AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS

PK INCESS THEATHI

A visit to the Ptiucess Theatre week .nl'tor week, and where there is in J»rinbly a change of programme, cannot fail to make one wonder what an immense stock of films must be laid to cany on such an entertainment for something over two years. -Again, what master minds in imagination there must be to conceive the so iiiiinv stories and situations, dramatic and comic alike. Jt is sufficient appreciation in itself that interest in kinematographic ait is by no means waning, and the people that swell the aiidience.s nightly are unfailing in their curiosity in and devotion to witnessing, in. something akin to real life, the stvle of entertainment the kineinatograph 'provide*. The management are weekly faced with the piohlem of making a new selection of films, but their efforts to please are always rewarded, and the result is they have become the means of bringing before the public an entertainment that is responded to nightly by crowded houses. This week's programme, thrown on the screen last evening for the first time, is one of exceptional merit, and deserving of the greatest praise. A seal and walrus hunt in the -Arctic seas, while at the same time illustrating the method of capturing the amphibious animals, also eonvevs an°exeelleut idea of tlie desolate waste", so much unknown to man. stretching far north towards the Pole. 'The Two -Mr Smiths' is an amusing story. '.Across the (ireat Divide' is .1 film depicting how a gold digger of the West, comes into the hands of a gambler and loses all hi- money. The reviewing of troops by Lord .Minto'at Lucknow is a military spectacle of the highest order. The finest picture of (lie evening, however, and productive of the best acting,_ is the story ' Camille,' and the appreciation of the audience showed to what extent its popularity had been developed. -Amongst many others be mentioned 'A Foolshead's Christina.-.' ridiculous, but screamingly funnv; and. none (las less amusing is the film "'The .Motor Bicycle,' depicting the experiences of one whose riding of the machine is none too good. The, rest of the programme is good, and, on the whole, this week's series is well on a level with anv of its predecessors. It will be repeated this evening.

-ALnAMBRA THEATRI-

A large audience witnessed the vaudeville performance at the Alhambra Theatre last night. Hassan, the Indian magician, with tricks free from any suggestion of confederacy, thoroughly mystified those present, Tom Armstrong and Priscilla Verne, in a musical comedy in tabloid form, were also vastly entertaining. Duettists, with good singing voices, are few and far between in vaudeville, wherefore the songs of Heath and Lamb, the Newcastle colliers, commanded much appreciation. The three sistors Starr, Joo Charles, Samson and Juno, Charlotta, Waning and Devoe, Merle Laurence, and the National Duo all did their specialti<# in excellent style, and left nothing undone to please patrons. The same programme will be presented to-night. DAHLIA AND SWEET PEA SHOW. The weather of the past fortnight, with its showers and dews, has brightened the prospects of the above show, fixed for next Friday, in Burns Hall. Cactus dahlia growers keep right up to date with novelties. Sweet peas should be again forward in fine profusion, and a very fine display of fruit ;.nd vegetables may also be anticipated. All entries close on Wednesday next.

'THE KING OF CADONIA.' The music of ' The King of Cadonia,' the new comic opera with which J. C. Williamson will open his six nights' season on Monday next at His Majesty's Theatre, if, according to tho best critics, on a much higher plane than is customary to works of this description. In writing this clever music Mr Sidney Jones has, it would appear, aimed at and achieved vivacity and melody, with an exilarating strength, fancy, and grace in the principal number*, that are said to charm to a degree. Mr Adrian Ross has contributed the lyrics, and has, it is said, succeeded in notably raising the standard. The play is spoken of as of a truly comic opera nature, with occasional moments that reach grand opera E retentions. The story is in quite a Gilertian vein, neatly and adroitly humorous, with many dainty touches that adorn the theme quite as much as the sumptuous dressing, which is described by the ' Sydney Morning Herald ' critic as being " as beautiful as anything the domains of comic opera have ever revealed." The scenic effects of Mr W. R. Coleman, with their wonderful color schemes, are a feature in themselves. Much, is expected from tba performance of this play, the cast submitting it being a notable one. With such acknowledged artists as Mr Bert Gilbert, Mr Herbert Clayton, Mr Prank Greene, Miss Dorothy Court, and Miss Lottie .Sargent in the programme, a remarkable exposition of a remarkable opera should result. The Australian cricketers will attend the theatre on Monday evening.