... PUBIJC AMUSEXENTS. DUTCH PLAYS AT THE IMPERIA. We have seldom felt more interested in any dramatic ?? tha Vwith that wewitnessed on Mouday night At the Imperial, under except.oral and not altogether xdvantageous circumstances. There was a small, but what in fashionable phraseology is termed a select, iudience present, composed of the upper crust of the Diutch residents in England, and a ...

... Fully aware that the rules and regulations laid down by both ?? and professionals for the proper guidance of their Itrosis are occasionally set at defiance, it was with no small lniiriit of trepidation we last Saturday attended the final per- finnarce of the season by the Strolling Plryers, at St. 1,.urge's Hall, for our card of admission bore in juxtaposition tie ?? Evening dress not ...

... PUBLIC A.MUSEMENTS. IMPERIAL ¶TIHEATRE. The enthusiastic Dutchman, who, in admiration of his native language, once wrote a book to endea- vour to prove that high Dutch was the language spoken by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, would have rejoiced at witnessing Monday's performance at the Imperial. A complete dramatic company had been transferred from Rotterdam, and appeared in a ...

... Miss Eleanor Bufton (Mrs Arthur Swanborough) has been the victim of one of those outrages which occasionally occur in Liverpool and other large towns, and illustrate the perils of the streets. Miss Bufton is a prominent member of Mr Chas Wyndham's company, now playing at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, in the town named, and fills the role of Mrs Birkett, in Betsy. On Friday night, 4th inst., ...

... Chamber Concert at Steinway HalL The Second Chamber Concert given by MM Musin and Saint-Sadns took place on Thursday afternoon, when the first item performed was a Trio in F for Pianoforte, Violin, and Violoncello, a composition of an effective and brilliant cha- racter. The trio is in four movements, and contains some original and novel passages, but it was the andante that appeared to afford ...

... (FROsI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JUNE 3.-In order to give the Belgian drama its due place in the fetes that are being organised in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of national independence, the Minister of the Interior has appointed a Committee for choosing such Belgian plays, in the French language-to the exclusion of opera-as shall be most suitable for representation. The six ...

... rRunuR -TsrN fl-ur LFEW 05URS OWN CORRESPONDENT) - - NEW YORK, MAY 29.-The fierce beat of an American summer is upon us at an unprecedentedly early date., Such sweltering weather in May has not been experienced here in a decade. The effect on the Theatres may be seen in the rapid closing up of the meason. The Urnion-square, the Standard, Booth's, and the BiJou Opera House have already closed ...

... BEETMOVEN'S RECITALS BY HERR BONAWITZ. | Herr J. H. Bonawitz gave on Wednesday evening, at the Langlham Hall, the first of a series of three recitals of Beet- hoven's Sonatas. Herr Bonawitz makes a selection of five sonatas for each concert, and, although in consequence of his being little kuown to the English musical public the audience was not large, we shall be surprised if, after Herr ...

... F. B. CHATTERTON'S DRURY-LANE COMPANY. The little comedietta Of Delicate Ground forms a pleasing lever de rideau to introduce Watts Phillips's melodrama. The two chief parts are well played by Mr Lablache and Miss Emmerson. The melodrama or domestic drama which followed developer an inte- resting story in a telling manner. It would be difficult to say why Tibbetts is reduced to reveal ...

... The inaugural supper in connection with this newly.etab lshed Club was held on Monday evening last, at Laencatkr House, Savoy, in a room lent for the purpose by Mr John Hardeastle, to whom the members are very much indebted for the loan of some very choice pictures. The chair was occupied by Mr HENRY IRVING, who, when justice had been done to the really admirable repast provided, proposed, ...

... Here on Thursday evening (3d inst.) there was a large audience assembled to witness the performance of Shakespeare's admired comedy The Mferchant of Venice by the members of Mr Charles Ward's Dramatic Company. Who Mr Charles Ward may be, or what is the raisoni d etre of his dramatic company, we are not in a position to state. But we may, in all fairness, say that, judging by his ...

... MaS KENDAL will make her reappearance at the St. James's Theatre on Thursday next, as the Countess D'Autreval, in The Ladies' Battle. A Regular Fix is also to be revived, with Mr Kendal as Sir Hugh De Brass. MIa JOSEPH HATTON, the well-known novelist, dramatist, and journalist, is announced to read a dramatic version of his popdar novel The Queen of Bohemia, at Steinway Hall, on Tuesday ...