THEATRE ROYAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13653, 23 July 1908, Page 7

THEATRE ROYAL .

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The arlj. .-i-.ve ••.•\-(|uisii.'" whi.-h M.-sms Maclliahuu have adopted In (lill'ercnt ialtil. ll- pic Mire .-how il'.ill ■•' ln-l -. '* Ii"l all eXavj.eration. I 1.. V :...-. "ill, -.■,,,,-ly an .-<(,.:pii..n. .-.MliiiMi-, and ill.- -\.-.-|.. inn, |,:,v,- iii.-n!, i!,..l may I"- 'I. s.-i11..-.I In .-,i)n- -,„|„.- |,i,n of prai.-.-. as p.-ilhclic 1 ■ I*l- - urn. ii»;■ i- uir- .-.\..-ii,-in -,,- |.i.-iiii!-.-Hid. Tin- p10.111c.-ls "f ril!.-11i.i1i.»1.-||ill pi. I Hl.-s .-,!.• ian.-.i.-l:ii,g ih- «.>il.l for in.i u-iial Ir.mi lit-. and employing .1- v-i lll'aills l>> devise, made- possible by their niaiv.-llou> apparatus, and the application of ingenuity in combining fragments. liU<- or unlike, into cnngi uouwl.ol.s: :.n.l Mr Maemahon has nude ;. good sel.eiion from lh>- good llcnps now . :i\-:nl;iiil(- in ill.- lilm m.-i I l.i-l. And will, *:l powerful lepro,liner inn with pel led liy :• ii ele.iric in.,l or, ti«- is ,-li 1.11 rd.:,. .-l:ii,ii 111- liij.ii.->! |,r;ii* for 1,,s entertainment. I'l.liues .so steady, mi dear and Idelike, as the majority of 1.i,.| nighl's programme. liav.' never hern seen in Timaru before. Several of I hem, too. were hrauiilully coloured: t lie mimiie car.-b:-S!OWed (111 the lilltillg of hundreds ill tiny photographs w.i> ii>.eli" admirable. Highly interesting and instructive pictures were a car ii.ic ihnnigh Durban, and scries ai. a queer festival in I lie Hindoo colony of thai, cily : and pictures ol Japanese women at home. Marvellous "magic" lieis were n witchcraft drama in which beautiful woodland and theatrical scenery aliernared as iho background for

a quaint old folklore romance ; magic mirrors, and :i clever idea in " Palmistry." in which llu- fortune-idler's forecasts wire produced in actuality. A steeplecha.se film, was reinaikahh-- I'm- ihe astonishing fiiimher of falls. There never was in the

ival world a race in which so many clumsy hors.fi look ]>arl : yet. |ha falls wvie ;ill r.al. 'llia ex plana I ion, of course, of [he, unreal reality is that the lilm is made up of falls liom many steeplechases. A number of the films are of the comic order, and they arc all very clever and diverting. Every i'eni was well ap planded, and those prestnl. nliorwauls spoke highly of rhe show. ■ To-nighb's progiamnve will compru-.e the gems of the leperroire. Among uiem may he mentioned a touching dramatic story

"The L'lown Doctor"; a romance, of Paris, "I'nor, hut hones-."; a great sporting picture, "Training a. 1 jotter"; a gorgvoitsly coloured spectacular pautoim-ue, "The, Harlequin's Eove (Story" and a number of diverting picture comedi-*.., ROTORUA MAORI ENTERTAINERS. Ke\re to liaud from the Rev. P. A. Bcnjie.t, and liin clever company of Maori euterta.ine.i6 speaks in glowing- terms of the ccrdiai leception they have received everywhere they have appeared. The cii>-lgeiic rmi.sical director, .Mr F. M. laoiu,, has schooled the choir up in such an extensive repertoire of pathetic and humorous pal\ songs, ijiuirtettes and planiarion melodkn that ■ three or four distinct programmes could easily be submitted without adding to their lib-t. It. huouiil be understood that ull these items art- rendered without inference i 0 mui-.ic; even the poi games cf the girls are accompanied by an invisible chorus, which adds an extra, charm H> the performance. Owing to the paucity of Maoris in the South ibiand compared with the A'or.Ji, very little-opportunity is offered to cee the native at his biiit, and though the South lupi liberally Mihscribed in linieii pai>! to '■(i»b -Native- Afiissions they have seldutii be n uti'ordwl (i pi-acticfiT jl'hintratioii of lio\v the iiluney lias been expended.. The cpjwtujiiiy will lie giv r en in-momiw e\en(iitS and ;ij art from the meriiii of ilie p,-r----f.umaiioe, which have'been ttniversaKy admi. ted. in the !\ui<tlt by J'rcui ami public alike, jt is (sincerely hoped thai, the Theatre will be crowded |o give the company an impaiiial hearing,

•J'HK AItIRRYMAKKitS. To genuinely amuse, and sustain a strong interest...with", the. average 'audience for over two horns,' requiies more than ordinary ability. The .Merrymakers' bright performances, which commence at the Theatre Royal on Monday next, duly 2/i'h," are de:,cribed ai, possessing every necessary fiualiiicaiion a,i legitimate vaudeville eiitertaineis. The performers are said to hays wrm their laurelis ill t|ie pj iiiejpal Londnii MieiU-i*s .tin] Ji.alis in musical comedy, hiirje.sque., arid variety business, the latter of a. high class order. Mr .]. -Nf, Campbell, the thief comedian, ki snid to ba irresistible in his Scotch impersonal ions anil gojieral tharaci<?|, studies. Mr Herbert Clayton, i.. is claimed, ranks o.s on« of London'.'* best bpt-ratio baritones, whdo Mr Sam VV'aUli, in musii,il sketches of the Uio.'Bmirh order, is rvporwd as exceedinglj- clever, Messrs Gavin Wood -and' Eric UWo Jtuve, both justified their English repntatimis iit Australia. Miss I'.etiy tthl's, in her clever r.ud quaint-; chai;tclc-r songs, greatly pleased the Australian pr«is. Misses Doris Lind and Elsie Williams dnnca and sing lute London successes. Seats may now be rweiyed (at no advanc-n in the ordiiiary price, 3s) fit, the Dresden, afid day and all ticket m# to tie had at K'nts-stiiu'*.