ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13766, 3 June 1908, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

"THE EARL AND THE GIRL." THE third production of the "Earl and the Girl" during the present season of the Anderson and Sheridan Company at His Majesty's Theatre was witnessed by a large audience last evening, and from the rise to the fall of the curtain the delightful humour of the piece was thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Sheridan, as the Coster Earl, met with quite an ovation, and frequently during the progress of the play his characterisation was warmly commended by . the audience. Miss Heba Barlow plays an able second, and she shared in the honours, her portrayal of the part of Liza coming in for frequent rounds of applause. The chorus numbers were also fully appreciated. "The Earl and the Girl" will be staged again this evening and to-morrow evening, and on Friday Mr. Sheridan will revive the old favourite. " Fun on the Bristol." appearing himself in the part of Widow O'Brien, a character he has impersonated over 6000 times during the course of his stage career. In the second -act of this production a mammoth vaudeville entertainment, incidental to the play, will be presented, in which the entire pantomime company, chorus, ballet, children, and specialty artists, will present new dances, marches, ballets, and acrobatic items. MEYXELL ANT) GUXN COMPANY. . There was a brisk demand for seats at Wildman and Arey"s yesterday, when the box plans for the initial performances of Meynell and. Gunn's production of the military drama. Her Love Against the World" were opened. Much interest is centred round the first appearance in the Dominion of Miss Madge Mcintosh, who comes with a good reputation from Australia and England, while Mr. Ilarcourt Beatty is a popular actor. AUCKLAND SKATING RINK. The skating rink, Coburg-street, is still a source of attraction to those interested in the pastime. Large crowds attend nightly, and on the public afternoons, while the learners avail themselves of the other afternoons for practise. A good band is in attendance, and the floor is in splendid con- \ dition. In future the management have decided to make every Thursday night, i " Ladies' Night," when the fair sex will lie admitted free. To-day a special session takes place at two p.m., the evening session com- ; mencing as usual at 7.30. BAND OF HOPE GATHERING. To-night, in the Royal Albeit Hall, this popular function will be celebrated, when the leading attraction will be the action songs by a large number of young people trained by Mr. S. Frith. A miscellaneous programme will be supplied by other friends. Mr. Poole, M.P.. will occupy the c'-iir. and the Rev. K. H. Knowlcs Kempton wT.i give a short address. The Orchestral Society give at their eonceit to-morrow the third movement from Tschaikowsky's " Pathetic Symphony," representing the Cossacks marching over the boundless steppes of Russia. There is a freedom and barbaric energy about the music typical of the Asiatic hordes who march under the banners of the Tsar.