CHESS. CONDUCTED BY P. J. MOUAT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2857, 16 December 1908, Page 67

CHESS. CONDUCTED BY P. J. MOUAT.

Thb Otago Ohbss CLT7B meets for play at the roomi, Liverpool street, DtMiedm, ererr Monday, Wednesday, »nd Saturday evening at 8 ! o'clock. Visiting chess players are cordial!; ' inrit«d to the club on these evenings. ' j

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during the past six months in renovating May, which will take him to x London by their various theatres in New Zealand. way of Australia, New Zealand and South Miss Ida- Chester leaves for America- on Africa. It i 9 his purpose to produce in the 23rd_iist.> under engagement. She is London Ibsen's "Brand," upon which he has taking her -own copyright acts with her.— bee"n at work for, the last two years. His "A Message. from Mars" has been revived ""Lear" and "MacbetiT' will also be shown at the Sydney Palace by "Mir H.-R. Roberts, there, who, of course, appears as Horace Parker. .-The Call of the Wild" is the subject, In the revival of "Iclarilhe" irr London .last ' 'though -not the title, of Mr Royle's n&w month Mr Rutland Barrington played his play. This may be said to Tesemble his original part as the Earl of Mount Ararat. "Squaw Man" in its chief characteristics. The Tasnianian baritone, Mr Lempriere a man of aristocratic lineage feels the insurPringle, sang the music of Mephistophelea g € nt cry of "the wind'— the elemental call in "Faust" at the Queen's Hal!, London, Last of earth and sky — calling him out of civilisamontJi. i ti on to do his work in the open. Two acts Mr Bland Holt, who was a pupil p\ the are laid in England and three in America. Otago Boys' High School in 1864, presented | Miss Busby, a member of the "Mrs Wiggs" the special prizes at the break-up of the j Comedy Company, who has been prohibited ■chool. , f rom playing during the New Zealand tour Miss Nellie Stewart has decided to open at owing to an attack of rheumatics, is at preEaster at the Princess, Melbourne, in 'Sweet a ent undergoing treatment in the Wellington JJell." "Trilby" will also be part of her Hospital. The visitor recovered considerably repertoire. _ during last week, and hopes to return to Mis 3 Nellie Mortyne, who was a membeT America with the company about a fortnight of the late Mr Herbert Flemming's company, hence. has joined one of the Meynell and Gunn j The newest idea in Paris is to give the companies. first *ct o f a n opera- at half-past 4 or 5. At New Zealand claims *' The Red Mill " i 6 o'clock, after an interval for tea, another Company at Christmas time. The co. finish ac t will be given, and then everybody would at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, in " The go off to~ dinner, to return from half-past 9 Belle of New York." , till midnight. This time all would be dressed It is said that . in tfapan it is now con- in their best and brightest, and the ladies sidered by women a high honour to become would be wearing the diamond tiaras and the the wife of an actor. Formerly it wa» lope s o f pearls without which opera ia merely regarded as a disgrace. I mU sic. A new drama, "The Cheat," which ia about l,a Milo, who has for the last three -.ears io be transferred from the miburbs to a been constantly on duty with her act, "with leading London theatre, has been acquired which she recently completed her fourth for Australia by 3. C. Williamson. . successful lour of the Moss-Stoll circuit, and Mr Frank Musgrove, in conjunction with" subpequeiitly a tour of the large provincial Mr George Musgrov*, is introducing the Rroat t -ei. .-s of England under her own manageviohnist Miseha Ehnan to Australasia at an meat, has returned to England from a well-ea-rly date. It is" understood that a tour of earned holiday on the Continent. She has the Dominion will be arranged. declined offers for Berlin * n a America to reMiss TittelL Brune is still high in favour ma j n in England, where she is booked up till with Auckland audiences, who are filling the . the end of 1909 theatre throughout the- season. The com- | Miss Tittell Brune's dates for New Zeapany is due in Chnstchurch at Christmas land are : —Auckland, November 30 to Decemtun *- „ ber 16; Gisborne, December 21 and 23; At latest our old friend Charlie Carter was Napier. December 2-f : Christchurch,- Decsmtakujg the rol© of Lieutenant Pinkerton in j ber 26 to January 9 ; Wanganui, January 11 Madame Butterfly »U series of London a nd 12; Palmers'ton NorLli, January 13 and matinees given by the Moody-Manners