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ADELPHI THEATRE

... MIr. DrcxrNS' S Crieicet uttered its second tlheatricevl chirp last evening, on the hearth of the Adelphi, the voice ot the moral iire-side preacher in question meeting with the heartiest ot admiring responses from all his iiuditors. The Adelphi version of Mr. DiceriiNs' story has been concocted by Mr. EDWARD STIIL1NO, and, Its a dramna, it was decidedly superior to that produced at the ...

A TREW AND RYGHTE EDYFYINGE BALLADDE:

... A TREW AND RYGII'I'B EDYFYINGE IBALLADDE: SHEW ING HOW A SBEDY YTOUNG MAN WOULD SELL HYS SOULE TO SATAN, AND WHAT FOLLOWED THEREFROM. A youthe there was of changefulle lotte, Now bryglite, now scedie brounie; Hee called hym selfe a kiddie swelle, And lived upon ye toune. Hys youthfulle pryme bee waisted alls In synne and godlesse revell; And oft played he unlawfull gaimes, And oft bee played ...

THE THEATRICAL EXAMINER

... I Romeo and Juliet has been played at the HAY. MARKET, with Miss Cushman in the part of Romeo, and her sister in that of Juliet. We ?? ourselves at present with a mention Die suc- cess that has attended the performane we will speak of it next week. . The introduction to the QDauy LANE pantomime is very good. It is the 6T4s ubject of Gulliver, with a new comment by fkWayne; with sundry groups ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... I lHE LITERARY EXAMINER. The Earl of Gowrie. A Tragledy, in Five Acts. By the Rev. James White. Newby. The Gowrie Conspiracy is one of the curi- ous problems of history. Mr Frazer Tytler has thrown most light upon it; but in the mystery which still involves the motives of the principal actors, the dramatist has excellent scope. On the other hand, the entire isolation of the affair from the ...

THEATRICALS

... THEATRICALS& Dnann3Y LANE.-The opera of mediatif and the pan- tornime have drawn capital houses during the past week, notwithstanding which, Mr. Bunn has engaged the supple Risley and his two sons for the extra enjoyment of the Christmas visitors, and their per- formances are introduced between the opera and the pantomime. There is ordinarily something very disagreeable in this class of ...

COURT AND FASHION

... ?? Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, and also by Sir Robert Gordon, took the diversion of shooting, in the neighborhood of Bagshot, in the forenoon. The Duke of Cambridge took leave of the Prince when the Royal party left off shooting. In the evening the Queen, at- tended by the Countess of Desart, walked to Adelaide Cottage, and afterwards promenaded in the pleasure-grounds around ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1812 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE THEATRES

... -H- I E THEATRES HAYMARKET.-One of the most exciting events chroniclsd in the annals of the British or any other stage occurred within these walls on Tuesday evening. The first comic troupe of the day abjured, for the nonce, their allegiance to Thalia, and the sock was exchanged for the buskin, The highest quarry, toe, Iwas aimed at in the resuscitation of Shakapere, not in the garbled text ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3100 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE MAGAZINES

... THE MAGAZINES- As coming events cast their shadows before, so have the newspapers of the last month or Iwo foretold in their adver. tisement the ad'vent of new periodicals. We are sorry for it, for it is this mass of periodical literature which fritters away the time, the genius, and thepowelS of our literary men, so that during thelast ten years there has scarcely been a single work pqb. ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3596 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA

... MUSIG AND THE DRAMA. I FOREICN CORRESPONDENCE AND MUsICAL. INTELLICENCE. (EXCLUSItyR PDo TEB ERA.) ITALIAN THEATRE.-An accredited rumor, some time since in general circulation, is now confirmed, that the director, M. Vatel, has signed a definitive engagement with Signor Moriani. The amateur tenor, Mario, is to yield the place which he has held by interim, to the finished artist whn alone is ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1551 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PEARLS FOR STRINGING

... PEARLS POR STRINGING. PRACTICAL WtSDOna.-BaCOII says, In this theatre of man's life, God and arigels only shotitld be lockers-on; that contemplatioe nand action outg)hr ever to be wilted, a conjonotioi like that of The teo highest pleats: Saturn. the planet of rest. anid Jupiter, the pit;oat of actior. It is in this corjanrttson which seentro s Batcot so desirable, that practical visedost ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... (FlROM OUR OWN 001L7SMIONDENT8.) Blsrsmt5GAm.-Then-atne of the pantomime here is Guy, Earl of.Warwiclr anti all that could be done in the way of scenery, dresses. properties, and tricks, was done by the spirited manager, Mr. Simpson, who, on the present as well as on for. muer occasions, has proved himself. capable of catering for the public's amusement. The merry group were admirably per. ...

Published: Sunday 04 January 1846
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1975 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY

... :FASn70H roR JANUARY. (From the Iolid of Fasiico.) EVENTNG D!3EsE5.-The following are tlte mos, e- vej ?? baoyd ?? appeared :-A cress of. white da. mask, crnbroidered in a lar:e Grecian desiass of hrancies of coral: trie corvgae poaill a la 1sa5heou, h:vt:1 Dread flaps, or basqre'. elicircled with the Caine ilad of em. |irsedery, anti georyodig rvery lee'eoverthchi-s. Anooher more ?? style of ...