LITERARY AND ARTISTIC GOSSIP
... MR. WALTER DYER, of Regent Street, will shortly publish Woodin's Whimsies, by W. S. Woodin (of the Egyptian Hall), profusely illustrated with original full-page coloured ...
... MR. WALTER DYER, of Regent Street, will shortly publish Woodin's Whimsies, by W. S. Woodin (of the Egyptian Hall), profusely illustrated with original full-page coloured ...
... V AMONG the holiday amusements that attracted the good people of London in days of yore were certain melo dramas, which were put on the stage with vast magni ficence, and in which fairy t ...
... MESSRS. BOOSEY AND CO. have published Six Songs by Jacques Offenbach, which are likely to make that much-abused and popular composer better known in cer tain quarters than he is at presen ...
... AMONG theatrical critics it remains a moot question whether Mr. Tom Taylor's new play, 'Twixt Axe and Crown, now acted at the QUEEN'S, will prove a permanent success or not. A drama in wh ...
... Mr. JOHN S. CLARKE, the American comedian, is an artist who does not recklessly vary his programme, but fully appreciates the value of runs. As Major de Boots he was so long before the p ...
... A period remarkable for the rapid succession of novelties has been followed by another equally remarkable for the rapid succession of revivals. Mr. Sothern's reappearance at the Haymarket ...
... THE two theatrical novelties of the week have been conveniently produced together at the Princess's Theatre. Both are the work of Mr. Boucicault, both are from the French, and, what is fa ...
... THE THEA TRES I HE many revivals by which the last few weeks have been distinguished have all proved more or less prosperous. At the Adelphi, Mr. H. J. Byron, to the part of Sir Simple Simple in Not s ...
... The important theatrical event of the week is the pro duction at the Adelphi of the Prompter's Box, the new drama by Mr. H. J. Byron, by whom and Mr. Benjamin Webster the principal parts ...
... IF we compare Mr. H. J. Byron's last new drama, The Prompted s Box, with the other pieces which he has pro duced since the day when his ambition to be something above a writer of burlesqu ...
... MR. BURNAND'S new burlesque at the STRAND is not only a complete success, but, judged by the peculiar canons of Strand extravaganzas, a well-deserved one. Sir George and a Dragon is no ne ...
... SOMEBODY has said that Easter is the only period of the year when managers of theatres have reason to rejoice over wet weather. The remark is true enough, but it re quires the explanation ...