ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 155, 29 December 1910, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE DOLLAR PRINCESS." Every seat in the Opera House was occupied last evening, when "The Dol- {??.„. princa f'' was a S ai n. produced by Williamsons Comic Opera Company. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the sparkle and the gaiety of the piece, the leading members of the company bein» enthusiastically applauded, while the merit of tho choruses was quite as "onerously recognised. "The Dollar Princess will be produced until fife end of the week. "A WALTZ DREAM." The bos plans for the rest of .the season of the New Comic Opera Company were opened at the Dresden this morn«ig. Judging by the number of reservations booked, the remaining twelve mghts, during which "A Waltz Dream," V A Kmght for a Day t " and • The Merry Widow will be presented, should be assured of ample patronage. Oscar Strauss and Hamish MacCunn's magnetic opera, "A Waltz Dream," will loe goen and heard for the first time in th« /Jommion on Monday evening next Of the beauty of the music, there are apparently no two opinions. With Mi BS Florence Young as the Princess Helena, Mr. Reginald Roberts as Niki, Miss Lottie Sargent as Pra H zi, and Mr. Frank Greene and Mr. Victor Prince as Mosehim and Joachim respectively the excellence of the cast is assured! Mr Langford Kirby, an English comedian' who will make his first appearance before a ftew Zealand audience on 'Monday evening next, comes with good credentials as an actor in parts of an eccentric nature. Count Lothar, in "The Walts Dream, 1 ' the part he will appear ill on Monday is a role of which he is the original in London. "The Waltz Dream" will be played for six nights, and will be succeeded by "A Knight for «V Da y'' r lor thr * 6 nights, and ° "The Merry Widow ' for the three concluding nights of the season. MR. LAWRENCE CAMPBELL'S RECITAL. The last of this series of recitals was given by Mr. Lawrence Campbell's company last ( evening when there was a very satisfactory audience with regard both lo size and appreciation of the artistic fare provided. A return visit will be made by the party in the laet week of January, when it may b& expected that the recitals will be well attended now that the stranger artists have proved themselves worthy of patronage. Mr. Campbell's numbers last evening included the fiiat scene Act I of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," "How we Beat the Captain's Colt," "Jacob Strauss," "Jim Bcwler," "Mrs. Hodgson," '"Enery Hawkins/'' etc., besides several musical monologues, which were accompanied by 'Mrs. Shaw -Mayer. Mr. Eugene Ossipoif found the audience difScult to satisfy, so insistent were encores. His songs included 'Because" (Guy D'Hardlot, "Toreador" (from Carmen), "Star of the North" (Glinka), etc. Miss Pvene Lees accompanied tho fine Russian baritone with the utmost cleverness. »' THEATRE ROYAL. A seasonable programme of more than usual quality and variety is attracting large audiences lo the Theatre Royal this, week. The chief star of the constellation of talent is Alf. Holt, impersonator and mimic, who reproduces the voice of birds, animals, and inanimate things with amazing truth and versatility. Martinetti 'and Grossi repeat their clever musical sketch, Nada Moret captures the house. Hvith her clever patter and singing, and ths laying fedros perform exciting feats on the trapeze. The other artists are a bright and skilful crowd. The programme will be repeated nightly. HIS MAJESTY'S. A complete' change of pictures will b& shown at His Majesty's Theatre tonight, the chief attraction being a very long film depicting incidents in th's life of Colonel Ccdy, or "Buffalo Bill," and- giving a fine representation of his Wild West show. A number of other pictures new to this country will also be uhown. THE KIKTTS THEATRE. This week's programme of pictures at The King's Theatre is being nightly witnessed by packed audiences. There is the usual happy mixture cf subjects, grave and gay, educational and historical. The same programme will be given this evening. STAR PICTURES. Good houses are the rule nightly at St. Thomas's Hall, Newtown, where a capital programme of moving pictures is shown. Last night there was 1 another j change, and the view* will bo shown j till further notice. ' 1 . 1 j QUEEN'S PICTURES. j An entirely new series of kinematograph pictures was displayed to a- large house at Victoria Hall, Adelaide-road, last evening, and tho excellence 9!' the j entertainment amply warranted the patronage. Dramas, and scenic films, pure "fakes," and educational views are comprised in the programme. The new machine works without a break, and a large .screen ensures a capital projection. The pictures are dieplayed nightly. WORLD'S ROYAL PICTURES. The fourth performance of the picture programme, shown at St. Peter's HaU by the Royal Picture Proprietary was given last evening before a large audience. The "Sorrows of Satan" is the sl?r film, and met with warm applause. The present programme will be repeated this evening, and there will be a matinee on Saturday afternoon. LYALL BAY HALL. An enjoyable "social 1 *- was held at Maranui on Tuesday evening, the occasion being the opening of the ne\\ Lyall Bay Hall, built by Mr. J. J. Moore. The hall was opened by Mr. W. L. Robertson, who congratulated Mr. Moore for liis enterprise in building such a fine hall, which he said was another indication of the advance of ihe bay. After declaring the hall open, about hlty couples indulged in dancing until the small hours of the morning. During the evening recitations were given, and supper was served in tho tea room. MAIDSTt)NE~ PARK. There were over 1000 visitors to Maidslone Park on Monday. Yesterday there were four church picnics at the park, and taking the general public into tne count there were between 700 and BUO visitors to this rural resort, which is becoming more popular every holiday.