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EXTORTIONS AT AMUSEMENTS

... TO TEE EDITOR OF TEE EBRA. Sir,-I cannot but admire the policy adopted by MR. ALBERT SxITH at his popular and most successful entertainment of an- nihilating all those gross impositions which assail the visitor to a theatre at every turning he may take in the building. I can call it by no milder name than imposition, and one, too, which has nothing to hack it but the most stupid of reasns-old ...

Published: Sunday 24 September 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 932 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LATE ROYAL OPERA, AND Arrest of Madame Caradori

... THE LATE ROYAL OPERRA,' AND Arzest of Madame Caradori. 23enjamin Sloman, surrendered 'on Thursday, at the Central Criminal Court, to take his trial upon an indictment which charged him with the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury.. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry were counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for. the defendant, Mr. Ballantine, in opening the case to the jury, said ...

Published: Sunday 24 September 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3059 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS AT LIVERPOOL

... K r i 1, ) ?? : : fix tgaw AF IT ,gKP#~4Qp * (?UO( qua QOF 9 QBREkSOwD5N5) 'E~T o74~.-7`isi Glyn bpn ~re oni Mondiay eynip i .iEi. -Her enftring'of Bianca i* powerful and impressive,'bubt the ieet ?? in the:same oha'racaertpiddabid an impresiibn'whiohi Mis. Glyn scareelyrealized, lt i9 not'ourintea. timtnstooifarsge' the'achuowledgedab iljties of an actreas who bh ?? heraglf . peqrmanept ...

Published: Sunday 19 February 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 952 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... (now ova owireciaVntiom5.) AvnoN.-Gi Ila~ was produced last Saturday week to a crowded house, Mrs. J. Harding appearing In the part of the Robber; Boy. This lady is rising in public estimation. Baa TON.-'heatre Rbyal.-(Lessee) Mr. H. E. Nye.)-The Sea5 of Ilco has bieon, the principal attraction during the week, and the ocncfets surpass anything of the kind hitherto produced at this tbeatre. ...

Published: Sunday 15 October 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1707 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SADLER'S' WELLS

... I[I PERICLES. The ?? last Saturday night at this theitrebrought together not only one of the largest assemblages ever packed within ts walls, but a number of those celebrities associated with Shaks- perian criticism that give to the event additional interest. The exact share that our great dramatist had In its compoeition ltualwaye furnished a fertile source of diseussion to his commentators, ...

Published: Sunday 22 October 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1520 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

WHITSUNTIDE AMUSEMENTS

... WIIITSUNTIDE AMUSEMENTS. I LYCEUM. AdThe onl1y novelty at the Lyceum last night was Isthe reappearance of Mr. Charles Mathws after the nume- rous reports circulated as to his final 5Ocession from Tie theatre. HO looked exceedingly well, had grown stout, ig end- appeared to be on the beat possikle terms with h1imiselt Lduad. his. audience. The piece Selected for the opening night was Bejb~re ...

MUSIC

... II J tt8 *1 ?? 9 ; -Tjo jUA ;e o, proiani 1 ?? prcspeetuv, of Ethe £pproaehing. S05onl 01 t6 loygla ;is r. Opert,;w~lohis t~ouxmwooij Thuriday! tlhe 60th of this' ?? d~esign0 this eAIlyzlg, ~taEi meut.~ t It'is -tated.,that th groat arst Mad~n7i ardotj . t Xana,'4enbte tthree year8will etur ?? 3n4ro itv I ?? s;;t i X tlhe et 'the Boya talnOpera. UgNpetr ?? zswul I !1~ forth. flWtfA ,t ; of ...

DRAMA

... 11 .I BR A-f. Yrni a,; bu6 m stre ss tries to ref b~ im , b ut Os to depart, ainc shb resolves tn preiet ae pay dU6 to him which he pdquf for Ahe. 'uI nuyrim to :get .his order tresury. , -,He theq . applie to the Ynt of' an old debt, whch the I refusesn butbwrhenik.he -lkns tbe h - A, is wacted he ?? - y it OD La of the lover o - ,bu rd, - WhDS suitcr. Basied t i ce, the *iritfun AnoAymous ...

LITRATURE

... LITBRA TURE. SERIALS. The late volume of 4Bohn's British Classics contains Burke's Life by Prior. It is well known to the admirers of the great statesman, and is a valu- ble help to the politics of the times. Without beiag brilliant, it is faithful and painstaking. The author has diligently collected materials from all the known sources, and the biography-although a laboured panegyr c-is ...

DRAMA

... PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This theatre opened for the season last night with a new drama in three acts, by Mr. Douglas Jerrold, called X Reart of Gold. An original play by so eminent an author is an occurrence of no common interest; the house, consequently, was crowded, and i the piece met with a reception which showed that the audience did not feel themselves disappointed. The plot of the piece is ...

THE FINE ARTS

... Wnar turns all thoughts to the sea; the current of events again emphatically reminds us that we are a people who in peace or war work chiefly on great waters ; and the representation of our national art would be indeed imperfect if it included no fine works by our sea painters. Mr Stan- field, who is in his own way ruler of the waves, displays his mastery in three pictures which are finished ...

LITERATURE

... Tnx NEWCOOMflE. No. io. December, 1854. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bonverio-street. The principal feature in this number of Mr. Thackeray's work is a cleaver exhibition of the fermentation in both Clive and Ethel Newcome's hearts, as those two chief characters in the story writhe, self-tortured by the affection for each other to which they will not abandon themselves. Much as we admire the ...

Published: Sunday 17 December 1854
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2195 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture