FOOTLIGHT FLASHES

Evening Star, Issue 14548, 24 April 1911, Page 8

FOOTLIGHT FLASHES

rily Call Boy.] Miss Mabel Mar.son, the Dunedin Miprano. is now associated with Madame Clara I'.tift and Kemierlcy Kmnford iaihr-ir tour of the. Knglifih provinces. Madame Ada Crciriiley left London on Marelr 18 for her concert tour of Mouth Africa, which will last nearly six mouths. She will return to Knglaud iu time, for the Norwich Festival in September. Mr Walter Monk i.s in town making thepreliminary ai ranguinents for the opening: ot Die Hiigii Wind Miismi at Hi- Maysty'-, on. May 3. in ' Seven Days." The se.i.-mi wi'll lie limit 'd to seven nights. •The Fencing Master' and a one-night revival of ' A iiii'T,e!or"s Honeymoon' will he included in the lepertoire. I'irdeiick Blamev. here List year as a IneniU'i' ol the Williamson llalian-Knglish Mp.ia. Company, i;. the [nincipal tenor in •'lhe Tales of'llolfiiian.' a scene of which in being given ;il the Alhambra Music Mail. Lomh.n. "b\ the I'leeihani Opera Company. • Italic lili.ss.' Hie lieu lanital comedy at the 'London Clileiion oil Kebniary 27. has jti-l been secured for Aiintraha by Clark, and Mevnell. in conjunction with Mr (Icorge Willotighby. «ho will organiiv i new company lor it. and stage it' this ve.ir. It is pioliMile tinl Harry Conor. V. ho v.-M- hete with ' .\ Tup b> ChiiiaUiwn ' twelve v<rirs ago, will be induced l" revisit the colonies to till the principal role. An Irish dirmat'ic sketch, wi'itt-n by Miss .loM.inua Ibdmoud. daiigliter of the |. , -I, Laade' h.l ed on all iini.-h'i.t followme' ,„,. ~i..e;.',. ,- i -in _: led bv Kohcit limine!, tvas presented for the liist lime at lb,. I'.ih;. .-• I a ,oie, I, "ii.lon. ..a March 6, by ;. , ~ii:;>'.n\ ol In.-ii .-ntists. The play. wh:eh i.s eiit'lhd ' Lais' ly True.\ v. as eu-Ihu-la-stlcallv reeeivid. Tile amiiellei' included Mr .'iohu lb hiemd and many load nig members ol the Irish paiiy and other membei, "I tiie lb.;i e of Commons. At the ,']„,,■ Mi,.s Ibdiiiond wa. .idled bel'oie the curtjiiii. Interviewed afti-nMirds. she expressed her delight at the ..vor.ible reception iiccoidcd by an llnglish audience lo a play hill of Iri.-'b polili'al aspiration?. Perth* papers give praise to Miss Dorothy Ca-ii'i.e:- lor her early perloriiiaiices witit Mi Prali.-eombe'.s " frolics.' Don. •,']■• i-dkiiig iias i ntercl upon a sliigo i o.er after a uumiier <u' tee fnt--I '■ nllll■ -111 /oologi-ts in Oerntany have sub jeeied him i.) iii. lough examination and po.noniie.'d him a .genuine piodigy. The first apneaiiiii.e took plac> in llaiubll!- . H'.vnllv .'-'ill' e the disl'oVel v of Ins ~:,,'"i;ionary' poi.ei- Don lias added an e ghtli uoi'-l to .his \ .iciiiuil.ii v ihul of the in of iii. li.criv of his Cairn-. Fraiii.'il, I'ilbeis. lit,, list of words Don speal---m mlditioii to tin.- : ie inehide.- 1n,,-own name and lhe Herman words for ye... no, lakes, want, hiiugei. and ipiiei. AnAmetiI'illl oiler .0 iJ.'.l'J.! fin t ie dog il.ls jllst been re:use. 1 . The Alhambi-ii Music Hail. London, has cnten.! an i M'ageiuent tor Katheiine Oelui. 11 oiii I lie Imperial Opcia-hoilr>e, Mo-cow. where she is the prima h..lb"rina. 'lhe Itu.-sian girl will appear in London with a male assistant. M. Hornby, the Utllet master ol the Moscow Imperial. Ins b':eu secured bv the is.iino management lo p.o.luce the C. I'oiiilioii ballet. A son w-i.s born to Mr and Mi K Chall-s Sinn m New V.nk, on Febiuaiy 23, and the hap|y Mill, :. uho is .„-sist,int manager of the Nestoi Film Company, had the baby christened Charles. Nestor Siir.one. jun. This is the fir.st time a child has been named after a tilm. The civ is Still they come ! 'lhe lau.-t atlraetion aiiuoiiiiced to visit New Zealand are the lioval Hawaiian-, v. ho wiii be seen ill Dmiedili ill .Itllie next. The io!Uienation comprise ladies and gentlemen with highest mental atlanimt nt., a.nd musiial ability, wiio present an entertainment that an cnfhindastir American epoiter described as a whirlwind of passionate outpouring of music and dance, veiled w it'll daintiness and good taste. The company h.i.c just reiebe.l Sydney by the X> alaiidia liotil lloiioliilu. fresh li'o'it a tmii of the Fan teni States of America, where they have been appearing in all the musical teslivals ami winning tlie greatest praise for their inagniticent p.