ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1908, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. "HUMPTY DUMPTY." Last night the Opera House could scarcely hold all the people who desired to see '"Himipty Dumpty." The audience appeared to thoroughly enjoy all the sights and Founds, the lights and the colours, the whirl and swirl. The pantomime abounds with scenes of rare beauty, and the company, ranging down to tiny boys and girls, appears and reappears in very pretty raiment. The dances, the marches>, the grand ballets, /the "wheel of life," and all the other thrilling ' features of the; extravaganza, mado the time pass too quickly for the audience. Miss Irene Dillon appeared as "Princess Aurora" owing to the illness of Miss Nance Maher, and Miss Irene Sandeman played tho part of "Cherry." The box plans for the balance of the 1 "Humpty Dumpty" productions will be opened at the Dresden, to-morrow morning. THEATRE ROYAL. The pictures of tho American fleet, as ifc appeared in San Francisco Harbour, are proving popular with the patrons of the Theatre Royal, where the Fuller Vaudeville Company is represented by a strong combination of variety artists. THE ROYAL PICTURES. There was a full house at His Majesty's Theatre last night to witness the final exhibition of the week's programme. "Quo Vadis" and the other pictures could easily havo been shown for several nights longer, so popular have they proved, but in consonance with the management's policy, they will be withdrawn this evening to allow of new subjects being presented. , ORGAN RECITAL. Last night v in the Town Hall, Mr. Maughan Barnett again demonstrated not only his executive mastery of the organ, but his keen appreciation of the subtleties of the beat compositions. The most popular item in the programme (it was enthusiastically encored) was Floyd St. Clair's "Melody in D Flat." It is a composition of charm and beauty, with recurrent melodic phrases, and it Was played skilfully. Guilmant's "Funeral March and Hymn of Seraphs" was another attractive selection. " It is introduced with a drum-like pedal movement, gliding into the opening theme, which leads, after brilliant expansion, to a trio of soothing and melodious character. Then the original theme is repeated and worked up to a climax. A pianissimo passage follows, and a chromatic transition leads lo the "Hymn of Seraphs," a melody with an arpeggio accompaniment of an ethereal character. Other items in the programme were: Lachner's 'Marche Celebre," Smart's "Andante con Aloto, ' Bach's "Toccata in F," Dvorak's popular "Humoresque," and Rheinbergers "Idyll." The next recital, on Wednesday evening next, will include Rossini's overture to "William Tell" and Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C Sharo Minor." c A display of moving pictures will be made m St. Thomas's Hall, Newtown, this evening. The pictures will be interesting and varied.