... AIMUSEMENTS TN LIVERPOOL. RoSYAL. ALEXANDRA TllRAavnm.-Lessee, Mlr E. Salcer.-Tbe eontiinuanlcc of the engagement of The Children's Pinafore company at the Alexandra Theatre on Mlonday evening proved *a great, source of attraction to the thousands of holiday people who vacated Liverpool on Whit, Mlonday, and old and yonng alike thoroughly enjoyed the novel and clever representation hy the ...

... TE DR AMA IN PAR IS%. (t'ItO~i 0151 OW ()\N ?? .N ~.ln I. L PAl'IS, Tiluu~auAY.SE.FOIttli DsA~tAi~i20Ii5.iAi OjfieVc~ttf, whichIS ?? than the ordjinary r11i Of such pieces, hlas beeni brougt out a;t this Iso(s, slitler tise title of Lee Posspnes (le l'In1fante. Its libretto is by AM. Henri ?? ?? Liorat, and its score by Di. Charles (Grisart. The story, rather tiresometly toll iI three acts and ...

... A morning performance of Oekello was given at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, on Wednesday, by the members of the Irving Dramatic Club. The representation was said to be by special desire of Mr Irving. Of course we must not cavil at the desire of the accomplished Lessee of the Lyceum. If he had a special desire that Othello should be played by amateurs at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, there ...

... The advent of Ash Wednesday, and some recent police- court prosecutions, have once more directed attention to the injustice and inequality of the laws which regulate the music halls of this mighty metropolis. Our old friend the intelligent foreigner, had he been in town on Wednesday last, would have lifted his hands in great horror, and shrugged his shoulders with ill-concealed disgust, on ...

... As iucideuts of the early earcer of noted actors, such as Mr Irving anud Dlr Tunioo, are much coveted just now (says a corres. ponldellt of a Northern contemporary), I may mention the following rclating to tile first-mnctioned gentleman. When I knew bhit as a stock actor at EdInburghl his efforts were not certainly fully pnmlseciated by the playgoers of modern Athens altholigh I cann]ot agice ...

... CLAUDIAN.-31R. WILSON BARRETT. The production of a play which is wholly English, which is sound, vigorous, and elevating in sentiment and dramatic pur- pose, and which, moreover, is written in a vein of poetic diction worthy to rank as literature, is a very considerable event in the life of the English stage. Such a play is Claudian. It is usually assumed that a debased stage means a corrupt ...

... I The inaugural meeting and entertainment of this new estab- lished society took place on Wednesday evening, at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, and attracted a large gathering. Mr G. J. Rayner opened the ball with a well-played pianoforte solo, and was followed by Air Scott, of the Brooke Dramatic Club, who recited ITHans lretmann's Party. Then came Mr Newton, of the Ariel Club, with the ...

... : TlE I)flMA IN AMERICA. ?? - nTVR OwN CORRESPONDENT.) m OM t 0 11 - ?? 5eFI'EiiTERB 4.-The change of temperature N~rjj l kt'+c~ has had an inspiriting effect upon actors, tin e 'I g ceneral public. Old Sol has again asserted z11111r3' ' such a relentless manner that the golden era, 1i ?? 0ll dawned anspiciously, is just now under a i Yelatcetly d, and the shekels are again rattling beiteig o ...

... TEIE Princess's Theatre will be reopened on the 18th inst. with the ew layby r Wilson Barrett and Air H. A. Jones, called the Dew play by b] . Bgaeteandaneqialentfortheold HoodmaanBlind. ?? as an equivtln for t Iol English game we now'know better as Bliudman's Buff.I the fourth scene of the third act the Prince of Denmark, in his famous speech to his mother, asks her, , What devil was't ...

... The Act affecting new buildings in New York, and passed June 9th, 1885, may be of interest to our readers:- Every theatre or opera house, concert hall, or other building intended to be used for theatrical or operatic purposes, or for concerts, lectures, or public entertainments of any kind, here- after erected, or which may be altered to be used for such pur- poses in the city of New York, ...

... FROM OUR OWN CORRESPON4DENTS.) ABER-DEEN. HER MlAcrET's TimSATRE.-Lessee, Mir AV. M'Farlancl - General Manager, Mr H. M'Farland.-We have Mr Clarance Holt'; company here this week, playing Thes Donaghs. by Mr G. F. Rowe, one of the most acceptable Irish pieces presenited in Aberdeen for a long time. It is well played, too; while the beautiful panorama of the Lakes of K~illarney, from the brush ...

... DISTRACTION. Written by Mr Charles Bradley, produced on Monday evening, June 29th, at the Theatre Royal, Cheltenham. Mr Hodges Ball ?? Mr J. RUssELL Bnoon Mr Bridges Brogues . . Mr JAMES FRAzois Charlie Brogues ?? Mr PERCY GCuNNs Hotrace Brogues ?? . : Mr H. J W*ec-DARLErGn Secidges ?? Mr Comac RATE Miss ladeline Porcupina ?? Miss GRAOE VIVIAN Miss Mumblestone ?? Miss NAOwI HOpE Mrs Bridges ...