... The Shakespearean revivals at the Lyceum, under the direction of Mr. Irving, have all been remarkable for the care bestowed upon the scenery and accessories but hitherto no one has equalled the beauty ...

... THE dramatic event of next week will, of course, be the produc tion on Thursday of Lord Lytton's posthumous play Junius; or, the Household Gods, at the PRINCESS'S, with Mr. Wilson Barrett in the chara ...

... MESSRS. S. SPRAGUE AND Co.-- A clever and well-written song of medium compass is Who Can Say? written and com posed by Edward Oxenford and J. H. Gower, Mus. Doc., Oxon.-- Waiting at the Gate is a ...

... MR. TERRY has opened his new Theatre in the Strand, not with any new piece, but with much that is novel in the way of arrange ments for securing the safety and comfort of his patrons. The house itself ...

... a V a v 11 ulSWdtoTO MESSRS. WEEKES AND CO.-- A group of pretty and useful songs for the home circle are: Primroses and Violets, words and music by G. F. Blackbourne, of medium compass, suitable for ...

... THE HEREFORD FESTIVAL (From our special Correspondent). --The Three Choirs Festival is this year being held at Hereford. Everybody knows the origin of these Festivals; and their history, since the mee ...

... CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY.-- The Taming of the Shrew has been given a third time, fully confirming the impression created on the first-- Rienzi, Carmen, Mignon, and the Bohemian Girl being the other wor ...

... A PINK WEDDING, by R. Mounteney Jephson (Bentley and Son).-- This book is evidently written with the intention of letting the world know what Mr. Jephson himself knows of Japan. A sentimental novel, ...

... MESSRS. ENOCH AND SONS.-- A very charming song, pub lished in three keys, is Left Untold, written and composed by G. Clifton Bingham and Frederic H. Cowen.-- The same may be said of Time and Tide, ...

... ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.-- The Covent Garden season is now fairly started; yet another Royal Italian Opera (there is no copy right in the title) will begin at Drury Lane on Monday week, and Mr. Mapleson ...

... B. MALYON (GLASGOW).-- A very clever invention has been patented by Madame Bennett, a well known professor of music. The Self-instructing Key-board for Pianoforte, &c., specially designed for beginn ...

... WHILE complaints are being heard on all hands of the helpless dependence of our theatres upon foreign authors, it is worthy of special note that last week witnessed the successful production on the Lo ...