ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2416, 3 February 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

“MISS LANCASHIRE LIMITED.”

To-night at His Majesty’s Theatre, Miss Florence Baines makes her first appearance in Gisborne in the successful farce, “Miss Lancashire Limited.” Miss Baines started her theatrical career at an early age. When only 14 years old she took parts lin a wellknown opera company, and her ability was soon recognised by the theatrical managers. In a short time she had won a name in pantomime. .Cinderella was her (favorite character. Her first attempt at farce was in “The New Barmaid,” in which she acted the title ,role with great success, but she had a more ambitious aim in view and before long appeared in a play of her own, entitled “The Yankee Girl,” -with which she toured America. The w>lay met everywhere 'with a hearty reception, both in America and subsequently in England. After repeating her successes-on the music ball stage Miss Baines produced a :ketch in which she introduced the dialect of her native county—Lancashire. The London public, tired of the hackneyed dialects to .which they bad been treated for so many years, welcomed the innovation, and since that time Miss Baines has remained mi rivalled in Character sketches of Lancashire life. She will be supported by an entirely new company. The farce to be presented, which is interpolated with musical numbers, is declared "to be one of the very funniest vet seen in New Zealand, led by an entirely new company. No greater artist in her line has yet appeared in the Dominion. The box plan is at Mr. Miller’s. The programme to-night commences at eight o’clock punctuaJily.

AN EVENING WITH ROBERT BURNS. On Friday evening at S o’clock, in Whinray’s Hall, Miss Jean Howison, of Berth, Scotland, will give a dra-utie-recital from the works of Robert Burns. This notice- is from the “New York Times”: —tit is neither a lecture nor an evening of recitations with which Miss Howison entertains her audience, but an indescribably delightful blending of the two. Miss Howison is a cultured and educated woman, who understands whatever she undertakes. She has a good stage presence, a pleasing voice, rich and flexible, and at all times smooth, and an accent just Scotch enough to bring out the true beauties of Burns’ .poems. After Miss Howison has finished speaking of him, all previous lectures, (unless they tare very superior, will fade from memory. Throughout her talk ske kept, ever to the front his love, of freedom and humanity. Her recitations were aptly interspersed and given with rare sympathy and expression.” Mr. Johnston Brown will recite “Xlie Cottar's Saturday Night.”

COOPER IS 0 PERAiSCOBE. There was a fair house at the concluding performance given by Cooper’s Operascope* in His Majesty's Theatre last evening. A complete change of programme was submitted, and the films shown were "of considerable merit and variety. The majority of them were of a humorous description, and evoked hearty laughter from the audience, but many interesting descriptive pictures were shown. Miss Briglitfe Carlisle sang two seriocomic songs in fine style, and received a hearty recall on each ocasion. A short our of the country districts will be undertaken, and tlie Operascope will be slimvn to-night at Patutahi, and at Vaerenga-a-hika to-morrow evening.