... Sir Coatts Lindsay, in erecting the Grosvenor Gallery in Bu ndestreet, has possibly set the pattern of the picture gallery of the future. We enter his magnificenit Art temple, and are almost awed by the splendour of everything around us. From floor to roof we find something to attract the eye, and the aristo- cratic tone of the entire affair is carried out in the presence of a number of ...

... T HE DRAMA IN PAIt8 (FROM OUR OWN COllOEsPonswTl) PARIS, THURSDAY.-OPJ&RA COIQUE.-A neW one-ct opera, it cannot properly be styled a comic opera, lic been brought out at the Salle Favart. It is entitled Batd1,5, its libretto is from the pen of M. Blau, and its music is by vi Chaumet. Before bestowing on this unpretentious Work t-ad slight glance that it calls for I feel called upon to tell t1e ...

... )IR IIENRY IRYVING ON SHAKESPEARE. p,;r Iis second contribution to the Nineteenth Centmuy Mr Henry living has selected as the subjects of his Notes Hamlet and Ophelia, Act 3, Scene 1. He says- The first int, and one upon which differences of stage business have often tnrned, i s whether Hamlet knew throughout the scene that he was watched by the ?? and Polonius. Is he con- scious of this ...

... THE LONDON THEATRES Although the London season is rapidly advancing height the attendance ait most of the West-end Tb fit remains somewhat below the average. The W Tgn ieatr,, and the counteracting attraction of two Italian operos ciil sufficientlY account for the higher-priced porti ons of a Theatre exhibiting a diminishled amount of patronaage, and the perod preceding Whitsunlltide is always ...

... On the 1st of August, 1864, there was produced at the Princess's Theatre an exciting drama, written by Mr Bouci- cault, and entitled Thie Streets of sondtu. It was founded upon the French melodrama Les Paeuvres de Paris, which was originally brought out at the Amhbig Comique, and was played in seven acts. An English version by Mr &tirling Coyne was prepared for the Surrey Theatre, under the ...

... S(illTTMHNIN 'TUSiTC AI1) M[I CIANS.' Wie have to thanlk Mlls Famy ?? fliter for trayis- hung, and Mr Reeves, of Flret-street, for plublishing a tork Wiich wilt prove very attractive to all lovers of music. The son of a bookseller at Zwickau, in Saxony, and born June Stb 1810, Robert Schumann did not display that precocious genius for which many composers have beeis remarkable. He, how. ever, ...

... Saturday night was a festival rather than an ordinaly per- formance at the Royal Italian Opera, for it was the first appearance of DlIdlle. Albani. an event which is always the signal for unusual enthusiasmn at Covent-garden, where this delightful arfistc yearly increases in favour. Only five years have elapsed since hldlle. Albani was first heard at the R ,oyal Italian Opera. It was, by the ...

... The week before Whitsuntide is, as usual, the signal lo adding fresh features of attraction to the various pro.ranne of our Metropolitan places of amusement, and, though lirti0 dramatic novelty will be called forth by the summer festiele so close at hand, changes in the playbills are numerous At ti5 HAnrAassrT the comedy of Thle Serious Family has this wook preceded The Palace of Truth. At the ...

... THEI NEVILLE DRAMATIC SCHOOL. The students of the Neville Dramatic School gave a per forsmance last Saturday afternoon at the Olympic Theatre, ia aid of the funds of the INewport Market Refuge and Indus- trial School. The ostertainisent vas under the distinguisbed patronagc of the Marchioness of Ripoen, the Countsse of WMostioreland, the Countess of Receive, ?? Vi. F. Gladstone and other ...

... ?? AG MUSICAL COPYPklGRT AGITAKTION IMPORTANT DECISION. Bousur v. FAIRLIE.-A very important case, involving a curious point with regard to copyright law was brought befere Vice-Chancellor Bacon. on Friday. The music, the infringe ment of which was the subject of these proceedings, was that of Offenbach's Vert- Vest, and this decision is peculiarly i0lu5 trative of the strict way in which the ...

... ACTORS. In taking into consideration the general aspect of histrionic art at the present time, it is indispensable for us to examine first the quality of those who are the very pillars of the Theatre. In doing this we hope we shall not surprise our readers when wve announce our belief that the talent of the artists devoted to what is styled the legitimate drama may sus- tain an average ...

... (FROOM OTR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TmIURSDJAY.-TBoisIEsiE THEATRE FICANCAIS.-Ml. Ballande had a happy idea when he turned to Le Theatre imidit du XIXe Sitcle in quest of new pieces by unknown authors, for the volume has just afforded him a very telling comedy which is by far the most successful that has been produced under his Directorship since he pitched his camp in his new house. The ...