ENTEETAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2110, 30 March 1914, Page 3

ENTEETAINMENTS.

HIS MAJKSTY'S THEATRE. , | Many steiliag novelties jira pfeinisctl . | by.tba 'management for tho Mctt , bill at' <j liis Majesty's 'J'iiftittrc to-»>igbt, prom in- ) ent among thub fieiiig Brent Hayes, j the world's greatest exponent of the a possibilities at' the ijaHjo. Mr, Hayes | had the honour to perform sovernl times : | by command befero the late King Ed- | ward VII, and fliijoye a world-wicfo ro- I piitation. His programme includes items | to suit all tastes and his handling, of | the instrument is siud te bo a ttrcla- J tion. Dorothy Harris is an American I comcdieiino from the Southern Status , i and portrays ragtime as she lcarued it { in the laud of jts birth—New Orleans. | I She is hilled as "tlfe girl who pives ft 1 new jueaning to raßtime." The a make music on a variety, of Instruments and present a tnrn saicf to be replete; with musical novelties. Foster, Le-mant, and Foster would disnsay any dentist, for they take most extraordinary liber' « ties with their teeth, toeing known as «S "the iran-jawed marvels:" Sharratt and to Lang contribute a pleasing musical sketch and tho male member of the duo . estraets some camical effects from the piano.- New. it-ems will , be- gi«n; by I Ciipt." Brunswick' and Coy., AVestern | cowboys; Millie Doris,-The Sfcrattons;: Kings'ley- and'Graham'iCuiMi-iftgh-aift. and | Rose; an.d the Phittips Sisters. The \ box .plan as usual is at the Dresden,- j THE KING'S THEATB-E. 1 To-Jiigit's c¥ef attraction at- the 5 King's Theatre will ho Blanche's Star fe sensation drama, "A Prisoner in the | Harem," Whicli is stated to featuiro.it s powerful-plot and a too love story, § the course of the dfevelojjnieiit of which \ ihc .hero and heroine are shown in many | exciting situations. The. seencj which, is; s laid iii India,, beglits with a .section \ s-Jiowi-iig the .grief of an- Indian girl who. B 'lias been sold by her father to the Siil- : 0 tan. Shis throws a Jipto from a will' \ dow to her lover. Attar, imploring his aid, ■ A.kbar has' succoured a wounded tiger which has hecomo α-ttaehed to him. By the aid -of the tiger ho effects his Sweetheart's cseape, They are recap- ■ tureil and tiie. man is placed in a esißO with a hungry tiser. The Sultan tortures the girl by compelling lief to view her lover's- sutferiflg in the tiger's den. To the astonishment of the Sultaft tho tigor does not touch Akbar. He r-ftsites into the cage and d ; nnvs his sword «pon the hapless prisom'Ji, but the tiger attscks and knls the'Stilta-n. Akbaf is released, but the .new Saltan declares tiio.girl to be the widow of his predecessor and, according to tho custom of the country, sho is ordered death b.y Imrn-iug. .Just as the flames of the fire burst forth the Gordon Highlanders.' Raided by Akbar, appear an the sceneand the'girl is resetted and reunited; . to her lover. Tho play is said to he regally meunted ami the hero and hejq-jii-6 are played by lirofessic-liil lio»-tanifii-s. Other subjects are: "Two Ar- ' istocratic PenitoMts" (drarfla), "GagTy" (scenic), *'A Day in a Sailor's Life" (new series), "Hubby's Polly" fdomedy), and tho latest.Pathe Gazette. ; I3os plans are at tiro Dresden, . ISE EMPEIiSs' t-HBATEB. : Tire Bdisoii Company's suiisa-tiemal "feature'' drama, "St-ahion's last Pliiig," ivill occttpy the. top of fe list of tho now items at the Empress Tlieatre fco-iitimwM-s pictures) to-dwy and to-night. The plot features the ruin of a promising young business