STAGE FROM THE STALLS

Southland Times, Issue 17630, 15 January 1916, Page 11

STAGE FROM THE STALLS

MUNICIPAL THJiATKE BOOKINGS. March 17 —J. McNamara (pencilled). June 1 to 4. —Boxing Association (pen). Juna 8 and O—J. Wallen (pencilled). July 12—Orange Lodge (pencilled), August 10 to 21— K. J. Carroll (pen), Nov. 23 and 24—K, J. Carroll (pen). POPULAR PALACE. Continuous Pictures, 2 to 7., 7 to 10. GRAND THEATRE. Continuous Pictures, 2 to 5, 7 to 10. "The Rosary" was revived in Sydney at Christmas time with Harrington Reynolds once more its Gather Kelly. Ptnl Stanhope t t'ree t'onsand feet high) and his I'lirlesapie company are hack : *t til'- 1 I) Jo 11 Tl!r;l i ri-.. -Melbourne, again after a 12 months' tour of the Culler eireait. in which they gave no fewer than I in marine,- and evening perfor Inances. Kor I lie product ion ~f I I;,. ivitf ja 1 "Under -nr,-," at tin- Theatre Royal, Mel' hoitrne. tlm o relies] ra has 1,.-e n replaced by a military hand that renders appropriate martial nntsiv. Tii- I.and also furnishes the tnttsje rendered on tinstage tint ing the performa nee. A four of Australia and New Zealand will be coin trn-nee,) next month by Mr Kill? As it men 11 Dart but, thr- llritish war correspondent, whose lectures in London on the Dardanelles campaign im’. e attracted so nineli attention. .Mr llartb-tl was during several months the representative of the llritish met fopol i lan press in Gallipoli, atnl in his lectures he will relate som. of the tinailing ,-xp, rh-tie.-s which In- met while tierforming his duties. The tour will 1,,- under tin- direction of .M'-ssrs .1. and X. Tail. 1 "s‘o Long, Deity," the A niifican ninsjcal play at Her Majesty's, .Sydney, has hit playgoers hard in the Harhour City. Livelier and friskier titan "High .links," and is crowded with bright and merry fra I tires of the type that go to make tip the hustling American revue. The fatuous English comedienne, Connie Edi;-s, ft "tit l if Gaiety, London, has scored a uoiniph in "So I.one, 1,et.1y," the east of which also include?. Dorothy Brunton. 1 mid I'isli.-r, and < '. 11, Workman. iSomeone who was sceptical as to the effect of the rushing wind that stve-ns ,i' r . ‘it I b. e v i 11 a gc i 11 " .M o 111 ♦ ■ r t I oo sr " at Her -Majesty's, .Melbourne, sal in ImCron t •stalls at ;t p.-rfoniiatiee the ■ n.ghl. and threw ills hat mi to tier stage, H was caught in the whirlwind, span a round like a feather, limn flew tip it,to lie: air and disappeared, amidst the laughter and applause of tin- audience. t, h.-'c a n e It 11 y a 11 i' i' ■ i i battered hit was rest ori ,1 1“ I hi- ~ ■ \ m-,-' ' Twin It.-d.-" m.i j ,j... b'li at ip.- I -tirrioe. Eydn.- . 1,1 . at, t -on :n i i- tin r( • r j j. I i..,, a m, I u-, j n-, 1 w pew I -i t'l e,in’. Ip, pr, -e p ; c ,] b's .1, William; on';. e.-,e : re; n;. . ,\1 ,- I 1., I, ID pulton, t h Vi-1- a for of < f p;,.. i, r M , W.iM jligfind, a I ■ t. ■ I. . I! rnc hods arc . a.-I .•■id nainra!. yet his performance nivri.',- .drongly re.i-r t:,, footlights. Mvrll" Ta. 1111 i ill, tin- leading lad., won instant popn ia t j I y also; and Otlfi.' in tin- rad were .Signor ,\ r . dizonl, t'• • 1 i t Ghihiiii. Xatteve sti wait, ■md Dot! lid Bowles, who is ai,-,, t i, f . p,,,M is.- Edna Ki■. I,■ \ , tj;.. leading la dy of the Allen I u mie i 1111111 any, is looking forward t • • a sf"rl holiday trip to ,\m..r ; , a.' hieli sie i 1111 ■ 11 d s entering ntioti wu bin I he i ■, ■ v I I'l w « ee !■: s. .Miss Keel. wiir D -i nil i 11 "i lee A n nt.-s, m i ,

fornin, has not been home for seve.ral years, and is naturally very anxious to see her friends end relatives attain. She is firm, hnwover, in her intention of returning to Australia within a couple of months, for. having made so many friends here, she now looks upon the GommonweaUh as ttie country of her adoption. Mr Doone will also shortly leave for America, where business interests require his presence. He will only he on American soil for a few days, and hones to return to Australia by the. same steamer on which tie leaves these shores.

