ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A well-varied programme will be repeated this afternbon and this evening at His Majesty's Theatre, the city's lumso of vaudeville. Among the chief artists aro Mr. Villien? Arnold and Miss Pearl Lade,. All.. .Ilcrftcrt Brooks tlio -mystery man, who cscapes from boxes ho is en dosed in, and a company of supporting artists. At last night's performance, Mi. Brooke's undertook to escape from a_bos constructed by the employees of a Wellington firm. Considerable interest at'tached to tho event. . Mr. Brooke's escaped from tho box in ten minutes. THE KING'S THEATRE. With a matinee this afternoon at 2.,50 and this evening. at S, the season of Hall Caine's story "The Christian." will conclude. The big feature for next week is a Fine Arts photo-play, "Tho Lily and tho Rose." The picture includes many remarkable scenes and incidents, and should prove a big attraction. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. The first session will commence at 10.30 this morning at Everybody's Theatre, when "The Wild Goose Clrnse," the attractive ooniedj-drama, which lias proved exceedingly popular during the week at Everybody's Theatre, will bo screened. The picture will be shoivn at all sessions to-day and to-night, after which it will be withdrawn.

""THE INNOCENCE OF RUTH." Jliss Viola Dana has won for herself a high position in the ranks of motionpicture favourites, being on an equality with Mary Pickford;- Marguerite Clark, and other well-known artists. To many, Mis-s Dana is placed first oh the list, and certainly her work in "Tho Stoning" warrants that praise. Critics placo her characterisation in. "The Innocence of Rnth," : the latest Edison masterpiece, in five acts, as the best that she has yet given the screen. Varying moods from innocent mischief and -girlish pranks to intense and powerful drama, are handled with equal naturalness and convincing realism. The story is very human, with a most origiual plot, and makes a strong appeal for sympathy to girls placed in Ruth's peculiar position. This picturo and a 6trong supporting programme will bo screened at Everybody's Theatre next week, commencing on Monday at noon. EMPRESS THEATRE. The Empress Theatre will ecreen "The Lights o' London" for the last time tonight. • In addition to the star feature, a splendid holiday programme is shown. Tho doors will open at 10.15 a.m. to-day. "SHOULD A WIFE FORGIVE?" The World-Equitable Film Company will present a 5000 ft. society drama, "Should a Wife Forgive?" at the Empress Theatre oh Moiiday morning, commencing at tl o'clock. It is a photo-novel, lavishly produced and gives the ladies of the cast an opportunity of wearing many expensive frocks. The well-known Broadway beauty actress, Miss Lilian Lorraine, plays tho leading role. Tho story concerns two men and two women, two kinds of love—the love that is deep and enduring, and the love that is shallow, superficial and easily lost. A young business man is tempted from his wife's side by the glamour of a fashionable actress; he becoincs a victim of her habit of drinking perfume in her tea. The -wife of the business man attends a play, sees tho actress, and writes a note to her. The actress reads tho note ■ while the young hSiabalid is present, and dares liini to commit suicide with her. He refuses. This brings about many exciting situations, but the end the lovo that endures shows it.«j _ superiority, and the play ends m an artistic manner. PAUL DUFAULT. Tho approaching visit of Paul Ihifanlt, the French-Caiadian tenor, to Wellington will be h-xirtily welcomed by his innumerable admirers here. Mr. Dufault possesses tho true dramatic fire; every song In, s,ings ho makes a page of human iiistur, a bit of real life seen in camera, I wtf if. such it makes its instant appeal aid receives its instant response. The vci est musical dullardcould not but hear. Default's interpretations with quick-' ei-ed sensibilities and a new perception. Dufault's season here is limited to. .four concprte, as he sails for Australia the following week. The season will bo given at tho Grand Opera House, snd tho first concert will bo given next Saturday, June 10. Mr. Duiault will bo assisted by Miss Pauline Bindley, soprano, and Harold Whittle, both of whom accompanied him on liis last tour. The. new member of the party is . a young Christchu'rch violinist, Miss Florence' Seapini. Although a very young girl, not yet' out of her teens, Jliss Scapini has already won pronounced success: Tho box plan for the Dufault season will open ■at the Bristol next Wednesday morning, THE DANDIES. ■ Next Wednesday evening Mr. Edward Branscombo's "Dandies" will appear in the Town Hall Concert Chamber! Tho talent of the visiting company is said to be of a high order. In the musical section especially they are said to be very proficient, one of the features of their programmes being the rendering of several excellent concerted numbers. In solo work, also, they are said to bo well endowed,- Jliss Lily Fitzgerald (soprano), Mr. Robert Agnew (tem-r), Mr. Ford Waitham (basso), and Mr. Marshall Lawrence (baritone), standing out conspicuously. .On the com dj side, Miss Rita Fitzgerald and Miss Ida Newton, together with Messrs. Joseph Bremian and John Campbell, form a striking quartet. The lm plan is at tho Bristol. . ' i