ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 116, 17 May 1907, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

-<■ ' ORGAN RECITAL. At St. John's Ghurch last evening an organ ie^itai was givi.ii' by Mr Maughan Batnott- The soloists were Mrs. GloverEalony \Mies- Eva"Rashj and -Mr. J<- M. Barr. The opening pieces were a toccata and :fugq&' in i)-miuor by Bach, bracketed with an attractive item, in G," by Baethoven. The fugue, " with its deep and moving bursts 'of "melody, was admirably played, and the study in G was an artistic pleasure. That grand tone-poet Beethoven was here • showli in 'one of the • many phases:- of his genius. Mendelssohn's ; «O,'-come, let us worship "■ was sung by Mi. J. M. Barr, accompanied by the choir. numbers," " Idyll " and trie " " l?inale ' ' from- the.. Sonata. \n F-sharp_,..f,urth?r jseryed to show Mr. Maughan Barnett's power and versatility "as" an" organist. Mrs. Glover Eaton was_h,eard 10 advantage in Gounod's "Lovely Appear" from the "Redemp-tion,"-and. her fine voice' did 'full justice to the music. The second part consisted of a Fantasia by Coellaris, that ir^ its taxed the; , organ in all its " naff s. Especially good were the vox humana stops and the softer ripPjjflgj.aod fluting, passages. /TJ&e anthem, Lpad,- -Kiadly .«Light,'.'ij was sung by the choir, the anthem being rendered by Miss" Eva Eash^-Efymns-wfere'suilg" at the opening and' at the close, and^ a collection was taken for" th"c "benefit" 'of the choir. — THE "HUMAN- HEARTS* COMPANY. In, connection with the production of Mr. Edwin^ Geach's new American drama, 'fff-nrnftn Hearts^" the engagement of Mr. Ernest 11 Lteioester, .saicV.to be 'one of tho very fines^. ;'leads"-yet. imported to Australasia- is of imuoßtance. Mr. Leicester is sjiia to "be among the beet known per $BR»Ufcia&;ofiJth£ English. stago.,oi to-day, and to hKv6. qrjKUied. jttojs. - j)riginAl parts in the productions-of-the West End of London and tlii»-English -provinces than perhaps" any other actor "who" has 'visited j *iier<»k(nies.;--ft^as Mr. Ernest Leicester wfio"create<l "the leading rol-s in the "Two | Little. Vagabonds-," "Tommy -Atkins,". "In i Bight of St. Pauls," "Women and Wine," I "The ( Sin of^ William, Jackson," and j "Human ' Hearts." He ' supported Miss Olga Xefhersole 'dufihg'her tour of America, when the famous cas£ &Vef tho "Carmen Kiss'_^ was brought into the Ajneiicjinrepuiis^ l&r.,* Ernest Leicester, being Jcntjfi^^fterj^rdsithTQnghout- NeSr York as "the "Hero of, 'the Carmen Kis>." He was.frjriiVf yjearijtho /Vleading!' man at ties'Suftey- 'Theatre. "Mr. Ernesfi Leicester has' written 1 mainy ' plays 1 ,' • perhaps those best knovn^ in, the colonies are "Biding to, .Win"" (produced' by Mr. 3J»»iJl®ly;_JLThe_ JUan._She- Loves," etef- <-The;tilay : -'Humaa Hearts."' in,Tvhich Be- makes bus fiist appearance to-morrow night, is,,4£seribed. as being one of the strongestf-atamis etfer written. I "The boxplan. 45-TiO*«vOpen i -.aD J Hollida.y 3 s'foV-Hh6 -entire season. Early -door tickets will be avaffiSSl&Etci-moribw' mornibg U'&bel's.' ' FULLER'S ENTERTAINERS. ' Miv Fred_Graham r and- Misa r NeUie Sent, who have "been Very" popular at the Theatre Royal 'for 'some weeks past, concluded their Wellington season last slight',- ancl were accorded a hearty send: off. The audience in^an emphatic manned Safite'dTSfc. Grafiamand ftfss'D'ent on before aiid in '-a speech the comedian -fore-Sh^dowed his return to Wellington ' after filling an en^agemegfciinC Aaatftflia:'-' 'This ' evening 9 FuV kr's -v;i3.' be 'reinforced by the'Quealys, aadev^p pair, of comedians and dancers. The programme at?, the Theatre Royal te"a"ver£"brighe- one,' and last evening Mr. Harry Lyndon (comic), Miss May Wallace (serio), Miss Ida Berridge, and other 1 stars ill had good receptions. Owing- ttf unf oreseen difficulties ' in connection with the construction of the tank, Sfit Alec Lamb's fancy diviri" act will tiot ■ be /staged till Monday night*- «'-"- ~ '",..'... r -„...-, -». ..',., I'THirKJSLLY !GANG.W . . .: Enthusiasm is the fitting word* to ; describe the feeKngs^with.vhicb. the large audiences -at th« Onera House every evening receive the kinematograph show Qf the Kelly-Gang; The scenes depicted h.\t especially effective. Theypictnjes will be 1 shown for the last . time to-nf Tut, when I thjß'jflratt'.pa^tVof 'the, 'programme will include a, fresh, selection of Scottish pict*res:-<- -, ■ • « \--. r _'>^. »'i.'-,' / ■ ■ THE POPULAR DKAMATIO.COM•'.V?' ; ' J •'PANY. . The Popular, ' Dramatis. Company still holds the. boards *at His Majesty's Theatra*.>Thc list nights' performances 9X.l!FJjL~J?ngland!s'Glory!'- are announced. The Courtenay-place Social Institute held;, $he fixstj literary .mooting of Ihe 1907 season last night in the Courtcrfayplace Schoolroom. The Roy. Macdonald Aspland (president) occupied the chair. The Rev. J. J. North gavo an interesting lecture on the French revolution. Tbe lecturer received a vote of thanks.