... JANUARY. 4. Reopening of the Court Theatre under the masnagemen1 of BIr John Hare with A Scrap of Paper and.A Quiet Rubber Dliss Lucy Buckstone performed for the last time on the stagi at the Haymarket, and retired from the profession on aceouni Of her marriage. The Vaudeville programme whicl had remained unaltered for four years, was changed bh the production of a niew farce entitled A ...

... THE CHILDREN IN THE WN OOD AT THE PAVILION. The tempting and very admirable programme now laid before the patrons of this popular place of entertainment consists of a Pantomime founded on the well-known ballad of The Children in the Wood, entitled The Children in the Wood; or, Harlequin Cock' Robin, tte Wicked Uncle, and the Little Pledges ?? Were Taken In. It is written by Messrs F. NV. ...

... LS. IuvAr SPA Ace A_ tE0OM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERDEEN. HER MAJESTY'S OPERA HouSE.-Lessee and Manager, Mr Wm. Gomersal.-The Pantomime of The Yellow Dwarf is still attracting large audiences. Mrs Gomersal now appears as Brunilda, and infuses freshness into the character. bliss Marie D'Altra (Fairy Queen) and her attendant (the Gnome of Dia- monds), LittlePaulineBanks, perform their ...

... MIt. BANDMANN'S TRIUMPH IN CANADA. HAMLET. The production of the ereat Shakespearian play of Handle by the Ifandosana company Orew together a large audience. All we have to say is- He is a man, take him for ahl, all We ghall not look upon his like Zg..sl -The Ottawa Daily Free Pre$6, zfevember 13tb. Tite GRAtND Oraax HousE.-Hasnlet was pieseuted to ttks Ottawa playgoers last night in a ...

... [VThe following appeared in our Towx EDLTIOu Of Last Week. Mr HI. J. Byron's four-act comedy Married in Haste was ?? afternoon inpresenceof afairaudience, and promises to have a new lease of popularity. Five years have elapsed since this saw the light at the Haymarket, with the author as Gibson Green, Miss Carlotta Addison as Ethel Grainger, Mr Hermann Vezin as Percy Pendragon, Mr Rogers as-. ...

... While the copious accounts given in our last issue show that the various holiday productions have been as successful as Managers could desire in the favourable reception accorded them, we have the added satisfaction in the present column of recording that no fog, frost, or snow has affected the interests of the Metropolitan dramatic establishments since Boxing Night. The evening ...

... RA CING NOTES. The year just passed will be a memorable one in many respects, and comparatively few will look back upon it with pleasant recollections. Wars abroad and catastrophes at home have brought grief to many a hearth, and beside the appalling disasters which have afflicted the general community matters affecting the world of sportlook petty and insignificant. Stillithas to be noted ...

... Mr Al. Moloney, barrister, waited on Mr D'Eyncourt on Saturday (27th ult.), at the Westminster Police-court, with Mr Behrens, the Manager to Mr Farini, of the Royal Aquarium, to answer a test summons, alleging that the latter gentleman had detained the clothing, &c., of the four newly-imported Zulus, who were parties to a contract to serve him, but now refused to carry it out. Counsel stated ...

... THEATRICAL_ GOSSIP. As the stay of Mr and Mrs Bancroft at the Prince of Wales's Theatre-a stay that has becil so richly productive of good for dramatic art-is fast drawing to a close, it has occurred to several of their intimate friends, and to many of those artists who have been so pleasantly associated with them at the old house, throt a fitting time has arrived for recording appreciation in ...

... The winter exhibition of the Grosvenor Gallery is this year one of remarkable interest and attraction, a very excellent ard varied collection of water-colour drawings being the prominent feature. These exhibit with unusual effect the contrasts of foreign and English art, for there are in the gallery a number of examples of the Flemish school, such as the visitor to picture galleries does not ...

... THE, DRAMATIC YEAR 1879. Once mora has come round the time for taking stock, and we are not willing that the operation shall be monopolised by the merchant, the manufacturer, or the shopkeeper. We propose, according to our custom, to take stock of the dramatic year that has now drawn to a close; to see, if possible, whether since Christmas last was here the Elnglish Stage has advanced or ...

... ' The long-expected new comic opera, written by Mr W. S. Gilbert and composed by Mr Arthur Sullivan, has been pro- duced at last, but in a locality where few London playgoers were likely to witness the performance. We venture to say there were few admirers of Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan who anticipated that their new comic opera would be first given so far from the Metropolis as Paignton, ...