AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 62, 25 May 1928, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE. “DEARIE.” William Collier, Jr,, appearing; in support of Irene Rich in “Dtpine,” tlie Warner Master Picture now at 1 /:je 'Kiiug’sj Th.eia.tiit 1, was 'born i;n New York city. He is the son or William Collier, the celebrated ac- | tor and producer, who was in Aus- | tralia years ago, and of Paula. M ; .irr, j In's ■loading lady.- William, Junior, j w«is educated- at New Pork Colleg- , iate preparatory Schools and De L)i Salle Academy and come to Hollyj wood in 1914. Pour years later be i was featured by Thomas luce in [■'die Bugle Cadi.” Other pictures in which die played are “Enemies of Women,” “The Eighth,buso by t;ho Sea,” “Devil’s Cargo,” “The Wanderer,” “Just Another Blond,” “Con voy,” and ‘The Sunset Derby.” AS-SHETON-SCHVVARTZ PROGRAMME. Of all visiting artists now touring the world, none bring to the lovers of good music , programmes so full of human interest and colour as Dawn Assjheton, Ping]ami’s- premier coloratura sopiHno and folksong singer, and Laszlo Schwartz, the eminent Hungarian violinist composer, who will appear at the Town Hall, Stratford, on 2Gth instant. Not only are these musical treats novel because. Miss Assheton prerents songs of every musical land in the picturesque costumes from those ■ mmtries, but also because she is also known as one of the greatest living •mimics in the musical world. The amazing range of three oeff’-ve-s helps her to render the most difficult operatic coloratura, arias from Travia.ta, ‘The Barber of Seville,’, ‘M : ' non,’ etc., with playful ease and brilliancy. In the following group the famous English singer presents songs of India, Persia, Burma., in a. costume t.R it completes the illn.nion crested by the plaintiff songs ot the Past. These are contrasted by the miaint, humorous songs of’China and Japan, bringing tb the hearer a musical picture 'entirely new. Miss Assheton also presents Hungarian j■ rt songs never before beam’d by English music lovers. L-auzlo Schwartz, the eminent Hungarian violinist and composer, also odds much to the novel character ot the ’programme. with his own compositions, spirited Hungarian; and Slavonic folk music, nnd a. few’of his latest songs composed for Dawn Assheton.' The trying accompaniments have been entrusted .to Clyde Bell. Sneaking of the first concert given in New Zealand at the Town Hall, Wellington, the “Wellington Evenring Post” reported a, 9 follows; - “Dawn Assheton has not ,only a beautiful voice but uncanny interpretive power land a manner of .‘speaking with the fans,’ to give point to her words worthv of a great actress, and when with Laszlo Schwartz, the Hungarian violinist composer, she applied herself to the task of reechoing the joys and sorrows of many countries _ m songf the result was one of fasexmvtion and charm which tlio ready apidanse of a crowded house was ample tribute.”