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THEATRES, &c

... THEATRES. &a. Adelphi-When Frankenstein manufactured his monster, the anatomical, mechanical, and physiological secrets that were em- plowed to make up the living mockery 'of humanity might have moade an interesting catalogue, had Mrs. Shelley thought it deaiiable to publish her process for the benefit of those curious in such experi. ?? generally. The mode of manufacturing a stage Irishman, ...

Published: Sunday 24 August 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 828 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... PROVINCIAL , THEATRICOALS. I * (5051 'ou OWN 0ORR XssoifDXXSJr LXJBRP1'OL. TmKtiaT5 EO6trA-We are glad to perceive that we ire to, be favorred with a'visit from Madame Celeste and Mir. .'esrhopeathe hos 'nMonday next. During theireangageinent Madamo Celetet and Mr, Webster will appear, in The Green .Buhea, -tan#e Pride, Like and Usslkiice and other popular Adeiphi .proi0lucions. *: . AcHTR ss. ...

Published: Sunday 24 August 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 5717 | Page: Page 11, 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

LITERATURE

... THE QUIADROON.,,t 7/ic Quazdroone, Or a lover's Aclventurcs in losi- 1-i .aiana. By CAPTrAIN MAYNE REID. Londion: G. fe W. Hvde. bi The lovers of romance are greatly indebted to ti Captain Reid for the vigouar with which lie wields n hiis prolific pen for their ainusenment and instruction.P Tie Rifle Rangi.ers, The Scalp Hunter, andl D The White Chief, have established his -eputa- le ...

THE ART-UNION OF LONDON

... THE ART-UW1IOXV OF LOYDON. . I 7 The private view of the pictures selected by the prize- IB holders of the Art-Union of London for 1854 took place on Saturday, at the Gallery of the British Institution. The exhibition consisted of 159 pictures in oil and water colours, together with impressions of prize engravings, bronzes, n parian groups, &c. The pi-tures, which had been selected trons the ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... ~-trFIEARY KXISOELLANU-. - .2 ~ 7 A M1NCRmLIAu. F-nSULY.-.The family received us with- out embarrassment, and I may saywith' grace and seeming satisfactibn, and made immediate preparations, in their rude way, to givenus something to eat. The master of the house.: was about, forty years of age, extremely homely, and severe looking;' while the most ?? 'Mnd interesting expression-in;perfect ...

LITERATURE

... LIT.ERA TUBB. The Sccenry of 61e'ce an id its Isiands. Illustrated by Fifty Views, sketched from Nature, executed on r steel, and described en route. With a Map of Country. By W1LLIAm LiNTOs. Published by the Author. We but too seldom regard Greece-actual Greece -from an artistic point of view, or try to realise the elaracteristics and exterier configurations of that ss land ot lost gods and ...

SKETCHES OF LONDON ACTORS

... NWIGAN. It is with acting as with the other fine arts; its Li masterpieces give pleasure to all, but not in the same Pa degree, nor on the same grounds. Vehement bursts IC of passion, indeed-sudden flashes of genius-touches It of nature that make the ?? world kin-aseert their sway alike over the cultivated and the uncul. A tivated; but in every performance that deserves the high praise of ...

LITERATURE

... L1-TEITURTE~ srl sUIALPINE KINGDOM. tb rips'-' Kir~qdoIi or vferiprerces ani t1( Srrs~,J'redrrr07tt, an Uerscra. By ba s.jeiix. London: Uhapmian and i'w~ teaoe title we aire presenited wt j jecodtolt, social anld Political, of thle '1u f Sarlm or the Sardiin ?? ~.~rr syei, rathier literar~y thlan official. .Aitlt r rearS, eveypoperly adopted riewhconsider the coun1try inl its refe- ii I. ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... LITERARY NISOELLANA WircficRAFTr-The punishment of witchcraft was first countensuited by the Church of Rome; and persons aus- pectoll of the crime have been subjected to the most cruel eadl unrelenting punishments. a In tens of thousands of 0sne3. the unfortunate victims~were burnt, alive, while Otiers were drowned by the test applied; for if, on being threwn into a pond, they did not sink, ...

THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION AT MANCHESTER

... THE ART TJREASEUPES EXHIBITIOX AT MAIJCJIESTER. !I ?? None but thre holders of season, tickets for the exhibition ?? anti at Manchester will be admitted to thle morning proceedings. Mailoers' The season tickets (giving exclnaive admission to the morn- poorer. fits for lug meeting, ass well as to any musical entertainments or ;ocic-ties illustrative lectures that may be given upon evenings dur- ...

SKETCHES OF LONDON ACTORS

... lt bn eight o'oek end sene eight htiidfl pi0pla . arf e theeogesther within the wa ells of the e Adelphi Theistre. The snelodramniate heroine has just rse m ade a maezamati hit, anti the audience, deeply am interested in her fr~tuntes, are dead silent. 8nddeily zt a totter arsesr, growing into a positive shout, aSJ a II ?? middlewaized man advantces dowvn the stage, di tskets two or three ...

BRADFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL

... - This festival began on Tuesday morning, and its ac mmencement augurs a result so successful as to render Bradford the permanent seat of one of the greatest pyeo1 cial music meetings of England. Like those of Birmin- barn and Norwich it is to be triennial; and this year It emulates the maguitude and importance of the greatest of them all, the Birmingham Festival its-lf. The arrange. mants are ...