AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 7 January 1911, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

VALDAKES AMD GARRISONS,

On Monday evening next the much-talked-of Valdares-Garrison Entertainers will open a one-night season at the TheatFe Royal, after completing record performances throughout the Dominion. : The combination is undoubtedly tile strongest that has toured the Dominion i for years, and the universal verdict in Auckland and Wellington was, "the finest programme of vaudeville ever presented in the centres." Mr. Jules Garrison, the celebrated American player, and his two Roman Maids are an entertainment in themselves, presenting all. that is new in the world of vaudeville in an original and refined manner. A novelty will be found in Reggiardo, tho human billiard table and light ana heavy-weight juggler, who introduces two of the cleverest trained dogs on the modern stage. Jimmie Mulligan, an American comedian, delights his audience with his unique style of humor, and his presence on the stage is the signal for continuous merriment. The four Valdares, who may safely be described as the world's greatest trick cyclists, are famous on every continent, and their daring and marvellous evolutions on a wheel or wheels are a finished and graceful performance. There will be only one chance to see this talented company, the occasion being next Monday night. The box plan is open at Colliers. LAWRENCE CAMPBELL, ENTERTAINER. Elocution has been termed mere artificial ornamentation, and not in very truth the "Art which holds the mirror up to nature." Surely expressive gesture seems but little with which to draw smiles of joy and tears of sadness. Lawrence Campbell does this, and with an ease that conceals his art. He is unquestionably one of the finest exponents of dramatic art that has visited the Dominion. His repertoire is wonderfully i varied. In Julius Caesar and Henry Vin. his performances are of the highest order, and he displays an earnestness of purpose that an intelligent public will appreciate. Every sentence is delightfully moulded, and to each word is assigned its proper value, and he pi'Qduces no melodramatic ranting and raving. In fact, in all his selections from Shakespeare lie is magnificent, and maintains a perfect standard of classic elocution. It requires a great personality, power and training to come up smiling every evening and send an audience home charged with laughter, good-fel-lowship and kindliness. M. Ossipoff, who accompanies Mr.' Campbell on his tour, besides being intensely emotional and dramatic in style, has a very full baritone voice of remarkable compass, and he can take an "A" in alt or a "D" below with equal case. In fact, his immense high ' - G's" have excited and enthused all song lovers who have heard him. In his rendering of "On the Blue Wave," a ballad by Gordon, he exhibits a range over two octaves. Both Miss Rence Lees and Mrs. Shaw Mayer are most accomplished musicians, and support Mr. Campbell and M. Ossipoff in their specialities. Not since Mel. B. Spurr's visit has New Plymouth had a' chance of hearing such elocution and monologue entertaining as Mr. Campbell promises. As for M. Ossipoff, he is an assured success, and his future should be watched. Suffice, he comes from the Grand Opera, Moscow.