AUSTRALIAN STAGE GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 65

AUSTRALIAN STAGE GOSSIP.

SYDNEY. April 7. West's Pictures and the Brescians still at Palace. The pictures of the Clarence street " fire and the crowds leaving the Theatre Royal after the Daley matinee are great favouiitea. Next Saturday more new pichires will be shown, including some of Sydney life. Wirth Bros.' Circus is once more among us, and the huge tent is filled nightly. There are many new and novel attractions, including ihe Flying Herberts, Silbon Sisters', and Cormack t tire Oliver, /The Mvoli bill" contains much that is bright and refreshing, and new artists, local and imported/ are continually being added. Harry darkis-Itadiaia, Girls submit a novel "turn," wtich has caught on in a wonderful' manner. " The' revival of- "Paul Jones" last Saturday las not lessened the receipts at His Majesty's. -The Radium Ballet was introduced, and Miss Evelyn Scott made her re-appearance with tie Company. Next Saturday "The Cingalee" will be revived. The Brough-Flemming Company continues to eood business at the Criterion. The Easter attraction will bo "Beauty and the Barge." Preparations for the Bland Holt season are •well forward. As previously announced, "Besieged in Port Arthur" will be produced. PersonaL — Czerny opens in - Brisbane for a short season this evening.— Numerous dramatic, variety, and 'graph companies working New South Wales and Queensland smalls.— George Darrell estimates his loss over last Saturday 1 .: fire at £500.— Mr T. J. West is busy taking pictures of scenes in and around Sydney —The number of >artists on. Poverty Point at preseni couia be counted on the fingers of your hand. „, , ,- SYDNEY, April 14. Ail local theatres occupied thi3 evening William Anderson Company concluded ?. long season on Thursday night. Following are local amusement places open to-night, with particulars:— Theatre Boyal. Bland .Holt Company, "Besie R ed in Port Arthur ; -Her Majesty's, Boyal Comics, "The Cingalee"; -Tivoii, . Rickaxds's Variety Company.; Criterion, "Beauty an<3 the Barge": Queen's Hall.- Hill-Brady Variety Company ; Centenary-.- Hall, Winton's Entertainers; .Palace. Theatre, West's Pictures, and the Bres.cians; Town. Hall," West's 'Pictjires, (Living liondonh Lyceum Theatre, "The^Kineof Bioerapas ;^Masonic Hall, Clay's Variety .Q>m- - pany : ; , Cttristchurch Grounds, Martini's Buck Jumpers; Haymarket Hippodrome, Bohemian Dramatic Company,' "Cooee"^ -Jr a njy. Beacl^ * If x^ lay^ s % aMety S on WW a *yr- Show' (Grounds. - bkutnorpe b~ Buck Jumpers; Prince Aified Park,. Wirth's Circus. Melbourne attractions :— Her Majesty's, Tittell Brune Company, "Dorothy Vernon" : Princess, Anderson Operatic Company, "Tambour, Major"; Theatre Royal. Anderson Dra- ' matic: Company, "The Midnight Mail"; Opera House, Bickards'a Variety Company Athenteum Hall, Titus-Harris* Entertainers; Gaiety Theatre, Clark's Folly Company • Princes' Court, Novelties; Temperance Ha.l, Variety Company; Town Hal!, Andrew Black Company. Adelaide -.-Theatre Eoyai, Knight- Jeffries Company, "Darling of the Gods"; Tivoli Theatre, Sanford Company, "The Pace That Kills"'; Town Hall, Best arid Baker's (Tait's) Living Pictures; and Broncho George's Buck Jumpers. Perth:— Theatre Boyal. Davies-Bickards' Variety Company; Queen's Hall, Tait's "Living. London"; Town Hall, Spencer's Theatrescope. Launceston : — Empire Theatre, Bain's Gaiety -Company. Hoburt:— Theatre Royal, Anderson Dramatic Company, "The .Work Girl"; Temperance Hall, Bain's Gaiety Company Newcastle:— Victoria Theatre. George Darlell Company, "From Scotland Yard." Brisbane :— His Majesty's Theatre. Czerny; Theatre Boyal, Holland's Variety Company; Cenfenary Hall, Sudholz's Bio-Tableau. Broken Hill:— Crystal Theatre, Strand Comedy Company; Empire Hall, Variety Company. Ballarat:— Her Majesty's Theatre, "The Fatal Wedding." . Bockhampton:— Theatre Boyol, Miss Fitzm amice GUI, "The French Spy. ' Maxtland: — Maurice Gerald Dramatic Company, "In the Banks." i The Broughs produce "The Village Priest" on Ine&day and Wednesday- and "Quality Street" on Thursday anel Friday. On Saturday the Meynell-Gunn Company ("The Fatal "Wedding?),, inaugurates a Sydney season. The B.tF* Company gees to Brisbane. | Present stars at Tivoli are Tambo and ' Tambo, ft couple of marvellous tambourine spinners. The company this evening will include Fred Bluett, Clyde Cook. Eight English Primroses, Two Bells, Harry Sadler. Radium Girls, Kitty Lenton, and S'.ade Murray. Stillwell, the handkerchief manipulator, is the "star" of the Queen's Hall Company. One of the attractions is "Best's" Pictures. Personal. — A benefit tendered to "Will Perman at Perth by Mr Harry Bickards's combined companies realised about £150. — Will "Wallace will appear tinder Bain's management for a short while in Tasmania.— With George Darrell at Newcastle are Harry Leston, Dave Clarke, Helen Fergus. Alf. Boothman. ar.d Emily Lambton. — Fred Bluett, after a very short absence, replaces Bert Danson, an imported performer, at Sydney Tivoli this evening. Fred is a big favourite here — A clergyman is the manager of Sydney Lyceum picture show. — The Carmos are a big attraction with Kickards's Melbourne company. — Bain's Hobart company at Easter will include Leonard Nelson, Alma Lyndon, Luiu Eugene, May Dagmar, Elmore Sisters, and Jim Morion. — At. Launceston Charles Moody, Violet Bonetta, Tom Hedley, Wallace Ascot. Winnie Bond, and Goldie Collins will be on J. C. Bain's bill. — Mftie Marlow, Zeno. and Bob Hall are at Melbourne Gaiety. — Slade Murray lomes back to Sydney to-night after a ten years' absence. — CJooiJ variety people are at a premium in. Sydney at present. Professionals of any merit are .snapped at once, — Fred Davys, of marionette fame,-, who has been at the Manly Chute for some time, has a young son. now appearing ■there who shows promise of worthily uoholdinjt; the good name, enjoyed by his father.— Douglas Gerrard was gored by a bull at Bulh (no pun intended) ,on Thursday, and had two ribs broken. — Mr J. N. Tait has arranged for Miss Clara. Butt and Mr Kennerlev Bumford fo give 25 ..concerts in. Australia and Xew Zealand, commencing in August. 4907^— The Wirth . BrpsVjjave a huge treat io 20.000 poor children

i . of Sydney on iLe morning of Good Friday, when over 80,000' buns were distributed, in ■ addition to r 1000 gallons of gicge'r beer. — A . matinee performance given by the WestBrescian organisation at Sydney Palace in aid ; of the North Sydney Tornado Fund was ! largely attended. The whole of the receipts went to the fund. — The "prehistoric" carnival, in aid of the theatrical charities, was a i huge success from a financial point of view. During the afternoon Mr Bantock received a nasty cut ever the eye by a coin. — Albert M'Kisson has unexpectedly arrived back in Sydney, and i 3 now with Harry Clay's company. — Jack Kearns has got a very versatile and clever company at present, and is doing well. — Tha MAuley Sisters "have gone to Manila. — Leslie Forrest is a member of J. W. I Winton's Entertainers. He is billed as Kew j Zealand's comedian and marvel'ous doub'e- ' voiced vocalist. i