CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 968, 24 September 1908, Page 18

CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

My Christchurch, dramatic correspondent writes: “ Humpty-Dumpty ” is jiis.t now the attraction at the Theatre Royal, and so far as gorgeous mounting, splendid dresses, startling effects go, is without a doubt, the most remarkable pantomime this city has'ever known. As to the “ plot” it' is simply non-existent. Its place is supplied by music-hall turns, dances, songs, and jokes, and so fast does' one feature ” follow another that the 'fun never flags for a moment. But of course you Aucklanders have seen the production, and so hardly require to be told any more about it. The Taylor-Carrington “ Humanised ” Pictures'at the Colosseum are filling that immense building nightly. The changes of bill are frequent, and the pictures are uniformly good—• hence the crowd to see them. The Wide World Pictures at the Opera House continue to be extremely popular, and this favourite place of amusement (large as it is) is hardly large enough to accommodate the public. The “ Scarlet Troubadours ** are billed to open at His Majesty’s this evening, Saturday, September 19th. Report speaks highly of the combination. The Prima Donna (Miss May Glenn) is from the London Lyric; Sydney Mannering was, until lately, principal tenor of the Moody-Manners Opera Co. (with which our old friend Charles Carter, erstwhile of the Pollards, is still associated), and Messrs Waltham and Cunningham were both members of the well-known London Meister Glee Singers, while Edgar Warnick is a society entertainer of repute. The Troubadours are touring under the direction of Mr Ed. Branscombe (once associated with the Westminster Glee Singers—a company of vocalists still well remembered in New Zealand.