AMUSEMENTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17284, 27 September 1916, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. The vaudeville programme and the revue presented by the Fuller management at the Opera House was repeated last evening before another largo audience. Tho entertainment went with a swing throughout, special favourites with the public being Les Legerts, expert gymnasts; King and Thornton, in a clever American playlet; and t Lennon and Hill, sketch artists. Bert La Llanc's Revue Company continued its successful season with a repetition of the revue, "In Watts," and the principals were accorded hearty applause. The same programme will be presented this evening.

PICTURE SHOWS. The film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's well-known novel, " Far From tho Madding Crowd," was again the star item at the Queen's Theatre yesterdav, and large attendances were recorded at each session. Tho programme also includes an interesting addition of the " Pathe Gazette," in which one portion depicts tho visit of the New Zealand parliamentary delegates to Salisbury Plain. Tho same films will bo shown to-day. Next week tho star item will be a six-part Cites drama entitled "The Circus of Death," a sequel to the well-known picture "The Jockey of Death." . "Crooky," a Vitagraph comedy-dra-ma depicting tho amusing adventures of an escaped convict in his endeavours to frustrate tho attentions of a designing old maid, caused much laughter amongst the large attendances at Everybody's Theatre yesterday. The programme, which also contains dramatic, humorous and topical iilms, will be repeated to-day. There was another large attendance at His Majesty's Theatre last evening, when the film 'entitled " A Child of the Paris Streets," a story of life m the underworld of the great city, the wont of tho famous producer, D W. Cnihith, was repeated with much success. # A well-varied selection of interesting items supported the star picture. Tho programme will be repeated this even'""Tho Crippled Hand," a five-act Bluebird photo-play,, depicting the story of a modern Cinderella, and featuring Ella Hall and Robert Leonard, drew a large number of patrons to Starland yesterday. Additional attractions were a French war film, showing many interesting events in tho battle of the Sommo, and a humorous item entitled "The Deacon's Waterloo ",. The samo pictures will bo shown to-day. j , Tho programmo at tho Grand Theatre, which include a Russian film "The Yellow Passport,' featuring Clara. Kimball Young, and tho fourth instalment of the " Broken Coin" serial, was repeated before largo attendances yesterday. The same pictures will be screened to-day, when the "Broken Coin" will bo shown for the last time. At tho Sydenham Theatre last evening tho Triangle five-act production "A Child of the Paris Streets," was repeated beforo a large attendance. Topical and humorous items were also on the programme, which will bo shown again to-night. To-morrow "Tho Kleptomaniac's" Redemption" will bo screened. There were good attendances at the Globe Theatre yesterday when the film, "Hearts Adrift," featuring Mary Pickford, was repeated. The programme, which includes other pictures, will bo screened to-day.

THE ALLAN WILKIE COMPANY. At the. Theatro Royal on Saturday evening a company.of Shakesperean plavers will commence a thirteen nights season, during which "The Merchant of Venice," "Hamlet, "Twelfth Night," "."Romeo and Juliet," "As You Like It" and "Othello" will bo presented. Mr Allan Wilkio and Miss Frediswyde Hunter-Watts, the principal*, who scored so successfully throughout Autsralasia, will bo supported by a well-balanced company, and the staging of each production is said to be on a sumptuous scale. The firtt play, to bo presented on Saturday and Monday night, will bo ''The Merchant* oi Venice," in which Mr Wilkie will bo seen as Sliylocfc. A controversy was caused in Sydney recently as to the correct worn. ■ Before dressing the part, hovever; Mr Wilkie had referred back to over 200 years, and it was found that his representation was collect. Miss Hunter-Watts will appear as Portia. The second play will be "Hamlet," which will be staged on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday. Friday and Saturday "Twelfth Night" will be presented. The box plans for these three plays will open at Messrs- Mihier and Thompson's tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.