ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16673, 18 October 1917, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

-CP . DANCE RECITAL. .•;. Tee dance' recital given by' Miss• Hall and her pupils in His Majesty's' Theatre: last week was repeated last evening' for the benefit of those who had been unablo to .- rain admittar.ee at previous performances. The theatre a-as again crowded, und tho , ; many beautiful dances were all enthusiastically received. Miss Hall is to bo con- 5 gratulated upon the success of her efforts, "'• and it is expected that a very consider- ? ; : , able sum has been raided f(r the; benefit ft--of the Returned Soldiers' Association. S OPERA HOUSE, ' ••> ■.' ' S '*'"' The popularity of tho Walter Johnson Revue Company was further demonstrated - last evening, when the Opera House was r crowded in every part.-, The revue staged ft : this week is entitled " The Manless Isle." % , It is a bright and humorous entertainment, and. the principals ■ and -chorus 'alike, are excellent. A number of variety turns precede the revue. '" ....:, :.',:. ■;', • .-, '; TIVOLI THEATRE. * -' ' : ; A pictorial version of the popular stara P BJ A S £ eet ,. K il ty Bell *m," is presentlo!' r at the Tivoh Thentro this ■ week. --The ' • incidents of the, original -story-: have -b«*r' ; ; ' strictly adhered- to. Mae Murray appears as lutty, tho character which was created " .' by Nellie Stewart' in Auistralia and New ■' ' Zealand. The role gives Mae ■ Murray v - ; greater opportunities • for dramatic work than " The Plow Girl" and "On Record,";- : two productions .in which■:she previously -'- appeared. Mistress Kitty BeJaira wat the leading beauty of Bath in the latter -half '■ . . of the eighteenth century. She was a wild • -' Irish girl, quick in.sympathy and in erring ••: " advice, although not always good advice. -She suggests to Lady Julia that, in order < • to regain the love of her husband,"Sir'"' (Jasper, she should make him jealous. % Lady Barbara is anxious to overthrow ", Kitty, and to this end tells Captain Spicer >' that she will mam* him if he is successful " in creating a scandal about Mistress Kitty. The plot almost succeeds, but Kitty finally emerges triumphant. The acting is excel- . lent, one of the most realistic scenes being ,'-' > that depicting a'duel between Sir Jasper and Lieutenant Yerney., A .number of

other films are shown, and 'the., Tivoli , Orchestra plays appropriate selections. PRINCESS ...THEATRE.'/ The latest . Metro production, "The . Secret of Evei" is shown at the Princess ,':■; Theatre. It is an allegorical plav, tlxo opening scenes being laid in what is sup- "-. posed to bo the Garden of Eden. . The, x story tells of a gipsy waif, who has been' brought, up by a Quaker family,'"She i.'j'. tempted by. riches and worldly pleasures, and marries a millionaire. to the brutality and selfishness of her husband, - she leaves him and goes to the city to live according to her own wishes.' A young humanitarian falls in love with her, and begs her to divorce her husband. Later the husband is killed in an accident, and the woman, who has learned the • secret of real happiness, gives her life to', the assistance ot the needy. QUEEN'S THEATRE. " The Bottle Imp," one of Robert Louis. Stevenson's stories, is shown fit , the Queen's Theatre tins week. The production is remarkable, in that the entire east, with but two exceptions, is composed of Hawaiian natives. WEST END THEATRE. A dramatic story of a spiritual struggle, entitled "The "Martyrdom of Philip - •Strong/' is the attraction at the West. " End Theatre. Robert Corners and Mabel .'.'. Trunnelle appear in the production. There -~. is a strong supporting programme. a OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. " t "His Picture in the Papers," the latest* Douglas Fairbanks comedy, is shown at the Grand Theatre. ■% f.s .7 Olive Thomas is excellent in the Triangle ' 1 play, " Madcap . Madge," screened■% this , j week at the Strand Theatre. -.--.,". "Periwinkle," a pretty tale of life in ':..'• ; a fishing village, is presented fat Every-,'-. body's Theatre. , " ['■: The chief attraction at the Lyric Theatre * • - is an excellent adaptation* ofj "Tom ":!.•; Brown's Schooldays." • " - Harold Lockwood, and. ; May Allison appear in a melodrama, "The Masked ; ' Rider," at the =, Globe ;. Theatre. -■ /'.The - L -'"; Phantom Crook".is also shown. "The Island 'of • Regeneration. will be ; ; the principal picture screened at the! Palace . ' Theatre this afternoon. .; ■•.,-.