ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8480, 15 July 1913, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

“THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON.” , At tho Opera House - on "Monday • "The Night Side of London.” a. drama which deals with modern London, will mark the* appearance in Wellington of uji entirely new Marlow dramatic company. 'The "drama will he presented on exactly the same scale as in Australia. ih& Night bide of London” has appealed to the taste» of the audiences wherever staged, and there are plenty of thrilling incidents and dramatic sensations in the drama. There are four adc> and numerous scones embracing _ tho village ' at Clasemlubter, a typewriting office in London with the girls at work, a view of Loudon streets by nigh* with tho snow falling, the interior of the night club in London, with the well-dressed crowd and richly liveried servants, Naomi Merick's apartments and a hut on the Thames. The drama presents a vivid picture of life in London by night, and has something of the problem drama about it too. The cast is the identical one which played the piece in the centres of Australia. and includes Misses Ehvyn Harvey, Pearl Helmrich, Marcia Regers, Messrs Robert Inman, Vivian Edwards, Thomas K. Tilton, P. V. Scully and cuci-s. Uho box plan opens at tho Dresden on Friday morning Day sale tickets will bo available aleGhristeson’s.

THEATRE ROYAL. A programme of sparkling items was submitted to a house that was crowded in every part last evening at the Theatre Royal, and from rise to fall of curtain the audience was kept in a state of incessant good humour. Tho management of this popular place of amusement have provided the public of Wellington with an abundance of good things In the past and tho programme’ which is occupying the boards this week may be said to surpass, in artistic merit and diversity of conception, anything that has preceded it lor a considerable period. The first appearance of Mac and Marce, who have come direct from England, was an undoubted •• triumph for these specialty artists, whose comedy act embraced many novel and original features. Their acrobatic performances were of a distinctly high-class character, and were executed with a nicety and precision that won the prolonged applause of the house. Natty songs and dainty dancing followed, while flashes of wit and humour tickled the risible faculties of the auditors. A number of daring feats in equilibrium, featuring the revolving pedestal. ami other equally attractive items, were tho specialties of the Eovolos, _ who gave a highly meritorious entertainment. In many respects their performance was unique, and was watched with undivided attention. Miss Jennings scored heavily with her Illustrated songs, descriptive of North American Indian life. Lashwood and Ren by proved the most versatile of artists. They introduced the latest songs and a western sketch embracing several choice Indian melodies. Lashwood demonstrated powers of perfection with minstrel “bones,” and gave some clever imitations of shaving with them. ,‘ f A Morning in a Sportsman's Garden,” by the Frank Sydney Company. and Mathews, Mack and Walton . in “The Union Men' 5 were as popular as ever, while Tom Gerald fairly “brought down tho house” in his latest specialties. Gerald was a veritable incarnation of wit, and his parodies were immensely popular. Other features in the programme were similarly attractive, and all through the programme went with a hearty and sustained swing.

“THE DANDIES." This is the last week in Wellington, for the present, of “The Dandies." and their farewell performances are di awing large audiences to the Town Hall concert chamber nightly. The clever company ; gave ■ genuine delight" to very many people last evening, repeating the ■ programme which won such approval when presented for the first time on Saturday. Nearly every item —song, dance, sketch and chorus—was encored. The programme will be repeated to-night. , On Thursday “The -Dandies" will remove to the Opera House, where they will conclude the present season on Saturday. HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. “Great Possessions," a capital dramas tisauon by Palhe. was the “star" film of the cuange ol programme last evening at His majesty's Theatre. The plot lollows the fortunes of Caberton, a poor hawker, who , emigrates from Prance, leaving his small son. in the care of friends. The boy is'cruelly treated, but he escapes and becomes apprenticed to a toymater. The father in eight yeans amasses a fortune and intends to leave for Trance, but is mortally wounded in a duel, before dying ho entrusts his secret to a friend. Alter numerous exult mg adi euiuios the friend arrives in Prance, and hands the fortune to Cab-, erton's sou. The piece is, staged with considerable expense and close attention to detail, while the acting is artistic to a degree. The Edison diama, "The Photograph and the Blotter,'' is a powerful story of a young girl who proves her lover to be innocent of betraying his employer’s secrets, and the guilt is sheeted home to the right person. There are many interesting sights in the current “Gaumont Graphic." A choice travel study. “Rambles Through Bass in the Pyrenees." takes the audience through the scenic beauties of the mountains separating' Pnanoe and Spain. There are an excellent assortment of comedies which provide mirth for everybody. THE EMPRESS THEATRE. "The Price of Pardon," a well acted and splendidly mounted domestic drama, was'the chief item of yesterday's change of programme of the Empress .theatre continuous pictures. A brilliant society may lx-coin.es tired of tiro quietness' of life in a provincial town where her husband has a large manufactory. The woman, leaves her husband and child to accompany a poet friend in a motor-car to the city. She does not proceed far when she changes her mind and slips away * from the car. The woman is found on the roadside exhausted, and is taken to the house of . a surgeon, where she learns that her little son's arm has been severely burnt through his bed catching fire. Someone is required by the surgeon to have a piece of liesh removed from the arm to graft it on to the child's arm to gave his life. The mother readily offers herself for the operation on the understanding that her identity is not revealed to her husband. -L he grafting is successfully accomplished. When the mother goes to say farewell to the child her husband makes her stay, and they are happily reconciled. The -V B. Company’s drama Thie Stolen Loaf" is a lavishly staged production, in which a butler steals a diamond uccklaoe and shifts the blame on to an innocent man. Retribution £>llo*J* f( > r the butler is eventually caught red-hand-ed in an attempt to steal the jewels acain. "With the Assistance of bhep (Edison comedy), and "Baby Bow-Wows (puppy study) are among other commendable films.