matt, an elopemtsnt,- much villainy, and a tl-n'Bl-ing clinias to a seTies of liorois deeds. Supporting the "f-'e-ataws" film arc; "Tho Lmsoh" \Sc-lig dramft), "Double Crossed" (Keystone' "feature" fsircccemedy); "A Trip Tlirough Lew-er Brit'mf (scouie), "Campfoiiusiiig Compli" cations"' (A.B. oQmedy) ? and othere. ; DRGAi^BidITAL. ■Tust about the usual number of organ . r-ecital Savers Were proseii-t at tha weekly recital ■giV'ftn-by Mr, Bernitfd l'agS, Cte OrganisS, on •;.Saturday eveniiig. Tuv programme wijs an -fescec'dihg-ly interesting o.n-e f mi H would be. almost sn}ieiv - flnous to add that all of a varied and w#i-afranged selection of "tecital nwitors M'c-re given a masterly reiutering by the City Organist. • Ba»1el J s "Connefto in l> Siinor" was the -spotting. . item. The three, movements of ihe-Concert-p—tho "Amtaita," the "Acl-a-gio," ana tlto "Aleftfo"—have betu arranged for the «n'gan aloue by the late M. Alex. Guilinaiit, who himse-K is well 'known as a charming aiid-pro-lifte qniniwser. "Beucd.iot.i.oll Nuptiale" (o.p. 9), by tlwt most celebrated of Ifyerch orfan ■ composers, iSai-iVt-Sae'ns, was delightfully played. O.f a totally opposite nature was tho following, item, symphonic poem, "Danse Macabre" .. (op. 4C!), by the same coßiposer-. All the weird 'realism of tho piece was wtWerfully brought out m the oi-giiiv lhe eomposer, in writing this worß, tepk foi his text a poom by. H(airi Caesans, descriWnfs Dfeath aronsiii.g tl-tc skclwtons in a el-iurchy-ard at' m#mght by tnp wcinl 6Ottwls_o-f his violin. The work is full of descriptive pa-asa«es « won■£yfrA realism, Boellmamr's "Second , Suite in. C" (op. 27), in tlireb movecon nvnt-o,' Andantiiw," and "Pi-uale-MarcJte' , —gava those present an -opportunity of heariflft a rareij-played work by tkat great Mmpwser. ' A \--e-ry interesting and eniofable number Was Hie "Prtliido a-M fugue iii C Minor'! (Willai))- Other items en the programme wews: "ba-vc .vaVd Chant" (Warcing) and "Ganjsona" (Wofet-cnholme).. "■ Organ re-cit-ab are aanounced tor Rood Friday (at 8,15 o'clock). Saturday, April 18 (Wagner night), and Satarday, A)>ril 25 (Tscha,U?o¥sky B-ight), SUNDAY CONCERT.. A concert was given in the Town Hall last evening under the auspices of tlm W#Hingto-n i'liilh-ariiionie - .Orchestra. , 'Wellington people rarely have an opportunity oi lieanug .a good ins'tJ'Wfleiital quartet, and a .group of four such tal-on-ted femrinental-i-sts as Messrs. JplHi&t<ak, Ma-schiui, Truda, and HcHewatin , siaely fills the MM in this respect. Their first -number w«s "The Lark - {β-ltuka), aiitl Aough played very swept- ■ ly, and witli nice balanee-, only it fec-bto oiapimig of hands greeted the.effort. When' tbo same quartet, liovKVftr, lilaycil the hackneyed'trine "Kio BliUm-ay" (BcncHs) the appteusa was much louder. The cencert opeiwd with a 'cello soio by Mr. O-olmstijne, Poppc-n's "Httngarian Rhapsody;" and quite unusuai ior this popular 'crflist, .ho was iiot oncarecL A batitone singer ivit.li a taw vokij foifewed. Ho was Mr. Courtney V. M-obr, and ho sang rattier wootknly "The Curfew" (Gould). . Mv. Upht's other items weffi "Priiico Ivan's Song " lAllitsen) and "liivictus." . Siguo.r Trada was encored for his -playing Of "Sttotti -d'Argento" (H-owgill), which I» played A vjth taste, Ho.pky«4 Aus I>apiMqns".an an encore. Mr. H. Mascliini is what ofto would term a . faultWss clarinet player, and his rendition ef "Ballade" from the Concerto i'Niub 'W- Gaofo)- *as esoelleni. He- wa-s encored, and plav-cd "A Tambourine Ballet" cMher'ton). j