HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 69

HIS MAJEST Y'S THEATRE.

"Living Scotland." Baker and Beet's pictures, presented foi the first time in Dunedin on 15th undeX the direction of Messrs J. and N. Tait, attracted a large audience to His Majesty's Theatre. The entertainment provided proved a good one of its class, and the audience was kept thoroughly interested* and amused. The pictures are well and varied as to subject, and there ajjf btrg few that are not quite new Tiere. ' ' Tho" series which gives the entertainrrent its distinctive name is ehown in the secondl part of the programme, which is devotee* almost entirely to depicting animated scenes of rural and urban life in Scotland. These pictures evidently revived pleasanc recollections for many present, and give to the unitiated an excellent idea of some oE the leading features of Scottish scenery. Specially, attractive firms presented showed stirring views in the Trossaohs. the ruggedbeauty of Fingal's Cave, and tho historic landmarks of Inverness. In Loch Katrine, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the wilds of the Isle» of Harris, aud many other subjects tho photographer had obviously turn«-d the material available to excellent account, the pictures being- 6uch as to easily sustain the .'atteiition of the spectator, while being instructive^ as well as -interestin-jr. The slowmoving, shaggy Highland cattle lend them^ selves particularly * well- to the designs of tho cinematograph, and if anyone ha< -ckrabts-as to the railway facilities of Caledonia acquaintance with " Living Scotland " will remove them. A striking picture! shown depicts the launching of a' largo Steamer oft the Clyde. The numerous ether pictures which went to make up a somewhat lengthy programme were in many cases of the humorous order, and were very, good of -their kind. In "Wanted, a Maid" the domestic troubles of a married couple served to provide the audience with entertainment of particularly infectious quality. " Lost, Stolen, c m Strayed." representing the adventures of two toddling infants, furnished a very pretty presentment calculated to appeal to the sympathetic in«tinofc of! all, end in " For Love of Lucy " the efforts of an amorous swain to develop quickly inta an athlete provided hilarious merriment. That perennial picture subject the mother-in-law did not escape notice; ami ins.de am appearance in a new and diverting guise. In serious vein, "In^the Hanrts of tl« Enemy " depicted in somewhat harrowing; manner the horrors of war, and " The Village Fete" and "In the Bigoudens Country " gave interesting glimpses of country festivities of widely different types. The advent of Mr J. M. Campbell in humorous specialties was pleasurably anticipated by the -audience, and that gentleman, rather than disappoint those present, mado a brief, appearance, though at a considerable disadvantage owing, as he explained, to the lack of all accessories occasioned by tho uncontrollable circumstance of steamer* <Jelay. However, Mr- Campbell, whose-suc-cess with "The Merrymakers" is so weU remembered, is one of the most natural! of comedians, and convulsed his hearers n* his bri-sf contributions to l«st evening a programme. His stories about Mulligan wero told with irresistible drollery, and hi« further appearances will, needless to cay, bo looked forward to. A capable piamsfc accompanies the pictures untiringly along, and the entertainment had throughout ai» excellent reception.