MIMES AMD MUSIC.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1912, Page 11

MIMES AMD MUSIC.

(By "Orpheus...")

THE SHOWS. O PEE A HOUSE. KDrwoods ard Yon Arx, la season. George Jfariow, 2?th April to 18th May. Williamson's "Evcrywomau" Coinpauy, *21st May. ■ Williamson's Pantomiice. 17lh to 30th July. Williainsou'e "Blue Bird" Company, 14th to £7th August. Oseai' Ahche Company, 19th October to 2nd November. Wuliacjßoa's "Ben Hui" Company, Btli November. . THEATRE ROYAL. Fuller's Vaudeville Company. TOWJf HALL* Concert Cliiiniber. English Pierrots, 16tli to 22nd Way Edward Brauseombe'6 "The Dandies,*" 23rd ilay. " SKATING EINK. Fuller's Picture*. THE KING'S THEATEBj Eojal aud West's Picture*. STAB THEATBE. Star Picture Compauy. THE UrJV THEATRE. JlacMahoa and Donnelly's Piclurof. SHpRTT'S THEATRE. Ehortt'a Picture*, I'AEIS THEATRE, Paris Prize Pictures'. The English Pierrots are . concluding their summer season at St. Kilda, Melbourne, aud Mr. Rob Thomae writes to say that it nas eclipsed all previous records. The Piorrots will shortly he in Wellington, and they aro bringing a completely new repertoire cf songs, duets, trios, quartettes, antf concerted numbers, which. -svDl ejubl© them, if neoeeesry, noi to ' give a fciugle- item presented ca their previous visit. There is smro to be a demand, however, for some of the familiar items. The company will number eight artieta this time, the additional member being a basso, enabling a feature to be made of harmonised -work. The Pierrots' teur of the Dominion will- occupy four months, and all the most important towns will be visited. Circus and vaudeville nnite in th« impending marriage of Geraldine. only daughter of the late and popular Dan Fitzgerald, once well known in the sawduet ring, aud Eugene, second son of Mr. Eugene Maas, of Essex, in Bull's Island. .. Eugene's brother is Edward Maas, who married Harry Rickards's daughter Noni.— Bulletin. Early this month Miss Rosina Buckznann returned to Sydney from New Zealand. . Last week the soprano was one of the soloists in Bach's*" Passion" at the Sydney Town Hall. She now goes to Melbourne, having " been engaged for the two performances of Professor Marshall Hall's opera "Stella" at Her Majesty's Theatre on 4th and 11th May. On 21st May Miss Buckmann will be singing in. '"The Golden Legend" at Auckland. Then she will come to Wolliugton and Christchurch to take thepart of Santuzza in concert form performances of " Cavalleria Rusticana." Concerts in Auckland, Wellington, Wauganui, New Plymouth, and other places are to follow. In all probability Miss Buckmann, who has rejected an Australian engagement' for comic opera, will leave for London or New York at the end of July. Mi-. Be-u Fuller, will be permanently located in Sydney in future, as an outcome of the amalgamation, of the vaude-ville-enterprises controlled by Messrs. John Fuller and Sons' and those hitherto under th© management of the Brennans in. Australia. It is intended to rebuild the Theatre Royal here, shortly, and, according to the plans, the new building will be one of the finest vaudeville theatres in Australasia. Mr. Walter Fuller, who has been in charge at Christchurch during the past twelve years, will take over the management in this city shortly. Mr. John Hopkins, travelling inspector " for the Messrs. Fuller, will be given charge of the Colosseum at Christchurch, and Mr. Rud. Petersen, who has been for some time in Auckland, has been appointed manager of the Christchui'ch Opera House. The company that William Anderson has formed to play Blaud Holt's old plays is headed by Walter Baker and Miss Frances P k oss. Among the melodramas to be presented are "The Prodigal Son," ''The Span of Life," "In Sight of St. Paul's," and "The Prodigal's Daughter." The tour will embrace New Zealand. Miss Joan Meynell has achieved one of the surprise-packet weddings of the year (says a lady contributor to thfc Bulletin). The slim girleen, who is a daughter of Mr. Meynell, of the Clarke and Meynell management, now melted down into J.C.W. Ltd.,mairied Beautyactor A. J. Patrick one day last week. St. Philip's Church was the place. Patrick has been standing around looking handsome in "Everywoman." "Hemoves on with the troupe and his new bride and his ma-in-law Meynell to Maoriland. Mr. Stanley Grant, manager of tho Marlow Dramatic Compauy. is due in Wellington next week to make arrangements for the appearance of the combination at the Opera House on Saturday, the 27th inst. The opening production will be "A -Girl's Temptation," a remarkable melodramatic work by Mrs. Morton Powell. The story of the play is drawn from experiences of life, not of the iiuLual ones of a particular individual, but from those of many. The incidents are startling and .jen&ational, but. they are realities. The company is a slroug one, and includes many old favourites and new faces. There are three English artists who will appear for tho first time in this city. Their names are Miss Louise Hampton, Mr. Cecil Manuoring, and Mr. Banuister Howard Others in the cast, who aro well known, are Miss Hume Ireland, Mrs. C. Holloway, Miss Eliiie Prince, Miss Thelma Flannigan and Mibs Pattie Gourley and Messrs Godfrey Cass. Herbert Linden 'J. P. O'Neill, Crosbie. Ward, and P. V. Scully. Besides "A Girl's Temptation," the Marlow Company will present during the season "The Luck of Roaring Camp" (Bret Harte) and "Driving a Girl to Destruction" (Mrs. Morton BoweU). The company's season will continue in Wellington until 18th May. Appearances at Timaru and Oaraaruwill follow, Dunedin will be visited during the Winter Show week, and after a j short season at Invercargili, the company will leave for Tasmania, appearing at Hobart and Lauuceston, and then go on Xo Melbourne, where a long season will be opened on 24th August. "Haremite" writes to the Bulletin" : Oscav Aeche has jumped with two feet on_ this Continent's settled policy. After bringing from London forty-five actors and actresses, maids, supers, eunuche, and torchbearers. alon!!; ' with 700 tone of harem fittings, divans, uarghilis, carpets, cushions, bastinados, and other block and tackle appertaining to an Oriental harem play, ho found ho had to pay 25 per cent. duiy. Tha freight on tho 700 tona of carpentry, joinery, and papeihangery came to 35s a ton, or £1225. Aecar Osche admitted he Jiad brought the "Kismet" play here in its entirety — people, scenery, property and accessories, and he admits ho is filled with wonder he should be 'lunged duty on dutiable cnudd. "You ivai't expect, th< big Kn.ylfi.ii maua^eis ty kc*£ rorniiitf here under tuch k-rnW he waikd. W«ll, Australia bai> never £2f15 a& ii* keaded kneei to a«k aiijj

English manager, big or little, thin or fat, to come hcie. They snostly come uninvited, becauts it pajs them to. Oscher Ask sujs it, is ridiculous to give protection to local artists and scene painters. ALo, that you can't protect Art. It really loolte a« though you can, and that this will be the last shipload of secondhand stage stuff any large English manager will bring in to beat tho Australian painter, carpenter, super, or actor, and deprive him of a job. More than ordinary interest should be aroused in the coming production of "Everywoman," under the direction of J. 0. Williamson, Ltd. " Everywoman" made a great stir in Melbourne and Sydney, and even was preached about in the churches. Though a modern play as regards characterisation and action, it is fashioned after the model of ancient morality plays, and symbolises the various abstract virtues. "It is not a sermon iv disguise (wrote the author), neither is it a quixotic effort to elevate the stage. To every woman who nowadays listens to flattery, goes in quest of love, and openly lays'siege to the hearts of men, this play may provide a kindly warning." Woman's quest of love is the motive of tho play. The principal characters are Nobody, an impressive figure who introduces the play; Everywoman, who leaves her home in quest of love ; Youth, Beauty, and Modesty, her companions, who remain with her until she .losee all cf them ; Flattery, who urges her to seek love in New York ; Truth, disguised as a witch, who tells her that she will find love only at home: Love, Pa«6ion, Time, Wealth, Conscience, Vice, Vanity, Charity, Afje, Greed, Self, Bluff, and others. Miss Hilda Spong, who gained great renown on the American stage, will enact the role of Everywoman, while Mr. William Dtemond will take the part of Nobody. Tho death ot Edward Terry on Ist April at the age of 69 removes from the English stage a brilliantly eccentric comedian, who during the early portion of hifi career was identified with Gaiety burlesque. Hollingshoad opened at that houee in 1876 with a quartette of. artiste, who became dear to Londoners — Nellie Farren, Kate Vaughan, Edward Koyce, and Edward Terry. They all visited Australia in turn (says a writer in Sydney Morning "Herald), though Mks Vaughan, who was travelling for health, did not appear on our stage. Terry became such a favourite that in 1887 he started as an actor-manager in a German farce, " The Churchwarden," at Terry's Theatre, and it was at that house that he created inimitably the character of the queer, hard-drinking barrister, Dick Phenyl, in " Sweet Lavender." The play ran 670 nights, clearing a' fortune of £50,000 for the actor-manager, and about £12,000, f0r Pinero Mr. Terry made his Australian debut at the Sydney Lyceum Theatre on 24th June, 1893, as Daniel Cruffy, in "The Churchwarden," playing* also "Sweet Lavender," "Liberty Hall," and "In Chancery." At the opening, a cablegram reached him, "Irving, Toole, Alexander, Hare, Carte, Pinero, unite beet wishes to-night." Tho season was successful, the star being supported by Edward Sass, George Belmore, Hilda Spong (a 'beautiful ingenue), Henrietta Wataon, Emma Gwynne, Pollie Emery, and others. "Sweet Lavender," which was to have been the trump card, had ' shot its bolt " with a long run and a revival two or three years earlier. Frank Thornton then assumed the central role. This clever comedian, one^of a band of Empire actors, who achieve fame and fortune abroad — George Rignold, Kyrle Bellew, Julius Knight, Thomas Kingston may bo named at hazard — and gradually lose touch with London, is chiefly remembered here as Dick Phenyl, just as he is also identified on this side with " Charley's Aunt " and " The Private Secretary." The failure of the new Pinero comedy at the Duke of York's Theatie (17th February) was the talk of London when the mail left. Tho "Mind the Paint Girl," the title of a comic ditty sung by the heroine whilst leading the company at the Pandora Theatre, Is the ttory of Lily Paradel], who, at 23, has reached a star position, and has only one care, the admiration of Captain Nicholas Jeyes. He had helped her as a beginner, hoping unsuccessfully for a reward she ought not to give, and out of gratitude she has allowed him, now forlornly in love and proposing marriage, to ."hang around" her for years. His military career blighted, a "more "waster," she has not the courage to "chuck" him; and there is an approach to a 4 a.m. tragedy when young Lord Farnoombe lingers behind, after a prolonged sup-per-party, to ask her to become his wife. v She really loves , him, but explains her unfitness s for a high social position; and then the gloomy captain, who carries a duplicate latchkey for fear she should lose lier own, effects a surprise. I After the storm,'th* Always Disappointed One tells the pair the story of his own miserable life, blasted by attachment to a musical comedy actress ; but eventually leaves them to marry whil&t ho sails for Rhodesia. The audience hisied portions of the piece on the first night, objecting, amongst oth^r^ things. to_ a scene of partial undressing for Miss Lohr, and the press verdict seems to be "clever in its way, but not good | enough for Pinero." Theatrical Clips. — The London Standard says that Oscar Asch'e and Lily Braytou drew £80,000 from tho run of "Kiornet." . . Over £700 was realised by the theatrical • carnival in Melbourne in aid of the Royal Comic Opera Company Kick Fund and the Musical and Dramatic Benevolent Fund. . Miss Janet -Achurch, who played in Australasia as Nora iv the "Doll's Houee" 20 years ago, after creating the part in England, ie now playing in the "Secret Woman," the much-discussed pla-y -which was banned by the Censor. . . The Woodb-William-son Dramatic Company wero at Hobarfc Theatre Royal on Easter Saturday in "The Christian." . . Mr. and Mi*. M&thesou Lang, with their Shakespearean repertory company, at present touriug in India, will return ti> South Africa in July to open under the management of Messrs. B and F. Wheeler. . . Reported that Beatrice Holloway will join the Plimnier-Dennibton compauy, now playing in Western Australia, at the close of her present engagement.' . . A Sydney society lady, Miss Dorothy Gordon, has joined one of J. C. Williamson's companies as professional actress. . . The Eltham Borough Council have let their new Municipal Hall for picture entertainments for three night* a week — for a period of five years, for the sum of £8 per week. . . Ethel Irving, before sailing from Sydney for England, expressed a determination to revisit Australasia in three years' time. . - A Dominion tour is contemplated by Miss Maggie Moore, who is said to have secured a very good successor to "Struck Oil*' in "Mrs. M'Sweeney," a song-and-dance Irish-Australian comedy. . .'' The Plimmer-Dcnniston management have -had. tho ladjes of the company cinematographed purposely to display th.o magnificent frocks worn in a production. . . A sixteen-year-old Australian pianiit named Winifred Purnell has been acclaimed by the Berlin critics as one of the most extraordinary. young players of her ccx that have yet been known. . . Allen Doone's engagement with George ilarlow, has concluded, and the American Irish comedian has decided to form another company of hu» own to play "Wearin' o' tho Green" in Australia. . . "Kismet" baugles sac being popularised in Melbourne by an cnteiprising jewellei. . . i'ortue and Talbot Limited, haa bet:i lcgi^Lercd with a. capital of £11,000, iv tshu-icb of £1 ciit'h, ami will acquire tiw; theatrical bu&uufcs of Me^r^ Portus and I'aibut,. """ - - — —