AMUSEMENTS.

Evening Star, Issue 12867, 17 July 1906, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

'THE FATAL WEDDING.* A packed downstairs 1 audience and a satisfactory circle audience witnessed the second production of. 'The. Fatal Wedding' at His Majesty's Theatre last evening. The piece is a pretty drama, that exhibits many of the strong points of melodrama, while cloaking many of rU defects. It affotds, considerable scope for N the acting of a particularly clever band of actors, The most charming study in characterisation is little Maisie Posner's portrayal of Jessie (The Little Mother). This is. wonderfully artistic for so-''young an actress. Throughout she invests the drama with a charming naturalness*- The ' other roles are filled by Messrs-Chas. Vane, Herbert Leigh, Tom Cannam, C. R. Stanford, Oily Deering, Harry: MacLennan, Misses Dina Cooper, Amy; Singleton, and May Congdon. Incidental to one powerful act is the charming children's interlude■" The Tin Can Band," in which thirty splendidly trained children take part. 'The Fatal Wedding J may be seen again this evening.. ... LESLDE-HARRIS. The famous English society entertainer, Mr Leslie-Harm, will commence his Dunedin season to-night in the Garrison Hall, assisted by. Miss (New Zealand dramatic- soprano); who has not yet been heard in this City.- Mr Harris is an entertainer a la Grossmith, with whom, by reason of his resourceful humor, inimitable style, and fine executive abilitv as a pianist he is saki to W fully-qualified to rank. Always refined and in,perfect taste, yet teeming with quaint Bayings and musical effects, his entertainment proves most enjoyable. Satire on social fancies and fashions is of course called into requ* sition, and in this line Mr Harris'-show*> to advantage. He submits the sketch 'The Village Choral Society' by Mr Grossmith's permission, and Mr Harris's portiayal of the mature soprano, the agricultural ienor. and the irascible conductor is described as mirth - provoking. He gives musical sketches, pathetic and humorous, he delivers speeches without words, and he docs a specially feeling monologue (' The Soliloquy of. an Old Piano'), added to which his chatty little stories and tales, in all dialects, with his inimitable facial expres sion, are marvels of artistic clever-new. The box plan is at the Dresden,, and the season is positively for five nights only. „ ATJTAMBRA THEATRE. ■■'■. The all-round merit of the entertainment at the Alhambra Theatre keeps business up to a most satisfactory managerial standard. Last night again there was a big and an appreciative audience. There are many popular "turns," and encores are numerous in both pads of the programme. The dispensers of the entertainment are the Rowell sisters, LoydaQ and Berry. Little Jackson, James Oraydon and Addie Barton. Sam Wilson, A. L. Cropp, Scott brothens, the Bertotoes, Lucy Lavumia. Amy Blackie, Aubrey Douwfaa, Neffie Leslie, and Vie Frawiey. The comfiany appear again this evening. A most successful concert was given in the Foresters' Hall, Port Chalmers, last evening by members of the Moray place . Congregational choir, under the conductorship of Mr D. Cooke The items included glees, anthems, and solos. The concerted pieces were: 'I am Alpha and Omega,' '0 Lord, how manifold are Thy works,' ' 0 worship the King,' ' The heavens are telling,' 'Sing and rejoice,' and 'Thou openest Thy hand'; while the glees included such music as 'The camovale' (encored), "The stars that above us are shining' (encored), 'Men of Harlech,* and The fairies.' The soloists were Miss Burk ("The Better Land'), Miss Ridley, and Mr Jago, 'The beautiful prayer' (encored) and 'The two cities.'