MIMES AND MUSIC.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 108, 2 November 1907, Page 11

MIMES AND MUSIC.

±2>T Ctal'SEES.^ jyjXZSii EVEST&. wwi Bcrsc r _.. ,jc..i ?'r 'i-u Tr;ua.i!g School, 13;h -_~ %■.."" i'Jm-eui JSiAte), 21c. 22ad, and .. — _ r. i-f'_: jt, Sin emutr \v t>:li De*u» ■*: 1 ..-•»--.£ &t:i*t6 -Camraxr«% 7th to 17th - r I .'tbu'v. ISii. -r 22^d Bc-oeniber. P asittff., iaO: Jte«:ial<er io J6t!; ■^•-^.j.:: si iLr Operj Bousp, ihe II _j_ _<?: 1 ; L>tii«'is- inti-Lduce iljeir inovKsi »-.;"jj-- '~:««m;i.. "JRobbeiy Under I —■sat ' Tix b_ tubers -ciiani for ilus pic. j vj.i* <.irs: it \- tae juv?*. enens'Te. ripen- j e-' • s^i fsnjpreiiensive t-\ - er taken c cs raj*je-*. jai". tiiat the finsi -of :he ; ■ii -m z- lan witi xnt- best American «_"„ Jj-e^ct, naLjuaaorerE'- The drama i v ... •ju.p'v-^ v. -rius'.idljo t^der tlie superofJiii rL-.r>s 3la'-\T;ihoii. and (lie <--;"-»£{¥?! -"sv-t-. Ti J ...vt'd i«y laemii?.^ o f the a- Ji:^rr l*r-.^i-iii-._C^isj'.^ v . tlie total *■**■" c :ji' s'i-'a:''j A i..E" nirniug joclote on -■--' ~sz-1- - _'«■») Y«"e!Lngi.on fa\ - onrAws 3a i iI< f T--fl3-'i Temou and Miss Vinia *£. -s-js^iaf jTroviie musical programme. Waiw. reported to Ire still boainiiig £ _ tit Juli^-r liousc!. espetially in 2*ai>tiii.- ir^ie:! ti>c- dtauge from tile Al- I iijarit't:. Co tit- Priatess s lias proved -a -^'y «irr Sir. FuHcr bar just engaged I--? *■'!*.• -i- i. i-nrrediuru mlio ]cares Syd. 4»s* ii-^ia^ Isr "WeliaiirLcn. Mr. Collins, --.>- -2 :vj'-C M^bli-i. arrived here on '- lireM-'jT It>-iTj^iit jit tae Kojal the v ir'^sje c i!i^t cv^bstj. will make their s-r- rvT'-Jzr -^'.i , aid Glorias aad Wilson *. l. r— i'lJjte^ir T^ilTdrCtsir anat'snrs art* again to apj>%*' i'SlrrE ti*- public, this lime in the ■us \L- -kiiarr c-«»««-aj. "'Dr. 13131." vrlrich mr u=s^i f-r.yccl Uere tir cucii ai lists ac Iti^rrz. Ibvaiu.s ana Bi-outch -and Boucit»2~. xi i- ; l fin* piece ami a great irr.^Si'W-ißaser, crrti as all th^ i».-form «r> jiu^s a<-£ ttaie aperient* on the f-.-z:' ill? -cuojciSt sioaid have -a T. iltjiitiirsals liave been i<^jf" Bs-jrr lit" dir^Tiion -of 31r. Cliaj-les £lwai»-e ice jrijum liie peri oj manes -vrill j^- m. i. <fncy liisaeirUiiy beceijt. Bj: -• r Tr-fU-liriL»«r<: li! Ti>liington. not tfi.tr «r «r. isir., fitb dramatic compaiMs;. fja: -as ti ■«<='-! tiTanisitctLn!. Those ■*s«-jOi2^ it "J^r. iJIli." are Miss Apnes X;yii2!: juis- reward, Miss M. Jiedi*«r. EIL Gumej, Messrs. ilillar, J-i" .AjiVsr., 1' Kelar. and Ji. Scott. ? al*e' * i^u-riKs ■coniKOiy. nndtr the 3Bi<e2)s«BM^r «f Mr. Alf. Linler, left oii yi^isr-s-i'if for Afcltbcnon to commeDco •K> i-wsr «:" ibf South Island. The -coai- *»—* jr %> iruionp fdL, and xuclTides X -atss- aid PraT«?M«- Eaer aud tbeir st*ji*-J ssaa. o«5?.. jiU l ? jnoasejss Victor, v«i;: Jj^iar. apd iiia=2oair. ; Walker and sa-. Z'Jj-- tsKH-.fr 3«p^Jex*,- Millie Ber-1-r-. irt-lardSs" -.-die Aiiibergs^ fe^nilibrists ; *^.^ *ii u .2rrs.pj pisiunss. 2sdu<ii^g *'Ijving i-'ifjja " Tlrt- eoasp; ny pbj's at Ashtrsr^x. Citrß^jSrv. Tuuaru, I'iiimerston -•-*- Bia'iaifSE. Gore. Jinerturgiit and

