ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7016, 3 January 1910, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

“BREWSTER'S MILLIONS.” "Brewster's Million.-'," with its gaiety and laughter, and its brilliant, sp> eiacular yachting sensation, of ,a kind that apnea U to lovers of good stage pict mu-, was revived as a holiday attraction at the Opera House on Mew Year’s Might. Jt <1 raw a. crowded audience, ihore :s genuine humour in Hit- play. '- 1 he author has .'■ouuiiitted Brewster to a task the fulfilment of which places him. m the ino.-.t ludicrous and uuith-provcsing sihnHoius U is a uoved ihomo and lor *ome reijlly oxalic* t foolin';. In tho han<lc> of Mr Vv illiam.son's capable company, the piece as picseut.'d with a degree of finish and gcnc-i-.t smallness that elicits .ho warmed commendation. On Saturday ( ' VCJI1 0 1, .jf "Uiewtitor’s Millions" gave the gveaterl enjoyment to the many patrons ot too Opera House, and its siicccssUil revival for tho next two nights is well assured. With the multiplicity ot comedies that havcien the light f during.the Jad de r-iflp the playwright is haul if 1 originalty of, idea for ins f n c ° ome aic? centre pieces,in a dozen or so of f°“ e “ 1 £; that could bo named, mwe ox !cfc ? k l l ? sKFwlrSfiiS “f Ir' 1 r ' ”™ 0 "3 crwfifss cature, ik p theatre. Ami so th eat re goer SU HCMe upon. Brewster, to that he throe-quarters of fn a ” „u£l e of million may inherit another co '‘P le m “ 01)£ms when he becomes a J? incidents, np a wide range hiY fiVstfortune Brewster gets through IUS nrsv iu* with ' v °J de i £u V.j. n fo the problem he Has alone holds the key to the prooie set himself to solve, the ®on s teruattou his friends at his Ues film mermoney, the yacht tour round the ra4ng h storYf rolling thunder and. vivid a |he n cast was a strong « M t j £ #r s£ I ££ its uniform « cella ?'; e '„ av e an admirfbTe SS represe\tation of tho embarrassed millionaire, and he was cE “™ k^, W™wiek C playcd attraUi'vely as Mrs SSlio a c d al-“in "garni Miss Emma Temple, whose T ® a PP®.“ an was welcomed, had a suitable tola ■ Janice. Misses Murray, YYfher mrfa Harvey satisfactorily filled other paits. "Brewster’s Millions’* will be staged again this evening. THEATRE RO YAL. All seating accommodation and standing room at the Theatre Royal,was occupied on Saturday evening when the current programme by I' ullei s a " de , vlllo company was repeated for tne last timl Armstrong and, Verne Provided twenty minutes of farcical comedy. Ine vocal contributions by'Heath and Lamb, the Newcastle colliers who are ,g lf * ed with excellent voices, were warmly applauded. The clever little National Duo are almost unrivalled in their lateresting acrobatic, song and dance duets. Ihe Tossing Testrais. Scott -Bros.. Three Starrs, . Joe Rox, Meryl Laurence. Hetino and other members of the, company were mosit enthusiastically received. This evening , there will be a complete change of programme. WEST’S (PICTURES. Were simple accomplishment as a disseminator of facts among the people “ entitle to a degree the name of West would stand high in the university calendars of Australasia. Quite three thousand persons profited by the es p e J l . en£ series of views shown for the first iS?*! in Wellington in the Town Hall on New Year’s night, hearty and frequent applause testifying to the appreciation ot tho large audience both for the subject matter of the pictures. and for the faultless manner in which they were reproduced. Most notable of the senes are the views depicting aeronautic manoeuvres at Blackpool and Germany s military activities ashore and afloat—subjects which might be thought to be hackneyed, but which are here treated on lines which make the spectator feel that quite fresh ground is being broken. The various types of airships are shown, stationary and in flight, at such close quarters as to reveal every feature an their construction. ' A squadron of German lancers is shown on tho march through country presenting extraordinary physical difficulties, and withal fine scenic features. . The lithsome pomes are seen negotiating beds of streams, woodland thickets and rocky .passes in, , a manner which vividly suggests the worth of horseflesh in guerilla, warfare. The series—a .notable one—dealing with naval activities appeals i even more by the realistic manner in which the displacing of the ocean’s surface by torpedo boats and battleships in their swift passage is presented than by the stupendous nature of the armaments shown. Notable among 'Several iino ’sccnic views is one in which the physical; characteristics of Algeria, the types of tho country’s inhabitants and the manner of their daily life pre graphically shown. Introducing a less picturesque people but delightful in its way, is a series, in which the spectator is introduced to the magnificent scenery of Norway—its fiords, and glaciers, waterfalls and’ rapids. Arizona and lynch law figure in a.story with a moral, and a fine dramatic setting, a wily Chinaman being tho means of saving a wrongly condemned man at the eleventh hour, and delivering the real culprit to summary justice. Another dramatic sketch —one of the ffinest things of its kind that has been, shown in Wellington—emjiociies an adaptation of Edward Hales’s sto-y of espionage. A young American officer is convicted, on circumstantial evidence, of being a traitor, is condemned to be "without a flag or a , country,’’ and at last vindicates his . innocence and hds devotion to > tho “Stars and Stripes’’ by an heroic deed which costs him his life. Other, sketches there are, one or two of them rather inconsequential, illustrating tho serious side of life, whilst the programme is by no means without its leaven of fun, the misadventures of a silk hat, and of a long suffering man in search of sleep being especially mirthprovoking. The programme will be repeated until further notice. ; ,