ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■■■ . ; THEAptB ROYAL. The new programme staged for tho firs! timoion Monday night, again satisfied n crowded hbuso at-the Theatre Eoyal last night. "Tho I'ivc Olracs" arc nuitc the best on the bill and as acrobats they can hold their own with any that have appeared under tho Theatre Itoyal management. The programme-is rich in American artists, this week, and very amusing they are, especially Hiss dolileu, who is making her-first appearance. V HIS MAJESTY'S'THEATRE. . The piece do residence nt His Majesty's Theatre is' a poetic drama entitled "Tho',-. Veiled Prophet." The picture is capitally .staged, powerfully, atted, and marked by complete novelty- cf incident. "Tho liedskin Haiders" is a powerful Indian drama by the Kalem Co. . A picture entitled "Unique Studies of i,Nature," de- ,. picts mountain goats, •Australian kangaroos,, African snriuguoks, and Ceylon elephants, all in their native clement. The programmewill be repeated until further notice. , ..'.■' :'.''. THE NEW THEATRE. '■..', "Zika, Queen of the Gipsies," a stirring Continental, drama, is the main "draw" at the Now Theatre continuous : pichrres. It provides exciting scenes, these.including a bull attacking a man, who sdopts the agile methods of the Spanish bull- . fighter in eluding tho .infuriated animal. "The Rival Engineers" • is' an impressivo railroad story bjr the Kalem'. Company? "The, Cowboy Kid/' and "The Rube's Mistake" are also popular numbers. .The series .will bo shown for the last time today and to-night. s An entire change will be'introduced to-morrow; , '•.';•, . THE KING'S.'THEATRE! ':; : ' /; >:, • Miss Asta.-Neilsen.-in "When the' Mask drew a' large number to the-. King's Theatre last evening. The'drama is a good one and involves -'many sensational, scenes, in which Hiss Neilsen, in the part of Sanna, a beautiful actress, completely justifies her reputation' as an actress. "The Hindu Curse" is another good dramatic sketch dealing] with the vengeance of some;-Hindus who have been robbed. The supporting items, are well up to the standard maintained by the management, of thp King's .Theatre. '. . , SHORTTS' THEATRE. ;iv . "The .Golden Cage," one of the leading items on the programme at Shortts' Theatre, combines the two essential features, of a popular film: it contains an apt story and it is beautiful:. "The Overdue; Express" is another good item, not sensational,, but plausible and well acted. . This week's Australian Gazette is_ well worth seeing and many of the other items will appeal strongly to patrons of.this theatre.-..'. , • •' '■;■.;■. ■,;■' THE EMPRESS THEATRE., :.;;- .' ,'"The:Ruby Necklace," which formed the centre of attraction on tho programme' screened at the Empress Theatre yester-' day is an interesting drama. The;conventional -hero' and Heroine are conssicuous by their absence ;• nor is thero any lo.vo:making. The story is of two thieves, both on the same enterprise. Their, methods form the basis of the drama. Of the other items "The Sporting Editor*" "The Eniiino iHero"- and "-Their Idols" are the best.'-: ■'•>;; ■' ■■■■ : , . i - '■'■:•' ;.' : ;.;' _,' ■ PEOPLE'S PICTURE ( ,PALACE. The current programme at the P.P.P. is replete with good pictures. The "star" attraction is an "Ambrosio" film entitled "The Emerald Necklace," showing the adventures of two expert thieves and their attempts to foil each oilier, to, n~~ Possession of a valuable necklace. Photographically perfect this picture dspicts ' some startling situations, and is presented: with a wonderful amount of detail. Another item—"lnto the Genuine - '—shows the. interior,, of >~a, stock exchange with, oyer, 500. members of the Motion Pictui'c '•ExhiDitors' Leaguo of America taking part./ The well-known S. and A. Company is represented by an unusual film entitled--"Neptune's Daughter," a reriiark-. able entrancing scenic" l>eauty. "Polidor's Inheritance": is ;ft comic.of ; highi order;, and the,"Coast of tlio' Tyrrhaiioah Sea" illustrates one of the; most 'beautiful 'portions of- the and landscapes.of Europe. 'WIDTHS' CIRCUS. Another crowded "houso" last evening enjoyed the entertainment given by AVirth' Bros., four- shows in one, on the sito at the foot of-Tarauaki Street. Pun and sensation were skilfully '.intermingled, principal, interest attaching to tho'-per-ldrmances of Hillary Long,, the Bastien Jb'amily, and the polar bears, while the American Wild West tronpo was again a unique show complete in ' The -, per-' forming.'elephants are at. present being put through 1 their manoeuvres by Mr. John Welby Cook. There will bo :a matineo this afternoon, and the 1 season will, close with' Saturday evening's performance. V ''':" the. Opefa , House'Afco-night 'Mr. Hereford -willrgij-e-Vaif■'illustrated lecture ■-. on ' "Prehistoric Monsters."' "Man's: Relation to the Apes" will "be treated to-morrow, nnd on Friday' "Tho Evolution of Man" will bo the topic.