AMUSEMENTS.

Evening Star, Issue 14001, 6 March 1909, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

WEST’S PICTURES. At His Majesty’s Theatre the combination of cinematograph and cinephone, a simultaneous appeal to eye and ear that the management provide for those who answer their modest appeal to the pocket, has caught the public taste. All the appeals are successful. The band in attendance does capable work. ROYAL WELSH CHOIR. The Royal Welsh Male Choir gave their last concert in Dunedin in the Bums Hall last evening, when there was a very large audience. Opening at Milton to-night, the company commence a tour of South Otago and Southland, after which they proceed north. WIDE-WORLD PICTURES. The films shown at the Princess Theatre last night drew a good house. The pictures are dramatic, humorous, or instructive by turns, and always interesting. The film ‘Women as Chauffeurs * is probably the best chase picture ever projected for the amusement of a Dunedin audience, and the drama of the loves of two fishermen occupies a niche by itself in the programmes of cmemotograms. There was a matinee this afternoon, and the same programme will be repeated this evening. KATKORAI BAND. A fairly large number of people visited the Gardens last evening to hear the Kaikorai- Band. ' Th© .hand were in uncommonly good form, and the andhmnp. were very appreciative. Among the numbers played were ‘ Hydropaten Valse,’ ‘ Soldiers’ Chorus ’(‘ Faust’), and ‘Austria. ’ To-morrow afternoon, if the weather is fine, the bond will play at St. Clair. THE RED MILL. On Wednesday next, at His Majesty’s Theatre, will be presented by Mr J, C. Williamson’s Musical Comedy Company, for the first three of a nine nights’ season, the new Dutch musical play, ‘ The Bed Mill.’ This piece has been the New York success of two consecutive seasons at the Knickerbocker Theatre. It is credited with an average business of 22,000d0l a week for 500 nights. The setting and characterisation are, with the exception of the two Americans responsible for the comic relief, exclusively Dutch. The two Americans are stranded in Holland, and the innkeeper, finding them unable to pay their board and lodging, sets them to work it ont—one as a waiter and the other as an interpreter. The boniface objects to Americans "doing” Europe. ‘The Red Mill’ has many tuneful numbers in it. ‘ Because you’re you,’ ‘ Every day is ladies’ day with me,’ and * Go while the going is good ’ are all catchy songs. It wnl have an exceptionally strong cast, particularly in comedy. The stranded Americans will be represented by Mr John Ford and Mr Fred Leslie. The latter is well known to New Zealand audiences for his connection with the Royal Comic Opera Company, and Mr John Ford has played the part- that has been assigned to him for some time in America. He enjoys the reputation of being the leading eccentric dancer of the United States today. There is to be an operatic orchestra, an operatic chorus, and full ballet, gorgeous dresses, and ultra-elaborate scenery. The cast of the principals will be as fol-' lows:—“Cbn” Kidder, Mr John Ford; “ Kid ” Conner, Mr Fred Leslie; Jan Van Borken (Burgomaster of Katwyt-aan-Zee), Mr Percy Denton; Franz (Sheriff of Kat-wyk-aan-Zeel, Mr Pat Bathurst; Willem (Keeper of tire Red Mill Inn), Mr Chas. A. Loder; Captain Doris Van Damm, Mr Roland Hogue; the Governor of Zeeland, Mr Edmund Sherras; Joshua Penenfather. Mr A. Lissant; Gretcbeu, Miss Marie Eaton; Bertha, Miss Olive Godwin; Tina, Miss Ivy Scott; Countess de la Fere, Miss Ada Stirling; and many others, the company numbering over 100 all told. The second production will be another brilliant musical play also new to Dunedin, ‘The Prince of Pilseo,’ by Henry Pixley and Gustav Luders. This musical comedy has had a great vogue in America, where after five years successful run it is still being played by eleven companies throughout the States. As in ‘The Red Mill,’ Messrs Ford and Leslie are specially well provided in the comedy direction; while Charles A. Loder, a Dutch-American-Cacadian has a wonderfully strong part in Hans Wagner, the lager-beer merchant. Ihe principal feature in ‘ The Prince of Pilsen ’ is said to be the operatic spectacle the ‘Tale of the Cities,’ which has been described as dazzlingly beautiful and magnificently effective. The box plans for the entire season are now open at the Dresden. THE CHERNIAVSKI CONCERTS. The thousands of concert goers who have been transported to a land of delight by the performances of these remarkable boys will be. pleased to know that Mr Branscombe has made arrangements for the Cherniavskis to give three farewell concerts in the Bums Hall, commencing on Thursday next, ti.a lltb. There is no doubt about the success of these children. How they can produce an art so vital is really wonderful. It is impossible to explain how little Mischel (the youngest of the trio and a mefs child) can draw from his ’cello strains such as one would imagine only a man who had tasted deep of life could produce. The cosy little Burns Hall should be taxed to its capacity on Thursday to greet the reappearance of these boys. The box plan for the three recitals opens on Monday morning at the Dresden Company's wareHhuse.