ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1911, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. The final performance of Klein's %rama, " The Third Degree," was given at the Opera House last evening before a large audience. "PAID IN FULL." This evening and on Monday and Tuesday Eugene Walter's drama, entitled " Paid in Fall," will b© presented. The play is said to have been one of the greatest American successes of recent years. It is full of strong human interest -and grves Miss Katherine Grey the opportunity for one of her emotional triumphs. It is understood that Miss Grey herself suggested the subject an"d treatment to the author, and has- assisted in the general production. Mr. iWilliam Desmond has tie chief male part, and the whole performance of the company has received high praise from critics throughout. For the two last nights of the season — Wednesday and Thursday— Clyde Fitch's comedy "The Truth " will be staged. "WHAT HAPPENED JONES."Wellington theatregoers will no doubt extend a hearty welcome to Mr. George iWilkmghby and his new English Farcical Comedy Company, under the direction of Messrs. Clarke and Meynell, when they inaugurate their season at the Opera House on Friday next. Few farces have such a record as fun-produc-■firs as "What Happened to Jones." What idoes happen to the gentleman in question is extremely funny. From curtain-rise to denouement the situations pile one on top of the other in a bewildering succession of hearty laughter. During this .limited season Mr. Geo. Wiiloughby w3|. he seen in his excellent character part as Jones. Mr. Fred. B. Sharpe, wellknown in local legal circles, ,woa has been specially induced to take up "a brief" lor Mr. Wffloughby, will be Professor JEbeneeer Goodly, with Miss Beatrice ,T)ay to bedly him as Mrs. Goodly. Mr. ,Hagh C. Buckler will appear as Dick, and Miss Agnes Keogh as his sweetheart, •Marjorie. Miss Amy Willard is well /cast as Cissie. The box plan opens at the Dresden on Tuesday next at 9 a.m. LAWRENCE-CAMPBELL EECITALS To hear Mr. Lawrence Campbell interpret the remarkably dramatic scene between Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell, pictured in '"King Henry VIII," act 1, scene 2, is to hear the duologue done absolute justice. Last night an audience that crowded the Concert Chamber of *he Town Bail to give the entertainer 'and his supports a warm welcome was tumultuous in its approval of the rendition of this Shakespearian tragedy in cameo, 2nd of other- items. Mr. CampbeM made an excellent impression when Jhere some months ago, and last night that impression was emphasised. Powerfully sympathetic as he is, there 'is enough of poetry in the entertainer's composition, enough imagination, and a superlative art that ensures a judicious choice of recitations and such interpretations that it is hard to conceive of their being better done. Take, for instance, Mr. Campbell in one of the finest ■pieces of genuine verse Australian jvvriiers have produced : Agnes Storrie's <"Twenty Gallons of Sleep." In this, as in all the monologues, the enter- . tamer was accompanied by Mrs. ShawiMayer, whose sympathetic phrases inf .dnded several passages from that overballad, "Sing me to Sleep." jThe monologue was brilliantly carried it *>ut. "Crossing the Bar," another monologue, suggestively aided by the musiciian, may be counted among the chief e'st success of the eveaing. Other of Mr. .Campbell's numbers were, "The Pied Piper of Hamilin," originally treated; "Yawcob Strauss,** and "Before Sedan," the latter a beart-stirrrag fragment full of -pafeos. Mr. Campbell was overworked with imperative encores. M. *Engene Ossipoff sang first Schumann's "Two Grenadiers," and the aria from "Un baalo in Maschera" (Verdi)., both dramatically rendered. M. Ossipoff's native temperament lends an unusual vigour to his very large voice, winch can yet benefit by training. His "Will />' the Wisp" pleased greatly, and his auditors demanded more, the singer responding with a brace of Russian folklore songs replete with colour. Miss Ina Gow played several soli conscientiously. Miss Eenee Lees accompanied ■ the singers wiii skill, and gave an admirable conception of the musical relations that should exist between singer and player. All in all, the entertainment is one of the best and brightest of its kind, and lovers of saeh should not miss the final performance this evening, when an entirely new programme is promised. THEATSE ROYAL. Mr. Fred. Graham and Mks Nellie Dent aare prime favourites with Wellington, theatre-goers, and that fact wafe deman^fcrated last evening -when these clever people reappeared at the Theatre Royal under the management of Messrs. Fuller. In a comic sketch, entitled "A Hundred to One Chance," both artists were excellent, and ishe "turn" must be classed ■&& one of the best ever presented at the Royal. Mr. Graham's abbreviated song is very funny. Messrs. Farrell » and Gaffney also reappeared, and -ware accorded a great reception. The three-legged dance performed by these artists is remarkably clever. Otter i artists who contributed acceptable items wero Misses Jessie Lee, Cecile Stephano, Ruby Wallace, "The MacCormicks," ; Tim Howard, Will Robey, Jack i Knowies, and Charles Heath. The proI gramme will be repeated to-night. | THE KING'S THEATRE. The moving picture show, if the films are fresh and varied, is assured of a steady clientele. The Bang's Theatre, i with its fine and entertaining pro- j ! gramme, secures its full share of patronage. This week there are such pictures as "The Message of the Violin," "Moscow," The Tenants' Strike," and i "the picture newspapers, "The Pa±he I .j Gazette" and The Australian Gazette," j j amaag the attractions. Matinee and j evening performances will be given to1 day. I ___ j HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. '] Scenes by the way constitute one of the most attractive features of the picture programme at His Majesty's Theatre this week. There are views," A for instance, of the Adriatic Riviera, of ,-j the river Moskwa, and . the beautiful i gorges of Tarn. For lovers of the -; comic and dramatic species of the pic- { ture genius, there are ample specimens. ;j "How Baptiste Lost his Place," and . l "Kelly Visits the' Country," may be *! mentioned. Matinee and evening performances are the order of to-day. :1 : 1 STAR PICTURES. "j There will be a complete change of 1 programme on Monday at the Star Pic's tures, showing at St. Thomas's Hall. 'j The entertainment provided apparently I meets all tastes, for the. hall is crowded j nightly and the pictures are heartily a applauded. I' " THE BLUE BIRD." I Maurice Maeterlinck's "Blue Bird" is j the subject chosen by Mr. Wilspn I Fntch, the American lecturer, for his 3 -recital at the Opera House to-morrow -j evening. The sublimity and pathos of ■| the theme will, doubtless, give Mr. *£• I'ritch an excellent opportunity for the • % display of his power. *2 The Pipe Band will give a performI ance in the Bctamcal Gjrdens to-morrow 'f affcenraofl-