... . On Wednesday evening Messrs. Frank Curzon and Charles Frohman presented here the American farcical comedy in three acts, written by Mr. Richard Harding Davis, and called The Dictator. We have had farcical comedies from America before now, and have found them to be very small beer but here was the genuine article, frothy, of course, but bright, sparkling, and exhilarating. The theatre rang ...

... . The Shakespeare festival week finished here on Saturday with a fine performance of Julivs Casar, Mr. Tree repeat ing his splendidly impressive impersonation ol Marcus Antonius and being particularly well supported by Mr. Basil Gill as Brutus, Mr. Lyn Harding as Cassius, Mr. Henry Neville as Ciesar, and Miss Frances Dillon as Portia. At the close of the performance, in response to a demand ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. MRS. DOT/' AT THE COMEDY THEATRE. MR. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM must be, or ought to be, making three or four times the income of a Cabinet Minister-- that, I believe, is the usual way of com paring incomes. It is, of course, rather personal to touch upon the subject, but the author of all our pieces just now will forgive me since I write in congratulation, and because his name ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. MR. POPPLE, AT THE APOLLO THEATRE. Mr. Popple must be doing very well at the Apollo. After several trials we found that there was no chance of finding an unhooked seat in the evening, and so had to fall back upon a matinie. And it will scarcely be believed that all the prayers and protests of public and Press notwithstanding-- nine-tenths of the women throughout the ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. MY WIFE, AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE. WE saw My Wife at a répétition générale-- which may be regarded as a performance sandwiched between the last full rehearsal and the normal first night. I am not sure that the répétition générale, as a rule, is worth all the nonsense that has been written of it. It takes place before an audience largely biassed from the side of ...

... . THE enjoyment that came of the production of Audran's comic opera, La Poupée, may now be renewed, for the merry work has been revived in its original English home with a completeness that augurs well for another pros perous run. On Tuesday evening, when the revival took place, there was a large audience, and enthusiasm pre vailed from start to finish, and it was nowhere greater than in the ...

... . MR. J. H. Leigh is evidently a firm believer in the theory that the way to command success is to deserve it, and for his devotion to the Bard, and his earnestness in the exploitation of his works he has the good wishes, and should have the support when possible, of all lovers of Shakespeare. A good many of these we know are grateful for the opportunity to witness the representation of that ...

... our CAPTIOUS critic. nnnWN THEATRE, PECKHAM. TO parody the country gentleman in Handy Andy, they have spoilt Peckham with their-- improvements. It is is only by looking for them now that one can find those pretty little dwellings among trees which, a few years ago, were as much a characteristic of the locality as was the tendency of their tenants to move off without paying their tradesmen. ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. LA FILLE DU TAMBOUR-MAJOR, AT THE SHAFTESBURY THEATRE. TO hear Offenbach's works at his champagney best, it must be with a French company. France alone has the secret still of the period in and for which they were written. The traditions of their time have been kept up over there by almost continuous revival, while elsewhere they seem to be pretty nearly lost. Our own ...

... The writer, Mr. Max Rittenberg, and the artist, Mr. George Morrow, have collaborated very amusingly in the series of notes upon sport, which have been republished from various journals in the present shilling volume. Mr. Max Rittenberg has know ledge, observation, and humour, and writes of most of our popular recreations as one who, having actually participated in their pleasures and ...

... . Dante kept up its popu larity to the last, a crowded audience witness ing the final representa tion at Old Drury on Saturday evening, when there was enthusiastic ap lause for Sir Henry Irving in his really striking por traiture of the Florentine hero who has such strange experiences on earth and in another place that is kept for wicked people. lhe eminent actor during the run of the play had ...

... . There was a full house at Wyndham s on the 16tlp inst. to see the last here of Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace, which, if not a great comedy, was decidedly an amusing one and sup plied Miss Mary Moore with a part in which she scored brilliantly. At the close of the performance Sir Charles Wyndham, having responded to several calls, yielded to the evident desire for a few words of farewell. He had ...