ENTERTAINMENTS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2654, 9 November 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS

POLLARD’S OPERA COMPANY

Mr. Fred. ML Duval, the touring manager of this popular combination, who has been associated with “Pollard” companies since the original one in 1879, is now in town arranging for the forthcoming visit here. As usual Mr. Pollard returns with new pieces and new faces. Among the latter is Air. Will Rayner, an English tenor, with a glorious voice and a lengthy. experience. The opening night is fixed for Alondav next, November 15th. and the season is limited to three nights. The initial attraction will be the first production hero by this company of Audran’s world-famed comic opera, “Olivette.” This is one of the most melodious of all light operas, and has been drawing crowded houses at His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland, where it ran far seven nights. On Tuesday we are promised another novelty in the first production here of Bucalossi’s celebrated comic opera, “The Black Cloaks.” Two special features will be introduced into this production, one being “The March of the Pages,” a stage spectacle of unusual magnificence and originality, and the other, the singing by.Aliss Cissie O’Keefe, the popular contralto of the company, of a new ballad, entitled “Maid of the Dear Eyes,” specially composed for this production by Mr Alfred Hill. On Wednesday the season will terminate with a mammoth vaudeville programme of over thirty numbers, most of them being new to local playgoers. The box plans for the season will be opened at Miller’s on. Thursday morning, when it, is safe to prophesy there will be a brisk demand for seats.

\ PATHE PICTURES

To-night a programme of unusual brilliancy will be shown at His Majesty’s Theatre by the Pathe Picture Company. - The finest sensational dramatic film is “The White Chief.” The race for life comprises a mad ga.lop l on horseback through * beautiful forest country, over ranges, and along' the bed of a river in flood, all tending to prove that this is one of the most moving pictures ever taken. “Tlio Human Sacrifice” is so full of emotional power that it enlists the sympathy and commands the heart interest of the audience from first to last, while at the same time it serves to convey a* valuable example of love and self-denial. The cinematograph is a cheap and popular substitute for a round-the-world tourist ticket nowadays, and the -film depicting life in Bombay is exceptionally interesting. One boards a tramcar without leaving the theatre, and can see one of the most interesting parts of India within the space of a few minutes. A picture which combines splendid photography with a singularly fascinating subject is entitled “Alothei Love in and is taken from life in the Zoological Gardens. There" is the usual comic lelief, and humor, pathos, and: tragedy are artistically blended throughout the programme. The great attraction to-night will he the comic singing contest, for which a large number of entries have already been received. The prize of a guinea will bo awarded according to the applause of the audiecne, and a good entertainment is to be expected.