... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERCARNE. PUBLIC HAL.-Proprietors, Public Hall Company; Manager, Mr J. Sykes.-Arnold's Lights o' London company occupied the boards here on Friday and Saturday last week, and considering the limited stage it appears surprising that such a big production could be got through, Theie were crowded houses. The company is one of the best that has ever visited the town ...

... i SATURDAY, DEC. 28, 1889. TII1ATRICI IMPROVEMENTS. Another theatre perished bv fire last week. On the afternoon of the 20th inst. the Germnn theatre at Pesth wvas totally destroyed. In two hours the whole of the inflamnabl)le portion of the buildling had been consumed, and the roof had fallen in. There can be little doubt that the fire was lighted by an incendiary hand, and the Pesthi ...

... HAMPSTEAD DRAMATIC CLUIB. Mr Buchanan's stage version of Tom Jones is not an easy play for amateurs, and to give a creditable rendering of it requires histrionic ability of a high order. The acting members of the Hamnstead Dramatic Club are fortunate enough to possess this, and the performance, therefore, on Saturday evening at St. George's Hall, was so capable and complete in everv way ...

... MUSiC HALL GOSSIP. A vERY graceful and charitable act was performed last Sunday afternoon at Itoore House, or, as the owner I prefers to call it, Liberty Hall. Some three months c ago Mr Fred. Freear. who had been a member of the m Moore and Burgess Minstrels for some fifteen years, I died, leaving his widow in ratber straitened circum. r stances. Mr Eugene Stratton, The Whistling Coon, P ...

... An extremely pleasant concert was given at the I Alexandra House, South Kensing~ton, on the 14th 12t inst., by the students of the Royal College of tioi Music. The first item was the Sonata in D Minor for Crc violin and pianoforte, by Schumann, an interesting and Thi strikingly original composition. It was interpreted on Thi this occasion by Mliss Ethel Sharpe as pianiste and Miss thei ...

... CLARISSA HARLOWE. A Drama in Five Acts, Adapted from Richardson's Novel by W. G. Wills, 'Produced at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, Dec. I 1th, 1839. Rtobert Lovelace . Mr HENRY VI5ART John Belford . Mr H. TRIPP EDGAR l-ichard Mowbray ?? Mr E. NOROATE James Tcurville ?? ?? Mr JAMES PAGE Patrick 5l Donald ?? Mr G. R. PeAci1 Mr Harlowe . - ?? W. H. ROcanRsIXAM Captain James Harlowe ?? Mr ...

... SHY LO C K. A Versified Adaptation of Shakespeare's Play The Merchant of Venice,,, in Three Acts and Seven Scenes. by M. Edmond isaraucourt, with incidental Music by Al. Gabriel Faire, Produced at the Oddon, Paris, ?? 17th, 1Mg9. Shylock .. .. M. ALnztT L.aMensTr Antonio .. .. M. CANDz Le Doe . M . . JAIIAN Balthazir ?? AL DuPARC Lancelot . . . DUARD Gratiano ?? M. CALtMETTE L'lnfant ?? ? ...

... On Monday, September Sth, Sheridan's Brilliant Comedy THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Oliver Surface l .Mr ARCHER BROWN JsirOierh Surface ?? Mr HENRY BELDING; ChJolse Surf ae ?? Air G. PALMER COLLUes Oharl Suram'ace ?? ..Mr HEsay BEDFORD Sir Benjamin Backbite. Mr FRANK .hel Crabrre.s . ?? Mr THOMAS VERNER Careless ?? Mr P. GRONME Slakey ?? Mr HENRY WOLTON ?? ?? Mr G. J. HEARTH Trip ?? ?? Mr ...

... THEATRIICAL GOSSIP. MeS JOHN WOOD and Mliss Marion Terry, who, we hope, are all the better for the well-deserved holiday they have been enjaying, will return to their original work isa 2Tcc Mopiefrol at the Court Theatre on Monday next. They may be sure of a cordial welcome. Mr Arthur Cecil made hia reappearance as rocket onl Thursday. hnady, October Sth, will bring the 200th night of Mr ...

... MITINEE AT THE PRINCE'S. On Tuesday, April 21st, 1885, the Adaptation from Dumas' La Dame aux Cauldlias,- entitled CAMILLE.1 Arnand Duval ?? Mr W. Tseriss Nans. ?? JAbmes FERAuse Gaston Mien ?? r l A. G. AsiaWSaws Count de Varville, . Mr AP LYNDAL Gustave ?? Mr A. Lvwis Camille ?? ?? Miss ETIne IEIRBERT Madamne Prudence ?? bliss HAYDoN ilsette ?? ?? Miss NORrEs Nanine ?? biss A. VERITY ...

... 'ONB OF OUR GIRLS. A sew and Original Comedy-Drama, in Four Acts, b y lie BrolesOn Hloward, produced at the Elephant and Castle Theatre on Wednesday Afternoon, Novemuber 4th. Dr. Girodet ?? C SLzoo aI. FocalanQu ?? Sir W. JACY, ca..ptain ?? Mr EDwWARO. VIVIAN Coee Fsorian. Mr J. G,,JPssEON Henri St. Hilaire.Mr WALLAce Mainr Le 15cc de Fouchd ?? Mr W. WiLFORs A dre . Mr GRosA ' ScnEs Pierre .. ...

... STUDENTS AT THE PIANOFORTE The Academyfor the higher development of Pianoforte Playing is an institution which fully carries out the promises made by its projectors. Under the able presidency of Mr Franklin Taylor, and the admirable musical guidance of Mr Oscar Beringer, who has few equals among modern pianists, the students of the above academy have attained a high degree of proficiency, and ...