ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7026, 14 January 1910, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

-. "THE SILVER KING.".: Ll.oO : :: " The'. Silver King " has stirred the, 'hcarts.'of countless thousands of folk: 1 the world; over; and : ,last. night.it \ once more ■ appealed.-as surely 1 .as.;'ever to an. audi-ence-which filled the,Opera House. ,--;_ , Nobody forgets the- simple story, of- " The Silver King." Everybody, knows it -Everybody too. who has seen-Mr George Titheradge, play ths part of Wilfred Denver- Wants to see him play .ft attain.-- for be' Jo as compelling in- it Jtaday. as. : he was when , he--:" : made .-; it twenty years ago. Mr 1 lthcradge compels attention, in every phase of character , shown iii the powerfuldrawing of. the' hero of the melodramatic classic. With -infinite 'art that: is .never strained, never overdone, and. always perfectly balanced and natural, the veteran actor commands the closest.interest. Ths house wns horrified with Denver's , horror m *.h* almost terrifying seene where he finds himself with tho dead body Geoffrey Ware and is compelled to believe himself a murderer. The; house ; corrowed with Jus sorrow and distress, wheu-ho leave-* his;wife and children to wander the world with thpjirand off Cain burned .into, his soul. . The tow l rejoiced at his quiet but return js~the Silver Kins.: and, felt hot m the, throat and damp in the eyes, when <rc-, tribution has come, wrongs arc nsntc<a,an.l iov reigns at "the Grange. . the, power /in Mr Titheradge's dramatic act-| in? is intense, nnd it is seen.how entirely ho can sink his .individuality where, masquerading as a jabbering idiot. Denver discovers the real perpetrator of the * As Nellie Denver Miss Ethel Warwick is undeniably excellent. There is a-syni-rtathctic quality in he* playing oi a famous part that entirely, satisfies. In the tender little - scenes which, are the real attraction of the" dra-ma she is mfinitely gentle and womanly. Mr Harry Wimmer makes the Spider a real. thing; and'the cold polished brutality, of the murderer is shown with requisite art. Tho Cripps of Mr fui study of the ruffian's character, and Mr Fred Cambourne as tho semi-comic , criminal Coome makes that person cheerful ■ enough. Mr Eardley Turner is Daniel Jaikes. His method, manner, and the extraordinarily faithful way in which he shows old ago and the loyalty of ah ancient servitor make' the study ons of the most delightful in a, long cast. Mr Redge Carey is the bounding roung criminal in tho check clothes who3c silence the Spider is spending much money to retain. The delightful little piece of tragi-comedy which shows ffe hunted Denver listening: horrified, to the discussion of the murder by threu village cronies., is so. faithfully done by Messrs MeMahon, Frederick and Morse as to remain &• memory. , Miss, Lily Aldridge plays- truly as the Denver girl nhild. and there is much-in her showing o* the character to express the tender relations existing between her. the stricken mother, and the"chief character. Master Jervis is the boy child to whom things ar» a little strange.. Miss Emma Tcinplo is a good : comedienne/ and as

the much-widowed Tabitha she made the scene with the still marriageable Jaikes highly diverting. A goodlittle sketch of. a arungen railway passenger is given by Mr Lawrence Hardihg.»<ln tho lons case there are- few weaknesses. The* arrest . of the Spider is. however, not. con vine- • -Ins-as it should be. The scenery is all that could be desired, and • there are thirteen distinct " sets," the, every detail being carried out perfectly, Altogether the moving story is: told as well as it has ever been told in Wei. Unrfbn, and the old favourite will draw big.' houses, for'.:to-night:>and to-morrow night, when the fine company end their season;.,; ';''.' ,';.-" v ;;:.- '-,:. :, :":"::'' theatoe eoyal. • / ; :The Fuller proprietary arerfuHy awarb that the Wellington public -will only pat. -ronise: vaudeville; eotertainments when a ~first-class programme, is put on. The LlUrge number of .patrons that >isit the .Theatre Boyal nightly demonstrate ; con.. .clusively : .that Fuller's have hit the popu-; ,lar - tastei'the programme submitted - be* ■ing exceptionally good. ,:Last,night, prac. ■tically every;item had r tovbe-repeated a -seconid-tune, -encores being; the order of the evenarig> The-present .programmo will.', "run until-further notice;,.'-;■;-'•,.;._, -, "! DEMONSTKATIONS OF : SPIRIT ; ;f ' :]r ; .;.: : : . FHENOMENA.;*':: ■;,;. !'.; Carter, the magician,, -who Jhas recently ;opnlpleted a two -'years' tour of tho world,: and.will appear at tho Opei'-i House nest .Monday, for, a short, season, is;: stud ti';, demonstrate in hie entertainment: thi\ : possibility; -of - calling .back;.,! to iv life the; 7 spirit friend of any of his auditors. H«' reproduces a spiritualistic seanco which he learned first-hand from the:"marvel.." lous Yogi, during .his- recent visit .to Simla. : A. cabinet is built,*- and while Carter remains on the outside, 'apparent.' ly miraculous manifestations are I visible, chief among-which Carter ire-materiolisco the: ghost- of: Katie King, which"; spirit' creature Sir .William Crookes saw appear and vanish in his: own home under test ; conditions - for . three years; ' thc!r>s | has': been no more: solemn assertion i'of any" truth in the history of science than .ho has made of this statement. .'.-Carte* 'also "causes to manifest himself '■■ tuidei i ! the cloak of a silken, handkerchief the spirit form of Cagliostro, ' the '' fainb'u'i i jFrench charlatan. ', These demonstratiom. ooeui-: in-.the open', with the lights turn. I cd on brightly, and in the presence of a. I committee investigating all parts of tho stage. - -/- :-:'■-,::,..- ■:- .-' ■•