ENTERTAINMENTS. ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1904, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS. ETC.

DAMPIER DRA*IATIC COMPANY Tho farewell performance of the Dampier Dramatic Company was given, at- -the Opera House on Saturday evening, the pby being a "detective drama" in five acts entitled "Prom Clue to Capture."' In this production the principal character, like Sherlock Holmes, is a specisUJet in crime. Tho play was weli received by the audience, Mr. Alfred Dampier and. Miss Lily Dampier coining in for «r special share of the applause. BENEFIT TO MR. AND MRS. GEO. DEAN. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dean, who have been a good deal in evidence before the footlights in Wellington ctating recent years, wore tendered: a benefit by a number of their friends, both professional I and amateur, in the Exchango Hall on Saturday evening. The ladies who assisted were Miss Beatrice Varfha. (sola I pjauiste), Miss Jessie Thorne (comedienne), Miss Hilda- Melder fpianiste), and Miss Ethel Gwynne (sketch artist). Musical items and recitals were gkcen, by Messrs. J. StilHng Duff, Dudley Trent,' Bob Hall, E. Hill, C. Naujoks, J. Williams, Fleming, and George Dean. In addition to these a number of amatenra assisted at tlie concert, which was attended by Sir Joseph Ward and a large •number of patrons, considering the rough stato of the weather. ; WIRTHS' CIRCUS. The progress of Wirth Bros.* Circus and Menagerie on Lambton-quay this morning was disturbed by the upsetting of a cage of monkeys near the Bank of Now Zealand. The monkeys, however, objected to "passing in their cheques" in this mauner, and chattorod volubly in protest till tho services of au elephant wore enlisted, and tlie cage was righted. To-day the canvas vras reared on- the allotment at the corner of Victoria-street and Cuba-street Extension. Herr Pagel, tbo strong- man, is b'dhd to lift a draught horse, afeo a lion, and to let thirty people see-saw on a plank fctaetebed across his chest. The ekisivq Howard Bros, aro still ihe mystifying element of the circus. The "Cherokee Kid" is warranted to lasso anything except a Japanese torpedo, and tie other artists are said to bo up to the standard. The circus will open to-night. The menagerie, said to be the largest travelling in the colonies, will be open to-morrow after* noon (independent of the cireos), admission sixpence. Tho tent is large enough to seat over 6000 people. Two motineen will be given, one oa Wednesday widvtfc* last on Saturday. HOLLOWAY'S DRAMATIC COMEAstoX' To-morrow night Mr. Charles HOBOway's Draraatio Company open afc the Opera House, wifch, "The Two Littfc "S*agabond9." Auckland repeats of the merits of this piece are v«jy favourable. Miss Beatrice Hotfowoy, who lends, p]ttss the part of a boy, and is said to act with; a graceful abandon, and a charming freshness. The play is out of tho beaten, track, and! Mr. Holloway., who returns* to this city after eleven yews' absence, should hare no reason, to regret hid visit,, Tho company also includes Mr. C. R. : ■Stanford, Mr, Vivian* Edwards, Mr. J. P, O'Neill, Mr. Godfrey Cass, Mr. Frank Hawthorne," Mies Irby Marshall, Miss Alice Doorwyu, Miss Sophie Lashmore, and Miss Ida Greshn.ni.