ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13646, 14 January 1908, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE.

Tire programme submitted bT Fuller'-! ASvanced Vaudeville (kniipativ last eight scaw» general satisfaction. Melvin and '.'PrawMy (sketch artiste contributed a clever turn, anrl Will James, banjoist, played the overturn io "The Bohemian Girl in fin« stylo.' Salmon and Chester appeared in * kughable comedietta written for them by MrAM Rankin and lk-rt Shsrpe, th« loir-ens, Maivern* Moore, and others ,iW> contributedto the programme, " BREWSTER'S MILLIONS.'' Under the Bag of Mr. -i. C. Williamson'* management, the comedy success " Brewstar's Millions" will be presented at llii Majesty's Theatre on Friday evening next, and there is ever* indication of a crowds! audience bring present to witness what if said to he the merriest and most hand-somely-staged eomedy the English stage hat seen for some years. Mr. Williamson it sending a complete str.ff of mechanists and electricians it! order to introduce, all Urn latest stage effects. One of the market! features is said to 1»> the novel mechanical and electrical effects in connection with the yacht scene in tin* third act, claimed to' be superior to anything hitherto Attempted by theatrical managers in Australia. Speaking oi th:s scene, one Svdney critic said: " When the storm shook things up on thi yacht, you forgot you were in a theatra watching a performance, The proscenium, disappeared, the "wings" faded from view, and you fancied you, were on the water and amid the waves. So cleverly was the- wtw managed, that the whole state scorned to make tip and down with the motion of th« angry sen. No wonder she audience wont beyond the ordinary bounds of playhouse enthusiasm in tho "' roaring' reception of this scene." '"Brewster's Millions" ha* so far only been presented in one Australian and two New Zealand cities, viz., Sydney, Dunediu. and Christehurch, and in" each ease it scored great success. Apart from tho fact that the piece itself hits wok warm approval, the reappearance of two such favourites as Mr. Thomas Kingston and Mrs. R. Brough is a notable theatrical event. Tho piece is very strongly cast, those filling tho various characters being artists who havo already achieved high reputations in connection with other companies under the direction of Mr. Williamson. The box plans for th« seven performances will bo opened at' Wildman and Arey's this morning, at ntttt o'clock.