THEATRES

... f- ~4 Tmr-:- V.E MAR. AN) AIRS. FLORENCE, American performers, who have, we believe, not been in England since 1856, when they performed at l)ruy Lane Iheatre in The Yankee Houseketer, made their first appearance at the GAIETY on Monday last in a comedy called, after \\ashington Irving's famous phrase, Thle lig,,hty Dollar. This piece, which is of purely American origin, aims at satirising ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1880
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1822 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS

... REHIES.; I . , , COBBET1'S Extaishi GRAMMAR,-(WItrd, Loock and Co.. Salisbury-square)..-E[undredsof persns now living would have - knowtt little of granma. but for the late Wm. Cobbett. The stern, phleg- matic politician, whatever 'his fault. i uiderstood how to write with perspicuity and : ith ?? honour to Lindley Murray, be it said, that no gra mar. of the English language ever written laid ...

THE WORLD

... ' THE WORLD. -- . ., w Mr. Clement Scott.the editor ofi Tcf ehbe nmagazine, writes the following notice o World in his September number:- eP This is a very extraordinary and jtl S5 te' ful play. It could only have been wvrtte Ot bey experienced in stage-craft. who have, o to SoPd watched every game on the boards, who frod t - experience and practical test have recore d Vbt° pressious made ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1880
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2858 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SCOTTISH SONGS

... There was once held a grand meeting of Scottish a, asong. The date thereof was some time before or b' after the year 1Auclity-nine ; thC lc antb fixed with the same exactness, bat it was probablyh tt near The banks an' brass o' bionnie Doon, in honour of thle Lad that was born in Kyle. ~ Mte acaregt s Gathering was nothing to this, is the Songs calne pouring in from every quarter. Here ...

THEATRE ROYAL

... RCAR ROSAT OPER.A COMPANY. |The auiencA was mucci larger last night, when. Biznt's popular Carmen was represcnted, the cast being a good one, as the folloxing nalues testify-rrecn Mliss Georgiia hiurns, Dol Jose, Mr. Henry Nordblom Bca- airo, 3Mr. Ludwig; Besacndado, Mr. Charles Lvall Dais- cairv, Mr. Sna-elle; 7a., Mr. J. HI. tilliard; .1roralc Mr. Oharles Stewart ; Prorccca, Mice GiObil ...

MERTHYR DOG, [ill] [ill] AND CAT SHOW

... ME RTlli; DOG, VOULTRY, P:GION, AND CAT SHOW. Tc ery (Wedneedon) the entries for this comtug Ctlocyinnt gatberiig close. The prizes are, as ve bave already bed ccesion to point oat, not ocly veW rvntercae, czesene heing provided for alruoat every breed or description of dogs, polItry, piceore, or eat, 'but eiso of amoants vailih vil bear comparieon withhoaawarded at far ttcro prettrtitma ehlws ...

THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS

... THE CORSICAN BROTHERS AT THE LYCEUM. Once more melodrama reigns supreme at the Lyceum, and Dumas, adapted by Boucicault, succeeds Shakespeare. The Corsican Brothers has so long been a stock piece that most people have forgotten its origin and history. The story of Les Fr&res Corses was written by the late Alexandre Dumas, turned into a play by two French authors, and produced at the ...

THE IRISH ROMANCE

... TEE ?? BOMANCS. Another charge of obtairing goods by false pretence was brought on Tuesday in the Southei l Police.courtf, Dublin against Mrs. Florence de Molcyne, of Kin-, town. 2lhe prosecutor wias Mr RaMukin, jeweller, of NmaEau.street, who Eold her a pearl ring for twelve guineas on the 28tb of August, which she pawned shortly afterwards. Before the case was gone into Mr. Keogh, her ...

MAGAZINES FOR SEPTEMBER

... MAGAZtINS FOR SEPTEMBER., . , I . I. 1. , - -_ , , .nent, ;rath- 8Eao D Nqo~tcp 3yes- In Oos-nhil tile most readable, perhaps, as it car leei tusirty is th hretcontribuition, is entitled I anri ToBeggars. it purports to he a sketch from ndlife, and it suust be admitted there is nothing mach,. about the sketch to taise doubts about its reality. in the Game forms the Subject of 'another ...

THE INDUSTRIAL EXBIBITION AT POMONA GARDENS

... THE INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION AT POMONA GARDENS. I The period which has elapsed since its opening has sufficed to see effected a considerable altera- tion and improvement in the Industrial and Art Exhibition now being hold in the Agricoltural Hall, at Pomona, in this city. Owing to delay on the part of exhibitors in sending in their goods, the show was on its opening 'day in a very incomplete ...

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

... PUBICJ AMUSEMENTS, The week has been a complete blank in the thea- trical world, but the autumn season will commence on Saturday next, when the Lyceum re-opens with The 0orsican Brothers, and a new opera is to be pro- duced at theStrand. Notwithltanding the continue of summer weather, the houses that have remained open have done good business. The Prince and Princess of Wales. accompanied by ...

PILLING FLOWER SHOW

... FILLING FLOWER SHOW. | The annual exhibition of the Pilling Floral and Horticul- tural Society, took place on Tuesday, and, like mnany of its predecessors, was a decided success. The weather was brilliantly fine, though the saa was not so intensely hot as during tha few previous days, ann the number of visitors to the show was largor than has ever been known before. This may be auconuted for ...