-rformiuices. whii hj htive for their tss;'nlids the ehaim of uovelly. e\pres.-iv? native music and songs, and spy-, taeular native dance-. A<l<le'i to these are the very latest Kn ;li;-'n and American songs. duets, glee and chorus siicce'-..:-; of the noild's eouu'ii platforms. Among tho outstanding features of tiie I loyal Hawaiian.-' entertainments are native instrumental and soe.g niteiludes. and expo-i----tions of that mot spectacular island dan.e, tho " ilula." which bee-i„ie a . ra/e i,, America, .md uhi.h is .-aid to tiansceod anything of its class vet seen south of tinLiii". Tho head of ihe a.s.-ainhhige is MiKaai. rile iniisica! diiccto:. who, b.-si.io.-bcing a most aecomplished airisi on all native and many Iriiglish in.-ti'tmieiils. is a baritone ...inget of 'splendid range and quality, 't'iu. dthi'i beli's .Old gentlemen of tin'- pally ale all trained singers and instrumentalists, and slid to possess t.dent o; the highest order. Ihe contralto is vpmteil as ii rovehilion in tone-producing-, while the lady .hiinels i.l tae " l!u!a " and oiilei' nut ioii.il dauci-s .is .iniioiincel is extremely beautiful, who <laueo witii graceful in witi'hc! v oi in.cement. 'l'l,.- u hole eiUei'tainineiiL" is .-aid to !>•■ ro distinctly novel .11"i is pie-cntei w'.t.a sticil rcuiari, able completeness that it makes, a dioct appeal to lovers ol Lite meteoric, in -o i. liiehided in the loinbiinuic.-i tin the " Hawaiian Olee I'.ul.y, ' v., o fv-.sess iu.il vi.lual voices of gre.o quality and pouc. .mil. ii is reported, ai- not only biiHiaiit. ■,o!n -ingeis. but constitute a double quar- -- Damages lor Draimitii I"i it l'-ism. - ■Th" Fighting Chance' a military and nairiotie pliv produe-d at t'e London Lyceum some tiie' '-vj,-'. '>> :is (In- .-uhje.'t ..i* a libel case heinl in Mr .lusiic D.ir-bn_-'s Court recently, when ihe auihor and producer, Mr Fdward Ferris, was awarded >J2SO damages iigainst ih" ' lllu.-t rat .-d J/indon News' and 'Sketch.' idmited. Mi I'atrick Hastings, for the plaint ill", said the .s, t . n ,, was laid in India. The hero and villain, who were soldiers, and the heroine, who was a nurse, were besieged in a fort. The heroine fell inf.. the hinds of the Indians, ami :L Was feared that she would be killed. Her captors, however, offered to exchange In r for th" villain. lint the villain, rather than .surrender himself for torture, shot himself. The hero, ol.course, volunteered to sacriliee his life for the heroine, and was accordingly disguised us die vill.'.in. All went well until tin; heroine recognised the true identity of the supposed villain. One of the Indians knocked oil' (he hero's helmet, and, crying that they bad been tricked, they fired on the j-irty tluit luul accompanied tlie hero under a Hag of truce. At that moment the distant sound of bagpipes was heard (in the wings), and in due conrso the "Cordons" came on the scene, and annihilated the Indians. The plaintiff complained that the nature of the scene was misrepresented in the notice published in the ' Sketch.' A large picture appcired under the following headings : Terrible Treachery of a British Force in India. Natives Hutchered under the Shadow of the. White Flag. Itemarkablo Incident in the ' Fighting Chance' uL tho Lyceum. Beneath the picture appeared a notice embodying the following passage.: The imissaercing of the Tongiris in Shandar Pass. The Gordons come to the rescue, of the hero and heroine. . . The action takes place, as we have noted, under the white flag, and marks, we cannot but think, a new era in the history of the British Army. The pLiintiti' said he wrote tho play with Mr Bernard Matthews. The original version was produced under the name of 'The Cheat.' Cross-examined by Mr Marshall Hall, K.C., lie said tho suggestion that the natives had been massacred under the flag of truce was unfair, and misrepresented the nature uf the scene. For the defence. Mr Fmcn (ioddard. who wrote the notice complained of, said that the comment hone-tly represented the opinion he formed of the play, and several " first-nighters " said their impressions of the r.ceae coincided with these convoyed l:v tiie natiee. Tlv" jurv" found for th" plaint:!!'. .••<:-•- hie; the d'-ma;,cs at £250. and ills J.yfd skip entered judgment accordingly.