ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PLIMMEB-DENMSTON SEASON. " > The lost performance of ■ " A Woman ol No: Importance "- will be given by the, ; Plinimer-Dcnuiston ■ Co. in' His . Majesty 'a tr: - Theatre this evening. ' The comedy has v been well received daring its brief run. It • will bo succeeded fcc-morrow night" by : ■ •'A Village Priest." • This masterpiece of' Sydney Grundy's- will.• bo staged for three.. ■'.* nights, x the last'- three. nights l of the; sea-.-son. • • As i'Abbe- Dubois . Mr. Titheridge * is said to give an extremely faithful,"and powerful interpretation of the part, and io ; . ( thoroughly suit'its somewhat exacting r<i- <>: quirements. The box plan ilp at Wildmaa - & and Arev's. OPERA HOUSE. :.Large audiences visit the Opera .House nightly. O: - " The Serenader's,"! Hamlin and ' ; Mack, .-Victoria Cross, and Biirry Linden, , all; give : performances of exceptional merit, ■ and : the remaining artists present turns • : that that compel applause. ■~ .a • >: •. ;• "'SHE STOOPS 'TO CONQUER." To-morrow evening in tho Tow a Hall! ;:• concert chamber the .'Auckland Shakespere ; ' Society will present Goldsmith's delightful; < ■ comedy," She Stoops to; Conquer." The -. •• cast; is anunusually fin© one, and, every- . thing points to an extremely successful performance. ; ; For this occasion . only . tlVe;"'; public will be admitted,.; and ; a limited. number of tickets are on sale at WOclm&n : v and Arey's and Upton's. - The price :o£ . admission is 2s. •: !••.. "THE MIKADO." } . The bos plan for, the Amateur 'v; Operatic Society's forthcoming production of. "Tho Mikado," at .. His Majesty's Theatre, opens this 'morning at- Wildman 1 and Arey's. ' »

. ROYAL ALBERT: HALL. Further evidence of the popularity of .West's pir.ttij.-es. wsijs .'supplied by ...the large'• > audjence,j%hiclv 'fathered. "at ; 'thij; Royal: -h Albert-. Hall .last, night . to see : a., complete ''i'?-' change of programme and by the frequent '■ applause. " The ? star film • -was ■■''" The - " Governor's Daughter." '~.,: The girl ; as ; ' ; in ;'- ;> : : Joys; with a Russian, lieutenant, but Tier.--:--. parents wish h'sr to marry a rpriain prince. ; She refuses, arid the? prince fiends his linn- :J tenant away on Orderly duty; The: .enemy'.;",'."■• ! Rapture him. and their;leader is r«[ueqt«4 ',"%. to detain the lieutenant.' "The print**" adds • '■ in the .note that; the lieutenant- is trotfble- * : some 1 to him- ' The Tartars' icbiei! .xakn ' him to join.his aunty, arrd theilieaiehalit = v ; does so. IV, The ■' pretty/ girl rides -to ■ the Tartars'■ camp to entreat for thiiTmap: < e '•-.:■'•:' ■loves',;, but,. Jenonncesj!ini':.^ett'usSigi'&cls , "'- 1 that She has gone oyer to the enemy.JTimij , I rolls on, and'shft is the wife of the drinc** " ,;; Their little .hoy- Jails into; he. hands et : the tartars, , At?that;tjwe?the ; prin(:e;ha» ..a-score of Tartars imprisoned, and he has >V signed -their.death warrant. The^T^rtars..?..:' warn, him that if an. of their (brethren 'are ; hurt his son will'be killed Immediately. "- The score, of Tartars are put to death be-., ■•fore the warning .note-is received, &nd fho v Heutenaqt i* requested to do away wi;h . the child,, Aft. a heroic escapade-he de - t live,* the child safely to its mother. '- "In-. cotnpi eliensibifl Prescription '' was »,eomfc, '/ round a .doctor's prescription,? which «« . one can read, ard which causes ■ ; d!« ? • complications. A ypaA ■ local subject was;/ provided in " Happenings at " Napier. * ? . ''The Extension , J'able" and "Swift. -Wind's Heroism" ,vcrc thrilling dramas, .while loud laughter greeted "A'nHnwillJ ins Sitter." . Other popular subjects were- ; j'-'Pathe's Animated Gazette." »nd; 1 ' "Aymuifemente in * ; .The pro* ■gramme will he -repeated U*nigli£^.X'.v*-#? ' ,•, —7 " *■■■; — , - f ; '-;, . REMUERA SCHOOL CONCERT. • ,The children <vi the Rrmuera district" sebool gave their annual cone* at Ft. ~ Mark's schoolroom last'night.- , The Infants ■gave a pretty exhibition of tambourine* drill, and they also .sang a- Gipsy song effectively. ; Several? choruses were' rendered in a- hearty manner by the boys and girls 'of Standards 11. |irid 111 Miss Edna Craig?played two pianoforte"? solos, ? and?? i! Master Jim Heron sang on© of IlaJiy Lauder's songs; ??■ Halter Robert Tizr-rd recited "The Lamp of Life." Too haiPJ was filled to its utmost by parents and ■[ friends, and a most successful; evening was! : .'; spent. : The concert is to be repaated to- ■•'? night in St. AHwi'a Hall. - ' '■ ; - -' - PICTURE ENTERTAINMENTS. • ' An entirely new series of pictures.-ar-?:.;-rived by the. English mail yesterday, and 'of; these a specially;"selected programing' I will be screened at the King's Theatre, thisI evening. ...The star attraction, "Theiße-' ', ■ lief of Luclrnow." is a magnificent produce " ; tion, portraying s the incidents cf" the " I Indian Army 'in ; 1857,' 1 and showing how ■ the besieged people of Luckhow> wow sated from annihilation by tho heroism of ' ' ; a. volunteer; whose valiant efforts brought -.W : ■ relief. Anew scries of dramatic, scenic, - and humorous fubjects will, ftbff.sWfJ : : screesed. - . . In addition to a. first-class selection, Jj, new pictures to ha s]iown at -he Queen's . Theatre for-the first time to-day, M ! Sins of Father, a drama- of: mpre: than, ■• J I ordinary interest '. will. be she-;.-;:. " , ' I ,A series of pictures of all-round excel- 1 . lence comprises the current prograrjm>-- at> the Lyric Theatre. " Auckland Animated News'" depicts wm-} very interesting 'oCal items. There are also some very (iife dramas included in ■programme f Hv . : ; •''■ The popular littli continuonfi pictou theatre— Nowlon Picture Palsct—vms : .'> crowded at all .sessions yesterday; .; "Ti^^ Smugglers" and "S?.-vep from' the Tot- • rents' were parracuforly well received, find •'. therem^vn|y ; 1 ? of tcnic. comic, and industrial gave, complete satisfaction; To-d«v the usual change of programme will lie" given, when a splendid ■ selection of pictures will be proentfcd. - : .The. Victoria Theatre.. Devonporjf-whicK ;: is 0. fine, hew building, embodying all the ?? latest and most up-to-date, ideas, vnll •he . • •opened on Saturday next at n ; modsl pic-, , > tuve palace, uiider the management of M% : Benwol'i, the proprietor. , ,'.:.. ;■;;-;?; ■ , 1 i iiiii mi ui -? :