... The production of a series of Adelphi dramas at the Crystal Palace, uoder the experienced and competent direction of IIr Charles Harcourt, was a good idea, hult voe may crneeriol whether The Wreck Ashore, which was the pieee selectel f.ee Tuesday, was calculated to give the he;t inapresion of tie old Adeliphi dramas, which, in times past andl even i dove to times present, have attracted large ...

... With this week terminates the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA season, and the list of places of amusement in the Metropolis is rapidly becoming abridged, ?? MAJESTY'S has been open during the week for a short series of supplementary perform- ances at reduced prices, and with the abolition of the usulnl dress restrictions. Proof remnains at the ADELPIII. The Bells and Jingle have kept Mr Henry Irving ...

... The season at the Royal Italian Opera commenced on Tuesday, April 2d, with Verdi's Ua. Ballo in fascze/ra. One of the most noticeable events has been the revival of Rossini's Semuiramide for Madame Adelina Patti, whose brilliant talent has never been more appreciated at the Royal Italian Opera than during the past season. In fact, the pro- duction of .Sceianamide has been, perhaps, the most ...

... What charming bits of social comedy may be played with the aid of a fan. How easy for a capricious beauty to encourage or snub an admirer by skilful manipulation of her fan. Is he too forward, then out goes the fan to its fullest extent, and the adorer is silenced by beauty's total eclipse. Anon, perhaps, she relents, and a pair of bright eyes peep over the edge of the fanciful screen like ...

... THE LON1DON IUSIa l AbLXB. THE BEDFORD, The weather does not appear to have greatly affected the attendance at the Bedford, for when we were present this week there was a large audience, and we were surprised to find the Hall so cool, until looking up to the ceiling we perceived that one of the ornamental panels had been removed, and there was a refreshing current of air, which modified the ...

... PROVINCIAL TiIEATRICLIrS. (FilON OiEs OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDB1;N. EIER MAJESTYVs TIIRATRE-Tlhe Majiltons continue another week, their entertahiment having met with fair success. Ott Monday the afterpiece was PyginalioL; or, the Jrartle Statue, a kurlesque. A Draught of Burton has also afforded a fund of amusement durinig the week. BELFAST. ALssAMisRA.-Proprietor, Mr Dan. Lowrey. ...

... THE DRAMA IN A.M.ERICA. (uROss OIIR OWN cOmlESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, JUNIi 29.-The benefit performuances in kid of poor Vining Bowers, at the Union-square Theatre, yes- terday afternoon and evening, were not so successful as could have been desired, and it is hardly probable that expenses will be covered. There were among the volunteers such people as John T. Raymond, T. K. Emmet, Geo. S. Knight, ...

... KINU'S-CROSS THEATRE. A party of performers calling themselves The London Strollers gave an entertainment at the above-named Theatre on Tuesday evening last. Both music and the drama were included in their scheme. It is true that in the former depart- ment they only essayed tile rendering of Offenbach's brief operetta The Barber of Bath. But this was too much for them. The part and the music ...

... (T'hefollowwqn appeared in our TowN EDITION oj Last Week.] Favoured by the weather and attracted by a brilliant programme, including the principal artilzes of the Royal Italian Opera, with Madame Patti at the head of the list, there was an extremely large and aristocratic audience at the Floral Hall concert last Saturday. The first item was the chorus Belo Si celebri, from Rossini's ...

... OLITVIA - T AT THE COURT. In returning to a consideration of OClivia, which continues to attract large and delighted audiences to the Court Theatre, we returit to at pleauart theme, for there is no doubt that Mr. W. G. Wills's idyllic version of Goldsmith's famous story is in, its entirety ode of the niost dainty and dlelicious stage histories presented to the public within the memory of ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO Ml 3. R. NEWOOMBE. A meeting was held in the Mayor's Parlour, Plymouth Guild- hall, on Taesday last, to take steps for providing a testimonial to be presented to Mr 3. Ii. Neweombe in recognition of the losses sustained by him in consequence of the fire at the Theatre Royal. There were present- Colonel Porter, Colonel Corrie, and Major Goodenough; Messrs C. Trelawny, WV. Derry, ...

... An afternoou performance was given on Thursday, at the Aquarium Theatre, in aid of the Soldiers' Daughters' flome at Hampstead, and we were glad to perceive a large attendance, although for the sake of the Institution we should have been glad to have seen twice as many visitors present. For, inde- pendently of the cause advocated, in itself an admirable one, we can testify from personal ...