The visit of Miss Muriel Starr to Australia and New Zealand was originally intended to lie for six months, but it is now nearly thre years since she arrived in Australia. At the conclusion of the present season in New Ze.a.land Miss Starr will return to America, hut she intends to pay another visit to the -Australasian stage before long. Last April Miss Starr suffered an attack of appendicitis, and had to undergo an operation. She was only away from her work for three weeks, and except for that time she lias not missed a night’s performance in the three years of Iter visit. The modern producer has to possess an intimate and expert knowledge of a w ide and varied character. For example: George Barnurn, who produced for J. G. Williamson, Ltd., the great war play Tinder Fire," at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, found it necessary to know how ha.nd grenades are thrown; what the interior of a bomb-proof shelter is like; hew guns sound in the distance and as they come nearer; the method of taking the correct range for the guns; a.ml even to reproduce the noise made by an aerophene, a bursting shell, or the. scream of a bullet. “For the time being,’’ said Mr Camum, “f had to become a regular expert in munitions and a drill instructor as well, for every detail had to pass the inspection of the critical eyes of the military men in front I don't think I have ever staged a play that made more exacting demands on the producer than “T’nder iFra.” ” It might he mentioned that to hear the noise of an aeroplane travelling overhead with a view to reproducing it In ’’Under Fire," Mr Barnum had to travel all the way to the Military Aerodrome at Point Gook.

“Beg o’ My Heart,’ the -wonderful little [day whieli has captivated thousands of people in Great Britain and America. will pe, produced in Sydney next Easter under the J. and N. Tail direction. The piece, whieli presents in an irresistible manner the humour, wit, and pathos of an Irish-Arnerican girl in the somewhat frigid atmosphere of an English household, was written by J. Hartley Manners. It ran for over GUO nights at the Cort Theatre, New York; its record for London was over 700 performances, and is still running; while it has been continuously on tour in America and the British Isles for over three years. In Australasia Ihe play will be presented by a company headed by Miss Sarah Allgood, who has made a. reputation as leading lady of the Irish players, and has played the part of Peg witli success all over England. A remarkable success has been achieved by Hale Hamilton, the creator of Get-Rleh-Quiek AVallingford, who Ls playing the star part in the lively farce, “Twin Beds,’ at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney. Mr Hamilton is described ns :i.n actor remarkably easy in his methods, and full of naturalness and .spontaneous humour, lie is of the plump type. Miss Myrtle Taiinehill also scored heavily. .Air Hamilton and Miss Tarmehill will play in Australia, a series of farces in whieli they will enact the roles of the type made familiar by Fred Niblo and Josephine Golem. After their success in America in "Get-Rich-l/uiek Availingford,’’ Air Hamilton and Miss Tannelull, who is his wifi- sailed for London, where they reheated tln-ir sun-ess in “Walling, ford," and subsequently produced, under their own management, “The Fortune Hunter.” TtelA rring recently to Ihe popularity of American plays in London, the Daily Mail said:—The chief reason for Ihe hold of plays from America over London theatre-goers at this moment is that (lie war has simplified popular emotions and that the American playwrights are a ;-inode people. We mean that they get lb. : r effects ill tin- most direct way. T’ " detective [days are genuine "tlii-il-1. Their comedies are a bustle of a- i -Ity and high spirits. When they hit sentimental there is no mistaking it: Ho- appeal is as frank and naive as anything could be. And when they are humorous their touch is equally sure ami exhilarating. There is not much thought and nothing "educational” in (bcii- Hols: hot there is a movement and kindlim-ss and “go" about then that exact B no ets tie- mood of wartime. The var has brought us down to the elemental things, nod the tlo-atn-, like every ■l l ill i ■ i ii,--1 iI u I ion, most respond lo the c Lange,