ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3006, 17 February 1917, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

"DAMAGED GOODS."' Another interested audience waU'lied I lie performance of "Damaged Goods" by the Williamson • Company (it the Grand Opera House Inst evening. -'Di» "Inembers of the cast again scriuitled themselves well at last night's performance. "Damaged Goods" will be played for the last time in Wellington this evening. SELINSKY-AMADIO CONCERT COMPANY. . Music lovers will rejoice lo hoar that the Selinsky-Amadio Concert 'Company, which appeared here at the New Year, have imado arrangements for a. return farewell season in Wellington. 'They will . appear at the Town Hall on February 2-i, 26, and 27. This company includes the gifted Ki|ssian violinist, Jl. the brilliant Melljourne 'flautist, Mr. John Am'adio, and Miss Elsy Treweek., the charming and talented Melbourne soprano. The tour through New Zealand has been quite a successful one, arid Wel-lington-concert-goers who-were absent from town during the holidays will have . a final opportunity of paying tribute, to these artists. v .>• HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The current hill 'at His Majesty's Theatre has attracted good attendances all through the week. The programme includes turns by Violet Trevenyon, who is well-known to Wellington vaudeville patrons. ■ Among the other performers are the Elmars, equilibrists, who present an excellent turn; Merlyn, the humorous wizard; and Mason and Le„ Cain, a clever sketch duo. The programme will be repeated for the -last 4ime to-night. . THE KING'S. • Eider Haggard's numerous works of fiction have interested and amused millions of readers throughout the -world arid still continue to do so. Probably the best known of his books is that weird romance of a past age, there will no i doubt be particular • interest taken in the first presentation of this, as a picture play at the King's matinee to-day. The reproduction of the gorgeous barbaric scenes of splendour in the extraordinary kingdom which the- author conjured up in his imagination sented a big task for the producers, which is said to have been well carried out. Madame Alice Delysia as ciie lady who beautifies 'herself in the eternal pillar of lire is' stately and impressive, and the supporting cast and settings are said to be in accordance with the highest standards. EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Mae' Marsh, Kobert Harron, and most of the players in "The Marriage of Molly-O," which commences this morning at Everybody's, are- Irish themselves, and the Irish atmosphere with which the play is- invested has been ■ carried out with loving care. "Holy Mary and Saint Anne, send my my man as quick as you can," \ is the charm spoken by Jlolly-0 as she throws' a potato peeling /over the horns of the cow she is milking, "and," she eays, "if it's the same to you, I'd like it. to be the jarvey." The jarvey, as a 1 matter of fact, was Sir Laurence o'Dca,\ whom Molly believed to'be the driver <rf a public, jaunting car.' "The ferriage of Molly-O" as produced by s the Fine Arts-Triangle Co. is claimed to be the best iTish picture, play seeu on the screen. . Suitable . vocal items will en- ■ >hance. the presentation. THE EMPRESS. A young man whose gay early life brings many complications in after years, but which complications are surI mounted by the aid of a good woman, forms tho central character in "Human Driftwood," a World Film play, starring Robert Warwick, commencing at tho Empress t]iis morning. The picture 1 from the gay scenes of- society to the wild ruggedness of an Alaskan mining saloon, and is said to culminate i'n a manner both unique . and pleasing. • Frances Nelson is described as a pleas.ing and pretty co-star, with Robert Warwick, and her sombre beautv and clever- , ness aid considerably in maKing the picI ture equal to the -best of "World's.' There are good minor filjns.

TO-NIGHT'S ORGAN RECITAL... The programme'for to-night's organ recital by Mr. Bernard Page will be made up of tho magnificent Pathetic Symphony by the .Russian comiwser, Tschaikovsky, » work new to Wellington by Coleridge Taylor, entitled "Third Movement from Suite" (Op. GG). Another new piece to tiiis city is the Prelude (Op. 17), by Blumenfeld, of the Russian school. The remaining numbers (all favourites with Mr. -Page's audiences) are "Elegie" (Claussmann),' Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Bach), "Air and 'Variations" (upon a theme of Handel's), (Karg-Elert), and- Rhapsodie (No.' 3), Op. 7 ■ (SaintSaens). '