ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13724, 14 April 1908, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

Tin: JULirrs knight SEASON, This rooming at Me-tsr*. Wildauffl uidAr^'l' •; t!vr box plait* lor the -first six porfortnii>cr»;* -,V <>t " Th«s Scarlet Pimpernel/ by Mr. C. <• V\ illi4t»son*» Dramatic Con;party will fee' 4.* opened. The season commences at His JSr jesty * Tbeafrp on Ssiinrday pvpninx. "Tbr. Scarlet Piißpemel" velk* for it* st!Cr**'«s «» » thrw strong: elements—rnnuwre, chivalry, v_* and love.. The principal - characters ar»- at English gallant of nohle birth, a bra«t«out tiausjbter a! France, »ad .> crafty hut. envoy of the French Republic. Th« saw» t \ drama is l>y t"hr«j»y-liawt<»w, mad i* noitti! from the pontic and romantic story oi Is** - deeds of the League of the .Heariet i'tmjsertw;! 1 /;j in England at the time of fhe pimp d* eiUit is France, wisen the ftoptdaee thir"t<«s for th« ,i blood of tlifl-aristofTat*. The chief Rnltet of the l&agtie was a entree of great Anoarfort and annoyance to the cnmmitte«t of puhliij W safety, and it wm tbrrotgb his iiMtmmentalitjf that many of this French nobility whose bead) wore in peril were smnggletl into Kn}.fanrl. Mr, Jtdiu* Knight as Sir Percy Blaket «*v if - said to }»•> excellently placed. It «* a t-ssn-plex character which the authored has n;;K«el led for her hero. It is a sort of FWauvniipt part in English, and those who have wen Sir. i Knight as the niinhle witted Frenchman will nntlerAtanc how ap'ly he handier thi* new 's; role. .Mil,a Ola Jl-impbrcy an .VUrperiM Blakeney has an important and tltSicoit character assigtir-tl lor. The Sydney press*, speaking of her rendering of the part," are 'Sfj most liberal in their appreciation. A |«srcf •* > ftd company support;? t,?-,e principals. ■ . "RATIONAL" ON" tiOt )I» FRIDAY. Jf Particulars aire announced of a «x>mbia«c! - "rational" entertainment for " <h>od Friday evening at fits .Majesty's Theatre by Messrs, MarMahon, under the description of " Music, Song, and Pictured Story." An attractive programme will be pre-a sented, of which the popular quartette iteajg ' I of Messrs. Alk'l Howe, A. t». Fogerty, U», Pelham, and .lames l.oncrjpm will be , 5 distinctive feature. The soloists will !» th« Misses Liszie and Madeline Knight. Mr. 11, Herbert will appear in character sketches, and Jfr. It. S. Aircy will lie at the organ and piano. The living picture section will i|3 embrace yet another new series of Mmktv MaeMahon's cinematographic novelties Th' Irox plan will lx* opened to-day at Wildmaf and Aire.v's. - ~