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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... 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 ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... 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 ...

Assault on Miss Eleanor Bufton

... 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., ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 605 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE STROLLING PLAYERS

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 646 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Chamber Concert at Steinway Hall

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 532 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMUSEMENTS IN BRUSSELS

... (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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 690 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... REVIEWS OF BDKS. TiE.m York-street. - The June number of this cleverly-conducted periodical is a remark- able one. We believe, for 'the first time in the memory of living man, the public is presented with likenesses of those mysterious but mighty personages who occupy the exalted' Position of editors on many of the daily and weekly papers. Amongst these worthies, who probably believed their ...

THE DRAMA IN AMERICA

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1645 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

BEETHOVEN'S RECITALS BY HERR BONAWITZ

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 616 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ON THE JURY

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1880 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Exciting Scene in a Theatre

... I E On Saturday evening, the Rth inst., an exciting and unre- hearsed scene was enacted in the wooden building known as the Theatre of Varieties, Bolton. In consequence of the depression in trade the prices of admission have been reduced to the nominal charge of from one penny to fourpence, and, as there is a theatrical licence during the last few weeks, a dramatic company has been producing ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 567 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

ST. GEORGE'S HALL

... 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 ...

Published: Sunday 13 June 1880
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 656 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture