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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



Septeviher 1, 1913. 



orchestra consists of 75 members, the 

 artistes number 100. 



COSTLY FORGETFULNESS. 

 An extraordinary omission marred the 

 opening of Mdlle. Genee's season in 

 Adelaide. By some unexplained over- 

 sisfht the entire musical score was left 

 behind at Her Majesty's Theatre in Mel- 

 bourne, and was only missed during the 

 afternoon of the day the first perform- 

 ance was to be given. The crowd waited 

 jTatiently for admission whilst a frantic 

 search was made through trunks and 

 properties. It was not until the doors 

 should have opened that the waiting 

 crowds were informed of the mishap. 

 The resultant loss is variously estimated 

 at from ;^200 to ;^400. It is interesting 

 to learn that almost all the " Russian " 

 dancers come from Bohemia ! Whilst 

 Genee, Voloven and Halina Schmolz 

 are charming Australian audiences, Pav- 



lova and Nijinsky, and other Russian 

 dancers, are creating quite a furore in 

 London. X. Xijinsky has, indeed, for- 

 saken all the conventional methods, and 

 branched out into an entirely new line 

 of his own, returnmg to what may be 

 called the primitive st)-le. 



Fred. Xiblo returned to Melbourne 

 with " The Fortune Plunter," which is 

 drawing crowded houses. This play 

 gives the versatile actor more scope than 

 " Get-Rich-Ouick Wallingford." which 

 also had a most successful run. 



Melbourne will shortl\- welcome Lewis 

 Waller and his compan\'. Sydne\- has 

 been badly hit owing to the small-pox 

 epidemic, and nowhere is this more felt 

 than in places of amusement. The great 

 actor has been unfortunate in opening 

 his first season in Australia in such un- 

 fortunate circumstances. In spite of 

 this, though, he has been charming re- 

 spectable houses. 



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Melbourne recently had a " Wattle Day." raising over £2000 for the hospitals. The 

 above picture depicts a scene in London on Alexandra Day. when all society ladies and 

 the stage favourites vied with each other in selling roses for Queen Alexandra's Hospi- 

 tal Fund. 



