ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 146, 21 June 1906, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

ANDERSON'S DRAMATIC COMPANY. "THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND." A hundred years have not dimmed the lustre of the memory of Nelson, and "Trafalgar" is still a name to conjure with. A drama dealing with the great naval victoiy — especially when it is known to be a- good one — may therefore always be sure of an audience, even when, as at present, the public mind is much engrossed with other matters. In "The Mariners of England.," revived last night at the Opera House, the interest is very skilfully divided between thp great public event? of the period and the private for- v tunes and misfortunes of the principal characters ; and the piece itself stands somewhere or the debatable land lying between romantic melodrama ' and the higher type of historic play. The name of the author, the late- Robert Buchanan, is itself a guarantee of good work. The particular interest pf the piece centres on a plot on the life of Lord Nelson, devised by one Captain Le Baudy (Mr. Max Clifton), who contrives that suspicion shall fall on the hero, Harry Dell (Mr. Walter Dalgleish). The part of Lord Nelson was taken by Mr. 11. W. Diver, whose make-up and acting were all that could be desired. Tho heroine, Mabel Talbot, daughter of an admiral, was impersonated by Miss Helene Burdette, and the two other important female characters, Nelly Dell, a victim of the treacherous captain, and Polly Appleyard, of the "Lobster Smack," were ably filled by Mies Daisy Strathmore and Miss Maisia Maxwell respectively. Ths latter gave A delightful air of brightness to the scenes in which she figured. Black Jack, the spy, morose and forbidding, but with considerable remnants of conscience, was a capital study by Mr. Edward Silveni The setting throughout was admirable — the anniversary merrymakers at Deal, the Dover cliffs, and the smugglers' cave, the sea-scenes, and the naval battle — each in its way was good, and the closing tableau, the death of Nelson ? was solemn and effective. "Tho Manners of England" is an unusually well balanced piece, interpreted with sincerity and due restraint, and with an entire absence of rant. It is to be repeated this evening and to-mor-row. THEATRE ROYAL. A varied and highly amusing programme was submitted at the ' Theatre Royal last night by the Puller Entertainers. Loydell and Berry's sketch, "In China," gained for the performers the hearty plaudits of the audience, and the amusing vagaries of the Bovis Bros, were? similarly greeted. The entertainment will be repeated this evening. To-mor-row evening Madame Yeamans-Titus, who has just concluded a Sydney season, will appear with the Fuller Entertainers. EDISON'S POPULAR PICTURES. "Not, a duiT moment in it !" This is the claim of the management with regard to Edison's Popular Pictures and America at Work ? an exhibition of what is said to be most' up-to-date examples of animated photography, which is to open its New Zealand season in the Wellington j Town Hall next Saturday evening. The | entertainment \vill be divided into three portions, and will last a little over two hours. In the first part 'of the programme wifl be shown a series of pictures depicting modem America at work and at play. Theie will be a representation of Sun Francisco after the destruc-tive-earthquake, picture^ of .the indu&trial, financial, and commercial life of New' York, and other phases" of American life, including exhibitions of football anS baseball as played in the States. Then 'comes a musical interlude, with Mr. AvaJon Collard in vocal characterisations, "and Miss Olive Merton at the piano. Thethird portion of the entertainment will be given over almost wholly to a display of laughter-making pictures. , .' .MADAME YBAMANS-TITUS/ Madame Lydia s?eamans-Tilus ,who arrived by the Woikare from Sydney last night, will make her. Wellington re-ap-pearance to-molTow night at the Theatre Royal in conjunction with Fuller's Vatideville Compuny. Madame Titus ha 6 just concluded her Melbourne and Sydney seasons, which were most successful. There will also be A number of other new items tit the Roynl to-morrow night. In the Town Hall last evening, Mr. Andrew Black's concert party gave a farewell recital. The famous baritone was at .his best, his singing being ex-

ceptionally fine either in the spirited music, as pourtrayed in the Highland border ballad, "Blue Ronnette," or in the lighter vein of music introduced in Wolfram's Romance from "Tannhauser." The audience gave Mr. Black a great reception, and encored all of his items ' Miss Ethel Sinclair's charming violin soli added ■ much to the enjoyment of the concert, her Mendelssohn selection being especially good. Mr. Adolphe Borschke's items were srlected from the works of Dienier, Chopin, and Greig, all of which wers beautifully played. One of his encore items was Chopin' 6 Funeral March. The vocal and violin accompaniments were played by Jli'. Horace Gleeson.