... in 1684 for four years, and died some three years after he regained his liberty. Of his divergence from history we will not speak, as it was then a custom of play- wrights, and one not despised by a most successful modern author, but we feel justified in ...

... CHARITABLE AMATEURS. We confess to feeling a little puzzled as to the tone in which we ought to speak of an amateur performance which took place on Thursday night at St. George's Hall. The performers were the employes of the large City house of Messrs-J ...

... is Mdlle. Emilie Ambre, a lady whose very indifferent debut in the Tsavcsita at the same house last April I was unable to speak of in any but severe terms. It is with no little pleasure, consequently, that I feel myself enabled to say on the present occasion ...

... whole scene was revolting and a disgrace to the stage upon which it was tolerated. Of the representation generally we cannot speak in terms of praise. Apparently there had been no proper rehearsals of the piece. Hardly anybody engaged seemed to know when ...

... Vocalist and Dancer. February 17th, 1SS. MR EDITOR.-Sir,-Allow me to correct a utis ake. Your Halifax correspondent, inl speaking of my establishment, mentions Messrs Sivado, Cooke, ald Gerard, Clowns and gymnasts. They never pua in as appearance, after ...

... THE TERROMU OF TIHE STAGE. The influences of fear upon the mind, especially of that please of its organisastion wihich we speak of as tie Imagina- tion, are beth meanifold and powerful. Terrorin some form or other is a very iIportant olement in ill rcligious ...

... misses a. picture he will find anothera' . goo, perhadlberd, ill its place. Then many go to have a. look at the Phonograph or Speaking IMachine, and very mliarvellous it is. Next at half-past twelve there is a selection of music by the Crystal Palace orchestra ...

... his houe among the mountains snd the lakes. Pauline speaks brothing, hut, as represented by Miss (Cavendish, her face is far more eloquent of the rapture within than any words Would be When ese does speak what is it she says? Like the bae uapon the flower ...

... up even ten times stronger than is the original, Miss Howard displayed her best qualities as an actress. AUtogether, we may speak of her as a handsome, interesting, and clever woman, and it is quite possible that she hias force and pathos in reserve, which ...

... favour of the actor having some command of vocalism as a means of augmenting and increasing the power of expres- sion in speaking. That it should have pleased Mr St. Mlaur to go beyond a mere, and arrive at an intimate knowledge of vocalisation redounds ...

... thousand who cares so much for anything ill the world as his art, and from the faluess of the heart we know the mouth is said to speak. Indeed, there is no art that is pursued with so much devotion, if perhaps 've except that of music ; the enthusiasm for it ...

... rewarded the performers with most cordial and dis- crisninating applause. MIr Sidney, in his special notice to the public, speaks as if he had every confidence in the future. He says- The management begs to inform the public that the above Theatre has ...