... and did verify each of my facts over and over agaim I should observe that I am not a' dramatic oritic, and that I visited Drury Lane without a thought of adding to the correspon- dence to which Mr. Bouoicault's bold experiment has given rise. Indeed, I ...

... Goodrick. hiRrc;R AND DISORDERLY.-Ja11e Haycock (25), prosti- tute, court, Drury Lane, was charged with being drunll snd disorderly, and with using ohscone language in Drury Lane. She was an old offender, and was committed for a monthb JUVENcLE TsstOEvs ...

... publishes a letter from Mr. F. B. Chat, terton, in which that gentleman says that, having been for seven years manager of Drury Lane Theatre, lie has for six years done his utmost to pro. vide the public with the legitimate drama. He has put his best ...

... vandalism could be prevented. There has been a tempest in a teapot about the play of Formosa, now being represented at Drury Lane, certain of the critics having spoken of the piece as one of an im- moral tendency. Perhaps the worst that can be brought ...

... Siddono, We learn from the London musical papers that the fhmous Polka IMazurka by Dewdrop.. 6s being played nightly at Drury Lane Theatre with great effeot and loudly applauded. MALns PoB AusTrALiA.-The next mails for Australia will be despatched from ...

... FOBRAOSA.1 : Iy Mr. P. B. Chatterton, of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, has addressed the foildwing.letter to the Tlie8: Sir -I do not wish to intrudoe on the.discussion ooncern- &i ?? isormilffect£of Mr. Boucicault's new play,' .Frormoa ?? manager ...

... idea of the Railroad to Ruin, but it is a different mratter at Drury Lane. Very young girls are not brought either to the Opera or to the entertainments of Mdmle. Schneider. Drury Lane always has been a sort of middle-class family house, patronized by ...

... has been supplanted by Boucicault. The proprietors of our theatres make no attempt to deny all this. Mr Chatter- ton, of Drury Lane Theatre, tells us that, after standing by the legitimate drama for seven years, he has been compelled, in order to escape ...

... lately a successful run at this theatre. However, the anti-climax holds good when we come to contrast Drury Lane with Macbeth on the boards, and Drury Lane with Formosa. Every day, according to Mr Chatterton, there is more money paid for boxes and stalls ...

... publishes a letter from Mr. F. B. Chatterton, in which that gentlemian says that, having been for seven years manager of Drury Lane Theatre, he has for six years done his utmost to provide the public with the legitimate, drama. He has put the best plays ...

... kind. As a rule, 'however, adverse criticism does not do gocd.to the thing 'criticised; and as a fact the attendance at Drury Lane has greatly diminished since the cotitroversy. We believe that the falling off in the numbers of the audience was first ...

... ugly facts iii support of the statement. Mr. Chatterton is not the only manager who has failed to make Shakspeare pay. A Drury Lane manager can only keel) himself going by a constant succession of very large audiences, and it must be admitted that there ...