ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7020, 7 January 1910, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

ME WILLIAMSON'S DRAMATIC ' COMPANY.' ' V , The attractive drama,; " Sherlock, Holmes,", was repeated before a large audience at the Opera House last evening. To-night ■;;", Sherlock Holmes" will be played again. To-morrow evening it will bo replaced by the successful naval comedy, "The Flag Lieutenant " —a play of exceptional strength and depth of interest. Dealing as it docs with the British Navy, there is naturally great scope for spectacular display, of which Mr J. C. Williamson has taken full advantage. Mr G. S. Titheradgo is in the cast, and this distinguished actor is credited with another remarkable creation as the Admiral of the Fleet. The heroic role of Lieutenant Lascclles (the Flag Lieutenant), as played by Mr Thomas Kingston, compels ■ the deepest interest.- The story is based" upon an interesting incident in the career of a young naval officer, Dicky Lascellcs, who, although a happy-go-lucky, is nevertheless true grit and lias a manlv nature. For the sake of a friend ho foregoes'the honour he lias fairly won, and chooses instead a part that brings him dangerously near an undeserved disgraco and dishonour—even running the risk of losing his love. The entanglement, however, is eventually cleared, and honour falls where honour is due. Miss Ethel Warwick, Miss Emma Temple, Miss .Nellie Calvin, and Miss Marjorio Murray are all very happily cast; also Mr Cyril Mackay, Mr A B. Grcenawa_y, Mr Rcdge Carey, Mr Grcgan MeMahon, Mr Eardley Turner and Mr Fred Camborne, etc., etc. The lia4 Lieutenant " will he played until ■ Wednesday night, when for the last three SfchtJ "The Silver K n E ".trill he re. viv-cd, with G. S. Titheradgo as Wilfred Denver. THEATRE KOYAL. Interest continues unabated ill this w«*'s programme by Fuller's S nuderilto Compfuiv, and the Theatre Koval '™« again, well filled last evening. The Comedy act- by Armstrong and Verne, the duets and solos by Heath and Lamb (the Newcastle ooalmraers), Miss Meryl ballads, and the juggling work bv the Tossing Testros, are among the features of the entertainment. The programme will be repeated to-night. • S WEST'S PICTUEES. tfe* ■ • Wesf s Pictures occupy a high position in public estimation, and the change of nrogramme last evening attracted a numerous attendance at the Town Hall. The travel items carried the audience on a trip up the river Nile mid scenes of Biblical associations, and in another film the famous ruins of Tungad are also explored Industrial films are both interesting 'and instructive, and these attributes are amplified in a series of views of the Bernese condensed milk industry and in a picture entitled *' Piano Making," The condensed milk industry is portrayed from the pasturing of the cows in Switzerland, milking process, factory treatment by machinery, and finally packing and transporting by rail of the cases of condensed milk. There is a rich vein of humour in the dramatic study, "On and Off the Stage." The performers are shown enacting roles which, are the antithesis of their private life. Thus the millionaire on the stage is, depicted ofi the stage in an impecunious condition and unable to pay his board. "The Haunted Kitchen" is a trick film in which a couple of remarkable contortionists perform strange' feats. ''The Escape of Count D'Valette" is a

; historic Freneh dramatic «tory emaoted by some noted Parisian: actors and actresses. That quaint district of Franca known as Brittany is the subject of ililustration, and a strange industry/, that ■of the preparation of human hair for wigs, is presented in all its phases. "ZiU ■ 'lah's Sacrifice" is a conventional gipsy ■romance which ends tragically. There lare many other items, comic, dramatic, '•and scenic, which- are of considerable; 'merit. The programme will.be repeated thie ■evening, when the. management will ■include a. fine collection of animated pic ■turesof the animals.in the,London lioo,