... THE STAGE. LMR. SIMS REEES'S FAREWELL. The following are the lines (written for the occa- sion by Mr. ?? H. Pollock) which Mr. Henry Irving spoke at Mr. Sims Reeves's farewell concert at the Royal Albert Ball, London, on Monday night:- Oft have these ...

... unusuall large audience gathered together in the anticipation of a programme of great attractiveness. Mr. Cross does much to keep alive the popular interest in Handel's mlusic. The choruses of Samson, which move in the massive and melodious manner charateristio ...

... ht-foner.a xf series of scones more or lose ele.ly onn-erned if ntile turf, and it may be fairly ad mitted ththat ir- . re;t onee ?? thp aieds suafed it, it thoroughly alive, although 1)y hr -s tiha' arC amore expedient ?? atistie. It is this otsnata o ntt-rest ...

... A STAGE MANAGER ON STAGE COSTUMES. In reply to the Lord Chamberlain'$ elreular, Mr. George J. Vining, lessee and manager of ?? Theatre, has sent a letter to Lord Syduey, in which he says: For some years I have neither produced pantomine nor bur. lesqueat ...

... desire(l. not only for the sake of authot of aund manager, but in order that its admitted defects l1s5 of dramatic technique may not keep away the large 1 a number of playgoers who could not fail to find its 1n structural faults moane than compensated for bky ...

... reception. By the way, it may not be generally known that Dickens intended A Tale of Two Cities for the stage before he published it in book form, and submitted it to a French friend for production on the Parisian stage. The French censor -it was during ...

... Such an en- tirely human and natural crowd has hardly ever before I been seen on any stage. Its naturalness has been drilled into it to the highest perfection of art. Its emotions were swayed this way and that by the elo- quence of Antonius, and were ...

... living at this honut; .England hath need of thee.' Tf politisi nre to come on to tho stage, we bog that historical truth may be preserved, aiid the mighty deald may n ot be vilified. ...

... ellanlctcr of lie1 IlusbNand's past life is wonderfully successful. Miss May Harvey gives a touching representations of the character of Janet PIrces. Miss DoloIes Drumniond aid m Iiss May Wlhitt- well suistain the parts respectively of MMr. Stoileh:ia- and ...

... STAGE MORALITY. Another great outcry against stage v indecency has been raised in London within t] the last few days. Mr. Boucicault, who rl has created for the play-going public so c many sensations has now produced one 0 for the critics. le has ventured ...

... [ SOCIETY AND THE STAGE.. (fltOM GEE L0ThO CORBESPOfENCD E OP To ATYCEEST E Z ArAAIJ D .SfMB&] The majority of the audience at the Vegetarian 1 Conference were ladies, among them Louise Michel, I who spoke in French in praise of vegetarianism at the breakfast ...

... perhaps may never achieve, this high endeavour; but like most earnest workers he has doubtless greatly gained by having ever before him a noble ideal. It is pleasant to be able to say unreservedly that whatever popularity the Middleman may earn in the ...