Opera | 14 ; Maaterton, January 15; Wellington »? P T n^ - irr-,,- * -, , January 16 to 30; Timaru, February 1;' •Mr J.C Williamson intends to produce "The Oamaru, February 2 and 3; Dunedin, FebSign of th« Cross at Sydney Theatre Royul ruary 4to 17; Invercargil], February 18 and ior the Christmas season, Mr Julius Knight, 20. of course fiJling- the part of Marcua Superba. " The French Society for the Prevention of Mercia will b3b 3 impersonated by Miss Beatrice Cruelty to Animals has taken action against w' > n n 1.1- a kinematograph comnany for an act o-f un\\.rens Opera Company winch now in- precedented brutality to a horse. In a series eludes among its members Madame Slapoffski of pictures called "The Lover's Revenge, ' a and HeTT Greder, and haa an augmented carriage drawn by a horse was seen to rush orchestra under the baton of Herr Slapoffski, ove r the edge of a chff and bo dashed to produced Faust at the Criterion Theatre, pieces. The pictures were not 'Take" pic-mu^'-a- 3 _ tares. An o'd blind horse. siarufssed \a a j 1 x g - co , mmalld « a *"• Lewis Waller carnage, was driven over the ocV/a of ;' ciiff f.SL £ yric Theatre Company to appear in nfelll . Boulogne to obtain them The Duke's Motto." at "Windsor Castle, on . j u Moyneil d ud Guim's "Cji'iloc'ht" psatoJXoveniber 20, ota the occasion of ihe visit mi me , "William Cromwell -ill ho ih.> Earou. of their Majesties the King and Queen og 1 Edwm BreU will be the Baroa's üb:quii',,is bT^? d « n - I spouse. Miss Lincoln will be Cinderella, Mr Under the direction of Edwin Geach and Roland Bottomley will have a fir.c sinking George Mariow, John F. Sheridan will play part as Dandini (in former versions played the Christmas season in Victoria Theatre. b y a girl), and Mr Tom Poyie will ">e the INeweastJe, and follow on with a Queensland Page. There will be a ne.vly-nnr.orlM pin.tour. "The Lady Slavey" will be the opening c i pa l boy. Miss Meredith Mererlro. ?.>kl to be P r °d uetlon - a chaining' and pretty g:il and a sweet Ihe cast for the forthcoming "Jack and singer. m.u 1 "^ panto - at Melbourne Her Majesty's -"Romeo ar.J Juliet" is m active :eh<>ai?al JLheatre includes Bert Gilbert. J. M. Camp- a t the King* Theatre. Melbourne It is bell, Victor Loydall, Harry Shine, Rufeert definite* v announced that it will follow WiliJarrell, Stella Gastelle, Fanny Dango. Stella Ham Anderson's Chrwtmas production at "!he wu Urn *" and °' lga Grey " King's. George Dane'], who staged the When Meynell and Gunn's Comic Opcia [ Brown Potter-BeHeiv perfonnai.ee, is pro- ( Company visite New Zealand early next year 1 ducin? this. The whole company is working it will have a fine repertoire, including "Mi. -, enthusiastically, and the performance will ifook of Holland," "The Belle of Mayfair." be a scholarly one. Eoge Robins is preparing The Girl Behind the Counter," the "Cinder- new scenery^ Already much interest and * w--P antomime> and otner productions. curiosity have been aroused throughout AusWnliam, Anderson has booked Ballarat for Jralia. Christmas. It is a year since he was Itst It is not generally kuown that Major W. Tv? 1 !, ar< " then ft was *'' I'll1 ' 11 " The ss q uatt€r ' s !P. Drury, part author of "The Flag Lieu3Daii^..ter" and "The Village Blacksmith." tenant,"' the successful nautical play now * c , :mstmas De '-* putung in another being played bj Mr Cyril Maude in London, strong -dramatic organisation with new pieces. the Au=tr3'ian rights of which have been During her tour in Amerieu. -.nd subse- J secured by Mr J. C. Williamson. i 3 an Aubquently in Australia, Madame Meiba will be \ tralian, a native of Quesns'and. Major accompanied by Miss Agnes Murphy as secie- > Drury joined the Bnti?h navy 20 years as«. tary. Miss Murphy, who was at one time on i He ha 9 held several important po=it.iona in Ihe staff of Melbourne Punch, accompanied | Egypi* and was Governor of Fashoda during the Australian diva on her first tour after ! the time of the war 111 Egypt. Major Drury acquiring famer j v-pited Australia, only last year. "The Night Birds of London" ha 3 proved j It is probable that Melbourne will be «, thorough boom at the King's^ Melbourne, visited shortly by an epidemic of punsters The gTeat gas explosion nightly gains rounds all exercising their ingenuity in findir"? siiitof applause, and the fight in the first act is able phrases upon which to work in thp * fine piece of working; while the escape names of the two "boys" of "Jack and of the Children from the roof never fails to Jill " with reference to its