ENTERTAINMENTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 113, 15 May 1911, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE WHIP." "The Whip" is due at the Opera House on Thursday next. The piece is described as a series of fine spectacular pffects and devices, to provide the onlooker with an unusual amount of excitement and novelty. The picturesque setting of every act and the appointment of each and every scene are said to be a tribute to the management responsible for the production. It is claimed for 41 The Whip " that it is a drama of the very best type — full of novel incident and sensational enough to meet the demands of aU. The play had an unprecedented run at Drury Lane Theatre m London, also in Melbourne and Sydney. Owing to the extreme length of the piece tße curtain will rise, each evening during the presentation of ■ " The Whip "at a quarter to 8. The theatre will bo occupied night and day by an augmented staff of workmen, in order to get the play prepared for Thursday evening next. THEATRE ROYAL. , Barnold's performing dogs were again tho principal attraction at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening last. The animals will only appear on five more naghts. A ■ complete ' change of programme is announced this evening, when Misj Nellie Power, a favourite eerio, will re-appear. THE NEW THEATRE. l • On Saturday peoplrf waited in the vestibule of The New Theatre until room was found for them. The first Eicture was shown at 11 a.m. and the tat at 11 p.m., and throughout the afternoon the place was crowded. One of the finest pictures shown on Saturday evening was a North- Western American study entitled "The Trapper." Thie is the story of the capture of the trapper's ■wife and child by Indians, the subsequent quarrel of two chiefs over their seizure, and the ensuing meeting of the husband and wife. "A Mothers Thanksgiving Dinner" is a good dramatic study. The "Humpty Dumpty Circus " was shown again by request and thoroughly pleased the audience. Tomorrow "A Story of Old Ireland" will be included in the programme. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last week's programme at His Majesty's proved exceedingly popular. A change of programme .will .be* submitted to-night, including an interesting set of films of the trial of the Camorriste in Italy, "When the Wind Blows," "The Pathe Gazette," "Snakes and Their Habits," and some fin© ecenic pictures. There will be another change of programme on Thursday. THE KING'S THEATRE. Last week's excellent programme was well patronised. There will be- a change of programme to-night. The management will shortly make an announcement regarding the representation of the "Henry VIII." picture, acted by tho Beerbohm Tree Company, of London. STAR PICTURES. Sb. Thomas's Hall, Wellington South, was well filled on Saturday night, when the pictures shown for the nrst time last Monday were finally exhibited. A uew and attractive programme is announced for to-night. MUNICIPAL ORCHESTRA'S CONCERT. To-morrow the third of the serie© of concerts by- the Municipal Orchestra will be given in the Town. Hall. Several movements from the-"JPeer^6ynt" suite (Grieg) will be played' by the orchestra. Mr. Maughan Barnett will also play two or three organ srfecbipna. SKATING-RINK, a' Patrons of rinking, attend in large numbers at Fuller's establishment in Vivian-street. Several novelties are being prepared by the management, • and details will be announced in due course. The drama "Why Men Love Women" was played for the last time in Wellington by the Allan Hamilton Company' on Saturday night.