... ITER AT TUR E. THE ART OF VENTRILOQUISM. Ily FREDERICK MAwCCBE. Frederick Warne and Co.-If any man has a special right to speak about the art of ventriloquism it should be that grand master of the mystery Mr Frederick Maccabh, who has collected in the ...

... last-named opeia was performed, with, perhaps, greater success than any other yet given by the company. The Cape journals speak in most enthusiastic terms of Mr Turner and the company. Every seat in the Albany Hall was taken several days in advance of ...

... night when he first performed in London. On that occasion we felt justified in according tim warm praise, and if we cannot speak quite so highly of his Macbeth there are reasons which will easily explain' the cause with- out any detriment to his ability ...

... Doctor Mangle was impersonated by Mr A. Young in a manner that would tempt us, were we not deterred by the punning allusion, to speak of it as a mangled delineation; and Mr F. Birch as Captain Fickleton left much to be desired. He, like many more of the amateur ...

... of the players of the company. 'Do not speak your speech, sir, in that drawling way,' said Barry in his energetic manner; 'look at me, sir; speak it in this ?? ransom home revolted Mortimer!-that's the way to speak it, sir.' To wchich the actor immediately ...

... BIJOU THEATRE. The extraordinary and altogether inexplicable mania for amateur dramatic performances which, comparatively speaking, has only recently presented itself in any formidable aspect, affords at present little or no promise of any speedy subsidence ...

... Homespun of Mr Mortimer had real intelli- gence and real humour. In fact, it was the only item of which we can speak without reserve. We must speak suit/i reserve of what followed the comedy, for, owing to the delay and the waits, it was as much as we could ...

... R1EALISM AND DRAIMATIC ART. (TO THIE EDITOR OF THE ERA.) Sir,- Burke, in his essay on the Sublime and Beautiful, speak- ing of vhalt he calls cstwpointl abstract atora(3, asserts that they are in reality but mere sounds. ''Sounds, he goes on to sy ...

... coisultation at the winges, but more frequently seated at a table with the book before him for constant reference. We are not speaking in disparage- ment of Mr Russell. Considering that lie undertook the part at a very short notice, lee did wonders with it ...

... discover an amount of freshness, delicacy, and refinement, a grace of conception, a quaintness of fancy, a wealth of poetry, speaking eloquently of the ability of the author, and of his value as a contributor to the literature of the stage. In Broken Hearts ...

... house, as in. the following year the 5lew (rand Opera House o0l tle Thttuames Eltibankiinnt is to be ready. dir Mapleson, speaking ?? of operatic prospects and particularly of tie new enter prise, pays a just tribute to Mr (Jhatterton in having for level ...

... talking, and singing as an aspiring domestic servant arrayed in her mistress's garments, and as a strong- minded female who speaks her mind freely about the men. Miss Silvano, a new serio-comic singer, acquits herself well. She has a good voice, which she ...