ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15133, 25 October 1912, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PLIMMER-DENNISTON ''SEASON.';' '''' "A -op No Importance" • wag/ played at His Majesty's Theatre for the ' last; t,m& Td-nig;ht " A Village " 1 Priest*/ will.; Im'produced^; ing casta:—Abbe DulK»is. 7 Georg© S; Tithe-, radge Jean Torquienie, A. E. Grennaway ;•; Armand ■ D'Arcayj Harry Plimmer; A Gap-:/' tain of Gendarmes, Harry Sweeney; Fran-' i cois. Cyril Bell; Madame D'Aroiy, Beatrice Day; Marguerite do Tremejlbtp, JBea- . trice..Usher; Jeanie.. Torqnenie,Lizetti Parke* -Madeleine, Tempe .-, Pigotfcjj Nanette,- Ena: Collins.;. Cojntesse ,de ;Tre.meDlan? Mjr% .Brqßgh.''JL Village Priest" wilibe the last production of the - : i season.,, It will,be played for three nights/ only.. The season closes on Monday, October 28. The plan is at ;Wi!dman and ' . Arey's." , _ ' . ' .. _ ' OPERA x HOUSE. /- ::-:'^h»', Opera;,: House : was again ;v Well v riit"':■'.;■ tended last night. ; The current programme , contains ; a number of■ excellent items;..and ■: the variou»iartists r were an accorded a cor* ./'■ dial l reception. ■ On Monday a matinee will be: given, when "Les Bon;'*-a.party of Continental entertainers, will make -their /' ■first appearance in , Auckland.- .•-'•; V • THE KING'S THEATRE. ■ .The' new jirogiamiDDß-lpira'^t^^iii : ?ibir. :, i King's' Theatre last night an historical drama, "Th& of Luclmow:"* '/■' This film is,, perhaps, the/most realistic subject ever screened ;in Auck- ". 'land; "It' portrays in: a most convincing) . : manner'the": outbreak of thfe Indian laiifeny: -■ - in 18-57. ■■•.-. Owing/ to/ the v. dissatisfaction . , among"the, iroogi'-af.:''Lncluibw/i"ifie'-" : . ] ewir-9nd'*j^ide , Qt&/of that city""' : weiCin; ■■ danger, of annihilation.'':, .By, a'; :of. splendidly, enacted scenes the audienoa/i : is w sbown how.lthe/besieged people; were*' / saved by the heroism ,ofJ a, ; volunteer, '■ whose valiant efforts brought relief to th«t-: stricken garrison;,' 1 The -.troops; seen", en-,/} gaged .in 'this; realistic / and; ; ©aterprismgi > 1 4)roduction.:are.froin the celebrated Queen's '■ regiment. ,In addition -to this [fine; l fibs*"■-'■ : , are: several-very beautiful scenSi su|jJecto.j One shows the magnificent Pyreileesmoun- /•; //and/ another "is descriptive' oi['&\ . trip'from raJtaouth v to,,EntageL : and'in- : - : eludes' many picturesque scenes. ■ A pic- ' , ture showing" Elephants „at'. "Work, in .In-'-/' ' dia," is . very jo^trucl^^a^tihte^^i^x' ■ Ai-unuKually good comedy drama of|,.ieafaring £ life/is .;depldted : ;"ih. ■;'. "The /Captaij*"- :,- - of/the';: NaScy Lee." Among the severst .good comic; .subjects tho most"amusing■ as " Poliddr at School," The, programme' is ■' brought to a conclusion: by a : good : picture*./ farce/ entitled " The, Tourist/' ' —-"■———r, — ; ' : ' ' ' *..' . "'THE .■ QUEEN'S THEATRE. r .; \< .;. //; iiow' pictures at the Queen'siTheat»:; .]■ proved very 'popular yesterday, : resulting ( in crowded andmrices > all day, and again .; ■ at>;night. .;.-" The : Sins ofrtho > /; a majpnfioentdrania/ depicting the manner ; " in. which a, -son suffers thwaghE the esous-r -' ■ sive drinking .habits of his fatherv Anoth*B' , fine -drama, (entitled/ " The .Ninety/: andi'/' ..: Nine;" shows how. the bad KCaatofa.fktnilyi' - is .finally brought back -to the fold/ Unit J reconcilfiition. being.-.bronght- about': by; a',' I :motor^breakldpsn^?!lhfc<ivery^fi^ ■. films'are shown. One depicts the beautifhl. L Lake Lncnme, and the other represents a. .1 trip the- Wstoric-EaverNile. The comic ; suDJecte are well'represented, lis most •[ populai^ •being "The Child -Stealer."' ,• i; Next/Monday ainotJier • remarkablei. -*ttrap-'j. '■ tion. is ; : to be staged, namely, '-the -faanosia ' '-; .Nordisk Company's production, "'An -Ax* *;■; tist's,Model." : :./■*,'./ - ■■ ' ' *r ' 1 i i"i i' .ii.n.i ~. ,„./ im, i " >'■ ■ " -'"'"'■■' ' "'". „ "■- s -<*i '■:"■'- :'■■"":% -:' .-.' -NEWTON: PICTURE' PAI,ACE:,.;v ■ J. i The usual change of 'programnie> at the i Newton Picture, •Palajco: • incltides, raany, ; gc<)d- A y Heart and.fcbe Eyes,"/is replete' w<t> / een-' ■\ satiohal ; incidents.';" From Ostrich. -vEgg to ; "Feather Boa/ 'i? an industrial subject o£ >' more than usual '-interest. A fine scenic c; 'film, shoeing:, parfe of, ; the Adriatic ;j|ea,^is ; .; also screeried. .'';,..-'3^y t p»graihme'':iii''--'coa«-':i i • ( 'pleted!by many good comedies and comic >. subjects. ..--... ■-". '...-.,. , . , ''' .'--"-;- • ...-.**.,, , ,|, , KING GEORGE THEATRE. '' ■•. J, -The. progrmnnie now,:-bemg; screened at , V the King Georf Theatre . - contains i; two \ rdramatic films of more"than;usual interest./ ', i "The Girl and the Motor : Boat," is sen- : sational • in :the.extreme',-- being ,fnll.of^x//. ; citing: incidents. ''The Care of/i John i 'Bouglas" hi oho very: popular. These two . ] films are- supported vby.*'-a: v»uiety of ' good;v ' scenic- and -subjects. , ; ; ; :r DEVONPOaT MUSICAL SOCIETY. -•The; members' of tho/Devbnyort Musjcai? ..;•' I Society- tendered a, ;cbi!apKment^.'cow»rf.i,. to. their lto3;iorst7>' c6pductoii.\{Mr3. ; ; : ' ; : Imd)'at the; -Parish "Hall last eveaingiThe . f ; concert wai/weU-atJe'ttcled, and the it-em"? were well received, The Musical Society,; gave several" numbers; the^principal-being. ?; ' 'riie'" Wedding "Chorus" and "At DxHn • of Day." Mr. H. Barry Congy sajigtwitb! , much- success•" Some Silent' Night ",and: y "Life's Glorious Anthem."' Mis& Kato i -Best : sang' ,; ' f Love's ; Echo^ ;; '' ; Coleman, '*'A Tilessage' of Sl«Qve?;^HS«i^f' ; 'Sui3ieEl&iia;"lf : Thbu Werb Mn&'?* Mr.. Win. WaltEer,-"Awake i" ; ir Sir. t'SyWJ&xv-i j Whelan, "Toreador Holaj" Mr. Jas. Cal-' ■ vert, -."Lend Me Your Aid." Misses { McDonald and Carlos r san? as a • duct , ) "Still as the Night/'- and Mr. Lanria';-: Abrahams gave a Iranxcirous sketch. Tlia I - accompanists ; were^ Mri.r Sutherland, ; Miss ' ■' M. Ralfei and Mr. »H.'Q. Button., \ .'; ,• «' * .■■..».u„..,Jt„..y, .-I. '„ '„,, I - ""■ If i ;Z': : v;':i-s^'4'>.'- ; -v;-i^ - PICTURE. EZ'fTERTAINMBNTS. -• / A varied and interesting' series of pjc- . i :': tures"comprises the- prograxnm« afe I '' : : •the 1 Lyric v Tlieatre,"' .'Thtf'*AadclMi<r A'rf-" ! mated News is- especially "interesting, ' '■ ."■: ] '•'- The programme presented ail the Royal Albert Hail on/Wednesday iiijht was 'ro-. -: plated* latst, night before 'a .large and en-' .;- thusiastic' ; ' audience./v ',' The: ! Governor's". . Daughter a magnificent drama, and '- contains,number of exquisitei scenes and . -dramatic incidents. ' ' , " ' - .. ' .The l new Foresters' Theatre at Onehunga; I ; wjll open on Satur.day. night ; ' i hificeiit -selection of 'jEcflJowipg / : the opening -performance, a change of.proi "gramme "mil" be- given; c : rery Wedtiesday ' .:, •and''Saturday"night,' arid ; every" Saturday ■ ' afternoon- ;..;-• •;-;;■,'-/-/.;; ' N _ ' .• AUCKLAND SHAEESPERE SOCIETY, '• : - Goldsmith's delightful -old -comedy, ."She : , ' Stooifs'to Conquer," will he presented in v t 'the Town.Hall concert chamber to-night,:// ; : and /as/the;; caste/ is 'an ' extremely good one, a; most interesting and enjoyable, per-; / • fprmance should,result. A limitea numbeiir • of tickets are on sale at 2s each.. - : ':' : ■, ■ ■I ' ' ... '