THE THEATRES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 205, 3 October 1914, Page 13

THE THEATRES.

. THE GLOBE. The current programme at the Globe Theatre has been screened most successfully at the various sessions, "The Test,'' the feature drama, being especially attractive. This film, with the splendid supporting series, will be Bcreened finally this evening.

THE DANDIES. For four nights the '' Orange Dandies'' had 'provided mirth and enjoyment to many Christchurch people. Last evening they put on the third and last change for this week, and the new bill-of-fare must have proved not a whit less enjoyable to the large audience in the Opera House than its predecessors. From the chorus, "Hi Hi, Wake Up!" which '' The Dandies'' have all along retained as their opening item, everything in the programme had something which one could appreciate. Ample comedy was provided by Mr Roland Henry in "Our Wedding/" into which he sandwiched some most amusing patter. The audience wanted more of him, and lie perforce had to submit to their exactions. He also appeared with Mr Andrew Pace in a comedy duet, "So Very Refined," and in this scored equally well. Another excellent comedian was Mr Andrew Pace, whose first item was "•I Want to Go into the Beautiful Country." His success in this piece earned him more than one -recall. Mr Geo. Taylor sang " Ballymorry," something Irish, with plenty of '' catchiness," but the audience did not permit

him to depart after only one number. „ He was a very "dandified" soldier in "The Golfing Major/' in which item he was most ably assisted by Miss Naomi M'Quoin, as a particularly pert and Afresh" golf caddie. Miss M'Quoin also sang " Greenlßibbon." Mr David Lyle sang " Come Into the Garden, Maud," and sang it well. For a repeat item he gaye "Because," with equal success.. Mi* Harry Webster appeared to advantage in Navvy,'" and other items of a ragtime character.

Miss Ethel Walker's first number was "Ecstacy," aud it evoked from the audience a clamorous demand for moye. Miss Linda Brandf ord contributed 1 ' A Song of Thanksgiving," and with Mr David Lyle, "Beyond the Meadow Gate.'' The concerted items were all ■well rendered* particularly enjoyable being an operatic excerpt from ' 'The Bohemian Girl" by six members of the company. Another item (comic) which tickled the audience immensely was **Mosquitoes," by four Dandies. Altogether '' The Dandies,'' when they give their final performance. of the season to-night, can be said to have provided a very good week's amusement, and when they return to Christchurch on Thursday next to open for another six days they should be assured of bumper attendances at every performance. They deserve it.

SYDENHAM PICTURES. "A Deal with the Devil," and the splendid series of supporting pictures comprising the current programme at the Sydenham Picture Theatre, was screened again most successfully last evening. This B evening will be the last opportunity of witnessing this prof ramme, a new series being promised or Monday.,

THE COLOSSEUM. | j The very large audience which at- j tended the Colosseum last evening again j; witnessed "A Deal with the Devil" j I with much satisfaction. The film tells an j j imaginary story of a compact between |! Mephistopheles, King of the Under-! j world, and an ambitious medical stu- ! j dent. A splendid series of supporting . j pictures is shown in ' The Silver Snuffbox," "Among the Adirondack Moun- : tains," '' The Detective's Desperate j Chance," "Cowboy Clarence," "Three j of a Kind," and '' The Pathe Ga- ;; zette." The series will be screened fin- |! ally this evening. .

HIS MAJESTY'S. The noble story of Jeannie Deans as . set forth in the pictorial version of '' The Heart of Midlothian'' was again ' received with much appreciation by a very large audience last evening. "The Gaumont Graphic," "The Prairie Dog," "An Easter Lily,'' ' Life in the ; Philippines," and "A Modern Sam- j son" make up a splendid series of supporting pictures, which, together with the feature drama, will be screened finally this evening. Principal amongst new films to be : screened at His Majesty's Theatre on Monday night will' be a large patriotic ; compilation entitled "Europe in Peace and War." This is a fine motion panorama showing the countries, armies, and navies now at war, with some views of the actual scenes of hostilities. The j various sections include: Scenes on the j French frontier, Paris, Vienna, Bri- * tain's Tommy Atkins, British Army Manoeuvres, Guards, Life Guards, and , Highlanders, British Guardians of the Air, General French in France, Lord Kitchener (the man of the hour), ; Launching of the latest French- Dreadnought, French Artillery, Forces now fighting in the French lines, Heroes of Heligoland, Germany's "bottled-up in the Baltic'' fleet shelling a battleship, I showing 12 guns in action, the Indiaii i troops, and many others. Other pic- J tures for screening include a varied list of comedies, dramatic and topical, the j latter being the first of a series of au- I-I thentic war pictures. h

MISS DXJLCIE MITCHELL. v f !Next Monday week, October 12, Miss ; Dulcie Mitchell will give her promised j coneert at the Theatre Royal, and no • doubt music -lovers, of whom Christ- I church has a goodly number, will attend ! to able vocalist. Miss Dulcie' Mitchell is no newcomer oji thfe concert platform .or in opera, for she has understudied the principal contralto parts at Covent Garden, and appeared in such great operas as "Parsifal," ''De Valkyries," " Samson and Delilah," and "Kigoletto." She is also the holder of a. special teaching certificate from SirAlexander Mackenzie, principal of the Royal Academy of Music, London. Miss Mitehell will be assisted by the leading s local vocalists and musicians, so that! her concert should be entirely enjoyable.