being an all thrill the audience. "star" company. Both of them are Stella — Mr George Titheradge, who was overtaken Stella Gastelle and Stella Selbourne — and by illness whilst with the Margaret Anglin the tempiation to play upon " ptellar " atCompany at Ballarat recently, is rapidly tractions and so en will be too great to be recovering his health in Sydney. He is 1 resisted. residing with his son-in-law, a medical man, | The Humphrey-Titheradge-Folker combma»nd fully expects to ba able to resume his ' tion comes into existence next Saturday place with the company shorJv. /Decembsr 19), when they leave on a New In a letter to Mt "Allan Hamilton, Mr Zealand tour, commencing in Wellington on Hugh Ward speaks^glowinglv of the success Boxing night. With three such nanusß at his company achieved during its week's sea- * ne head of the bill, and a reoertoire which son in Colombo. Then followed four nights includes " The Thief," " The. Taming of the in Madras, and a fortnight in" Bombay Shrew." "Twelfth Night" "The Village •About this time the company will have ' Priest." and possibly " Camille," playgoers begun a. two-mo-n.hs' siay in Calcutta I°i c Dominion are evidently in for a most Pollard's Juvenile Opera Company, under I interesting and attractive season. William Anderson's direction, is " tonn«» i Tae Art 9 an< * Crafts Exhibition opened in W.A. to particularly good busmen. At Kaf- ! Melbourne was enriched by a panel of wood goorlie ihe organisation made a deeded h:t ' carving most artistically done by Mr Julius attracting crowded houses during the whole Knight, the subject being Miss Marrill's season at Anderson's new Cremorne Theairo picture of " Love Locked Out." It is- worth A season at Fremantle commences this week noting how many players turn to art in Mr Charles Vane, recently of Messrs Mey- their spare moments. Mr Knight both nell and Gnun's Dramatic Company, is now sculpts aid carves, Mr Gilbert photographs, in India playing lead in the Bandmann Mr J M Campbell designs posters, Mr Comedy Company. Miss Florence Hamer. Victor Loyd-i'l and Mr W. S. Percy both also well known to the Australian stage, was ai an « haunt the paint frame, and many billed to play the principal female part in 1 o^ers also have an artistic hobby "The Scarlet Pimpernel," which ww pro- T A «drew Mack, the clever impersonator of duced later by the Bandmann Company. Imn painters »1» toured New Zealand Robert Mantell, an American actor, -^11 rTr, " g °\ 1" it?" V Tf U^A^Jt probably start on an ambition* tour no*t | «Plenduuj -mounted walking-stick m*de fsays

the Boston Globe), from -one of -ihe timbers of the old whaling ship which conveyed the late John Boyle O'Reilly, after his escape from the penal colony in Australia, to America. The stick was the gift of Captain HenTy S. Hathaway, of New xSedford, who was instrumental in bringing the patriot poet to the United States. William Anderson's dramatic organisation opened with "The Squatter's Daughter" in ' Christchurch (N.Z.) to an overflowing house. After Christchurch a trip up the West Coast 'will t be ' made. For the this the already strong repertoire of the company will be augmented. In addition to "The Squatter's Daughter," "The V ll!a ? & Blacksmith, ' Tlie Face at the Window," "When London Sleeps," and "Thunderbolt" will be piesen ted." It is the first time such a large organisation as Mt Anderson's has toured the Wes., Coast. The Ada Cros.sley Company has had a change in baritones since its West Australian tour. While there Mr Hamilton Earle received word by cable that his presence was urgently required in London in connection with some private business, and had reluctantly to sever his connection with the company. His place w«s immediately filled by J. C. Williamson by tho engagement of Jay Ryan, the young Irish baritone who was brought out specially to play Danny Mann in " The Lily of Killarney," and appeared to such marked advantage ir it both in Melbourne and Sydney. Miss Anglin, when she returns to America, will commence her season in "The Awakening of Helena Ritchie." It is likely that the distinguished artist may appear in that country Lv a round of Shakespeare's heroines, and supported, her manager says, by a company of the best available actors and actresses. Miss Anglin hopes to return to Australia at some later date, and when she does come she will bring her Shakesjeaxean repertory, which will- probably include "Much Ado About Nothing." "Cy.mbeline." "The Winter's Tale," "As You Like It." "Twelfth Night," and "Love's Labour Lost."