THE THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3136, 14 July 1917, Page 11

THE THEATRE

(By Sylvius.)

Wonricrliil Ada liccvc. i-'rom llh> Unrcr, rif her inexhaustible repertory, a perfect Pandora's box of (,'wml (hint's, Alies ,\da Jtoevo'al «ill draws jorth hours of gladness and of mhniln pathos; hours which clear (way Iho cobwebs and 11m clouds, send us lorth inspired and invigorated, ready aK»in to light the bnllln of lifo. ,!mor,{her now ditties and old. wongs revived in that, one about, baby's first pair <t pants, a Knrtnrinl. change which removes hjro trom l,ho category of mother's litllo darliDg ruil makes him father's litllo man. I. is a tender and .touching thing us Ada. li-ocvn sinEß il, and makes an repeal (o thn hpiirt of wory mother and of ocry father. ' Aunt's Kvperienro" is a fltory of country mn.ucf.ry and courtship, told with delicate suggestion as only Ada! TJeevo ran. ' Silly Questions" is a on? which finite a. number nf people, including the income ta.v authorities, should lay to heart; and "I Never Forget I'm a tidy" is ono of the old FchooJ—it takes ton back to the days of ,Yn]|m .Farren, .Ifiiny Hill, and Lottie Collins.--Sydney "lieforce." "Outcast." During the present, season tiin Welling(on ]inhiic j.s to bu given the very desirable opportunity ui witiii'dsiua .ui>s .Iviubleiio .M.ai;iJiinoll : in an cmiiuly uiilorent role 10 thai oi.Judy .Vuuiilt iq "Uactdy Lous Li-&." iU: Jjuvico t> play, "Outcast," is in Us way a pioßlcui puiy with a remarkable central iigure, mac ufAliriam, a woman uf bo streets, who in a freakish moment is taken charge ol Hy a. man w;lio means entirely we-il by her, 'and who'from being intensely interested in the win oi the city conies to feel something a deal jnyre tender, iliriam 13 a puwcrt'nl draniiLtic role, much more sonoun t.li;in .limy Autiott. ever is, and perhaps sounding a deeper jiote. Miss Alacbonell loves tho part, so uno may assume tliat tliere is merit 111 it, ami tlie play itself. A Singing Conductor. Ju Air. Harry Jacobs, Aliss Ada fleove ' will introduco a novelty to Now Zealand. Musicians know lull well how conductors fan back, and il is even said that they can on uccustons use naughty words lo cypress their opinions ot those .under Ilium, but in Air. .lacobs, tho brilliant English inimical comedy artist, Alies Uccvo hae u treasure, inasmuch as hoi"conductor is, apart from being an ablo musician and leader, a charming singer, and breaks into tho music in unexpected places with a, voico that becomes part of tho orchestra. Jlr. Jacobs ,ia a spruce, welldressed debonnair young Jinglishmau, who is acquainted with tno laws of composition, which lio obeys ur not as ho i'eols disposed. Suffice that he is a livewire with the-baton and an important ! member of the talented organisation that is to support .Miss Ke'eve in New Zealand. Notes. Sir. Waller Bentley, the secistnry of tho Association, has been suffering from internal hemorrhage in Sydney. Miss Ada Kccve and the whole of tho Tivoli Company recently visited tho Kandwick Hospital in Sydney and gave tho full entertainment exactly as it is given in tho theatre. it is not. generally known that the lato i Sir Herlwrt Jjecrbohm Tree vae the original. Rev. Kobert Spalding in "The Private Secretary," and that tho comedy (an adaptation from tho German) was a failure when it was first produced in Cambridgo in tho early eighties. Subsequently it made big money with W. S. Penley in the part. So far "Baby Mine" : has not boon played in Australia. Though it did not catcb on in. Wellington ag anticipated, there is no question that ! the farco is a yory clever and laughable one, and us. it employs a. very brief east it should bo a. good lnoney-makcr in our newest continent. '