Many sites for the projected new Melbourne theatre have been called, and at length one is chosen, says & Bulletin contributor. • The intention is. to build in Russell-street, south of Bourke-streel, on the cite occupied by the building that ■was formerly the home of the Young Men's Christian Association, but which Las been a sporting club for some years past. The theatre plans take in come neighbouring pioperties, and the possessors, if not the proprietors, of the building will probably be Bland Holt and William Anderson. .The site is convenient, being adjacent to all trains, and n'gbt in the heait of the city. - Mr. William Anderson complains that though he had 1500 applications for fifty posts as male attendant;, at Wonderland City, Sydney, and had Park-street blo:k. id with supers when he wanted 100 for the "Southern Cross," was unable during tlie winter to get v sufiiciency of labouru* for tho improvements ut Hondi. Miss Marie Lolir, the original Trixie in "My Wife" at the London Haymarket, has, in fulfilment of a contract, previously made wilh Mr. and Mrs. Kendal. left tho cast of that play in order that she may appear ox ■tour in the ingenue character ii; A Tho Other Side,' by Mibs CI? Oftavcs, which is shortly to bf> .-.reduced "on the road." iliss j'ohr will remain with Mr and i •Airs. Kendal until Christmas, when she will be again seen in the West End. | Miss Beatrice Irwin has her chance in "Brigadier Gerard 1 ' (says the Bulletin's Melbourne writer). The lady cerrainlydidnotiise to expectations. The is much sensibility and temperament in her work, but she struggles with too much self-consciousness, and is inclined to over-act. As the Countess de P.oqaelaure there is room for occasional tense quietness, but Miss Irwin flutters constantly in a distractingly restless manner like a captured butterfly. She looks exquisitely pretty, and nervousness may ha\e much to do with her fluttering, but it would bo a relief if 6hc changed the tone of her voice .at times. All through there is the same high, tremulous timbre ; no matter whether she be .imploring mercy from a tyrant or telling her confident Brigadier that she loves him. Nevertheless, her work pleases the house, and she receives enthusiastic acclamation at the end ol the play. Mr. Prank Thornton, who has been absent in Enghnd for nearly four years, states that "When Knights were Bold," which he is bringing to Australia, is the piece he considered, 'of all he had seen, most likely to suit this part of the world. Its success, he says, was as instantaneous as ifc waa great, particularly in the second act, where every character but Sir Guy are in twelfth century costumes, and talk in blank verse, whilst he, in tho evening dress of our day, talks the language of the modern. Mr. Thornton paints a- gloomy picturo of matters theatrical in the English provinces, and says thai provincial managers are at their wits' end because of the want of new and successful plays. Miss Maxine Elliott has returned to London, at the Lyric Theatre, in Mr. H. V. Esmond's new piece, '"Under the j Greenwood Tree." Tho idea of the plot is simple. Miss Mary Hamilton, au enormously wealthy orphan, quits her house in Park-lane to essay the simple, life in Arcadian surroundings, and takes up her abode in a gipsy's van, and when the squire who owns tho wood cemes to drive off the supposed. '

gipsies, he falls in love with Mary. Miss Ellioti, the critics say, played with a great deal of charm f mid looked magnificent in a bathing costume beside «i pellucid pond, v. here she babbled oxerlong of eglantine and foxgloves — and never "took the water" after 1 all! The notices aro friendly. A new four-act comedy by the authoress oi "Mice and Men," Mrs. Madeline Lucette Ryley, was chosen for the opening of the London theatre at the corner of Shaftesbury-avenue and Wardourstrqet in September. "Tho Sugar Bow I* is tho title oi the piece, the plot of which concerns itself with an altogether 1 delightful woman, who, ' though she has been, a prominent society figure for some seasons, has not been captured. Then comes a man of distinction — an ambassador, or something equally great — who declares his love. lie, is tho iirst "fly" attracted by '"the sugar bowl" ; the others follow, and the material for cornedy — for jusb that class of comedy m which the authoress of "Jedbtuy, Junior," and "Mice wia' i'ui" execis— is prnvjdfi?. "Hiphon" asks the Bulletin : "What's the matter with the one and only Bland Holt, anyhow? Seems as if he i:.n't the grand co'.o he was. Paid him 3s worth of a visit this week, and found him sadly shaky on his lines. Ib seemed much a matter of conjecture with him as 'to what camo next. He finished up many bad breaks by remarking in tho last act to the Dook (there's always a dook or two. now — Bland's getting very "class") : 'When your son Alice marries my daughter Wilfred," ancl corrected himself, when the gods had ceased to smile, by : "When my daughter Wilfred marries your son Alico." However, his hand has not lost its cunning in tho matter of staging. Tho great race between the train ancl the motor-car was intensely realistic, and calculated to deceive a V.R.C. steward. The only tlrfng 1 objected to was that Blandolt seemed to think he was riding to win on a bike. He bumpocl about on tho seat excitedly while liis daughter Alico (who was Miss Ross to those in the know) sat back calmly and watcifed the scenery flash by as if she were a returned prima-donna toot-tooting around her native landscape in a million-guinea muddy bloater car. However, even if Bland forgot all the lines he ever knew, or tried to say them all at once, he'd still be worth going to see. Dairy Lane is ono» again the home of melodrama, of the Cecil Raleigh typa (says a- London writeT). In ""The Sires of Society," produced there in SeptomTier, Lady Marion Beaumont plays bridge until she ruins lwrself, an 3 then schemes to swindle a. pawnbroker out of £7000 by substituting a. box containing two pieces of coal for another box containing a diamond tiara. Xexfc she goes to Longchamps, pxtd backs 'the favou-rite in the Grand Prix ; but the horse is pulled and she loses all her mon-sy. However, all ends happily. As usual, each of the acts finishes with an elaborate scene. Act I. concludes with Longchamps on Grand Prix Day. The stride lepresents thft lawn behind the grandstand, and thero is the usual cosmopolitan crowd of welldressed men and women, Tiinr.ors, and jockeys, respectable and dissolute, all as one has actually been them at the famous Paris racecourse. President Pallicres arrives, escorted by soldiers, in his carriage with outriders. The favourit.?'is pulled, and the crowd mob the miserable little jockey, wko has only

