simply feeling their way in the dark, Hir C'onan Doyle may lie said to kavo discovered a new vein of tho old drama in which probability is not defied, nor the graces of literary expression disdained. ''The Speckled Band" is a fine spirited work, in which the fasciunting Sherlock Holmes appears once more as the active agent in a. desperate adventure in a play which is conspicuously well ordered, well written, and well acted, The box plan is to be opened nt the Dresden on Jlonday next, at 9 a.m. PHILIP NEWBURY IN OPERA. A highly attractive concert programme is announced to l>e presented by tho eminent tenor, Mr. Philip Nowbury, nt the Town Hall on Saturday evening next. On that occasion a concert devoted almost entirely lo> popular operatic music will be presented. Mr. Newbury, who appeared to such splendid advantage in "Faust" on Tuesday evening, will siiig! "Yes, Let Me Like a Soldier Fall" (from "Maritana"), "On With tho Motley" (from "I Pagliacci"), "Thy Tiny Hand is Frozen" (from "La Bohemc"), "My Raptured Gaze" (from "Martha"), ne will also be associated with Miss Rita Lyons in the duet from the garden scene in "Faust," "The Hour is Late." Miss Lyons is to sing that beautiful operatic, aria, "Bel Reggio," from "Pomiraiuide" (Rossini), and Mr. Hugh 'Wright will sing "Kven Bravest Heart May Swell," , from "Faust." It is rare indeed that such a string of operatic pearls is frund in tho one programme, and as the prices have been fixed to suit the many, the Town Hall should be taxed to capacity. This will bo the last apppuraneo of Mr, Newhury prior to his departure from Wellington.