... I'miitomillme from its thoroughllly EnhliSth ?? of view as an aid to industry. Fewv who lo i on at. the alltics of the harlequinade have any adewate conception of the time, trouble, and expense itf reiires to prepare what they many term tomfoolery, ...

... Pickle: and the pantomime Red Rdinog Hood, with Bliss Nelly Smith in her original character of Little Boy Blue. In the harlequinade she will also appear in her famous bicycle and archery scene. The extra- ordinary precocity and versatility of this child ...

... Queen; Miss Florrie Heywood is to play .Miss Mulfett; and the premiere danseuse is once more to 3be Miss Ida Bailey. In the harlequinade the principal artistes will be the Val Troupe, who, moreover, are to give an exhibition of their ability as skaters in ...

... effective, the costumes are picturesque, the characters ore well filled, the music is pretty, and last but not lesst the harlequinade is as comic as usual, At Betty's circus tin attractive pantomime called Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross is played ...

... are speciallly to be commended for their efforts ; and,- if the rumour pr~ove well founded that at Christmas an amateur harlequinade is to be added to A Pantomime' mue-al`iany who have seen it once will wish to see it again. Dnsr~a OF van EARa OF EsaRtou-The ...

... Dog e (duly muzzled, and dedicated to Sir Edward Henderson), e are all souress of much amusement, and Mr. Harry Payne's f harlequinade is well worth staying to see. A notable suc- 'J cess hals been achieved. A lifitle judicious compressing is t alone necessary ...

... indeed, produce grand fairy extravaganzas, but these appear to partake of the character of Easter pieces, and have no harlequinade. It is possible that the fact may be evidence of a change in the public taste. The opening of a new theatre within the ...

... disappointing as Blue Beard. The chorus seemed a little uncertain at times, but in a dlay or two that will be righted, and the harlequinade, -with Mr. Hal Forde as clown, can scarcely be improved upon. But the one feature of an excellently-mounted pantomine which ...

... Collins (Columbine), and a corps of twelve danseemeru (from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool), being the performers. In the harlequinade there is the usual amount of hilarity and fun, and the usual kind of tricks, with a few novelties. Air, B. Collins is clown ...

... from its remembrance some unfor- tunate incidents of 1S55, when he came out in meOM- morphoses enough to form a perfect harlequinade. He must really remember that, though twice sustained ill those difficulties, lie cannot play at politics as he would at ...

... postooned 1 ' The history of English pantomime, if it is ever I written, will be the history of the harlequinade, for in the golden age the harlequinade was the i pantomime. Its introduction to this country may be set down as partly accidental, for it ...

... of a young womn, to whom he had given one of the watches, attelipting to dispose of it at a jeweller's shop. While the harlequinade of the pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Dlundee, was being playsd on Saturday night, some person in the gallery raised the ...