acted on his mu-stors oulers. I'lie second | act linis'ips with a. Thames wciv in the moonlight. He-re tlicic are i^~al punts nnd «i ip.il woir bridge, an imit.ilion of the water .u'oing over the weii. and alealibtiu dive by the hcio. In the third act the slcHiiiship Ueachy Tfe.id is wieckcd. Women scream, lho weiTd hoot of steamois is heard through the fog. There is confusion and diiti-pr-s ; while a troop I of soldieis doomed to peiish stand stc.idI ilj- lo attention, as th-; "Lust Post plays them to their deaths. Thealiical Clips. — Miss Xoia Korin has been ongaced- to r play the leading part in "Mizpah."' a. poetical play by 1-Illa. Wheeler Wilcox and Lusconibe HeaKlle, at the London Lyceum. . . . Miss Ada, Ferrav, who wm« out here as leading lady with Julius Kniirlit, is a member of John Hare's company. G. S. Tithciadgc is with the sajnc bigani^ition. . Wh.:n WilliiuiEou's Musical Comedy Co. visits New Zealand it will have a iopcitoire of six pieces entirely new to the Ppmimon, including '"TAc • i.ctle Michus" aiul "Veronique." .. . Miss Jessie MacLachlan has recovered from her recent Ecvcrc illness, and has ivruvcd in kSydney. A tour of Victoria, W'st Austinlia," aand Ind:;i will shortly be undertaken. .. . Geoige- Dean is back again at Melbourne Opera House. . . . Ted Holland's Company at Brisbane Theatre Royal is now in its 149 th week. ... It is reported, says X.Y. Variety, that next season will be the last on the stage for Keller, the magician. It is also said that he has made all arrangements with Howard Thurston to succeed him Mr. Charles Carter, the New Zealand tenor, sustained the principal tenor role in the production of Nicholas Hatty's one-act opera, "Giey Steel,'' atthe London Lyric Theatre. . . . Tyione Power is playing lead with Miss Henrietta Crosman in New Yoik. in a stiong drama, "The Christian Pilgrim." . . - W. IT. Hawlrey has a r>2w sketch this season at the big American vaudeville houses ; it is entitieil '"Compromised." ... The latest bellowdrania is "Tho Girl Who Took the Wiong Turning." "The Girl Who Slipped Before She Fell" will follow.— Newsletter. . . . Charles Holloway has recently purchased a veiy powerful drama, entiled "The Tyrant," which will be produced during his present Melbourne season. . . , "The Yellow [ Peril that was at Sydney Palaco has snuffed out. Ib whs a. frantic piece of grease-paint, and (quite- unworthy the, presence of that fine actor, Harry Diver. — The Bulletin. . . I Miss Gracic Knnnelt I and Company are Jdii the Keith-Proctor circuit in America. . . Madame Amy Sherwin has organised a ladies' choir in Sydney. ... Pi. Haifoul, of the Bland Hclt Company, takes out a company on ! the conclusion of that organisation's Mcli bourne season. Miis Jennie Pollock will support him. ... La Sylphc's season in Australia is for sixteen weeks. She then goes to America, after ,vhich Europe. J . . . "The Gay Gordons" is a new musical play ,writton by Mr. Seymour Hicks, I composed by Mr. Guy Jones, and produced in September at the AlcUych by Mr. Frohman.