... No man has shown so keen an appreciation of the dioramic necessities of the drama as Shakespeare has done. That we have a plot interwoven scene with scene, and act with act, until the story is told, the same being narrated, too, with a clearness and completeness that is apparent in nearly all of our great poet's plays, does not serve at all as a statement that can qualify our opening one. ...

... 1) () VE1 It V) I V E it' H IN Ad. (I;% 0It; RItItNU EECL't i2%tITIVE.) 'Thu oluri~itry lritiishi ti vtllelr is as taciturn sail frligitl in his home ?? 'ts lie is boisterous and vulgar in his malners wvhei lit is On foreigni *iroul.d The ohl yarn about the English- nolrsl who re-totted tlidt lie could] riot jiumlp into the water to reseue a drorvuirgi person because the nman in the water had ...

... THE A CTORS' ART. Under the above title I. Guttave Garcia, one of the most able professors of the lRoynI Academoy of Music, lire just issued an elaborate treatise upon stage declamnation, e1age deportment, and other practicel ?? of imlportanice to all actors, operatic singers, dar. The work is published by Messrs Pettitt, of Frith- street, Soho, and we can frankly reconmend it as a marvel of ...

... ThAMILTON CORBETT', SCOTTISH SONDS: Mr Hamilton Corbett, a vocalist of more than ordinary ability and a singer of Scottish songs of deserved popularity, commenced a series of musical entertainments at Steinway Hall on the 6th inst. Mr Corbett gives a varied selection, and changes his programme every third evening. One evening is devoted to the songs of Burns, another to the Jacobite songs, and ...

... Last Saturday the opera was Altzart's Noeze di Figaro, with a cast of more than ordinary interest and importance. Indeed, it is scarcely worth while to perform this opera at all unless lirst-rate alses appear ill it, for the lovers of Mozart have been spoilel ill this respect. Such spleldidl vocalists have repre- sented the chief personages in, this lovely an1ti immortal work that fev would ...

... The cool weather of the week has at least favoured the fortunes of our metropolitan managers. Few changes have been made in the playbills. At the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA Madame Adelina Patti, Madame Pauline Lucca, Madame Albani, and Madame Sembrich have successively appeared in their most popular characters. The German opera company at DRURY-LANE added on Toesday evening Weber's opera of Euryanthe ...

... FUN ON THEI BRISTOL. For .thc First Timc in Englaud, at the Theatre Rloy t, Mallchertcr, Oin lombdy, May 15th. a N (FROM OUli OWN CORRE8PONDENT.) Vpidw OT'rin ?? ?? Mr JOuN F. SHERIDAN Dora .iss CARsIE DANIELs Nova ?? ?? ?? .. ?? !Wf' !.IVI; EVANS ?? i-'i pi 111V1X^.,'iT0N Fd,- wv~s B ...

... LONDON IBALLAD CONCERTS. The second and last concert before Christmas was given at St. James's Hall onl W\-ednesday evoenilg wvith every indication th at these attractive concerts still retain their popularity. The principal vocalists were Iadaine Antoinette Sterling, Bliss Mary Davics, Miss Edith Santley, and llessrs Edwar Lloyd, Santley, atndll aybrick, who all a ppeared and delighted their ...

... MR. RERBERT STANDING'S MATINNEE. On Wedntsday Aftern1oon1, Febl stry Stb, A SON OF THE SOIL. Louis Martel ?? . Mr HlERERT STARINIO Aristides Ar . Mr D;. ' HiaDL fluke de ?? Mr Dwni Fisnna, Sen. Count de Voliment ?? ir CIIARLES GLEoNgY General ?? ?? * Air RUTLAND BARsNeoGON Michael . . Mr CHAstRs STEYNE Leonidas ?? Mr C. SOMERSET Committee Member ?? r RICIIARDS Guest ?? ?? r L, GaEY Beatrice ...

... 'I D L b E. (t I , 0 iR G IMS. Weohardly thlilk that Ddllt,. Georges should be counlpurl, as!sbe often has becu, to Mdllc. Rachel, for, though her dramatic talent was incontestably great, equally undoubted is it that this French actress owe(l as much of her celebrity to her adventures as to the ability with which nature had endowed her. Still, it must be acknowledged that hIdlle. Georges ...

... Although the weather was not quite favourable, the Chester Festival opened well on Wednesday, under the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. The work selected for performance was Mendelssohn's Elijah. A band and chorus of 250 per- formers, with Air Joseph C. Bridge, organist of Chester Cathedral as conductor; Dr. Rowland Rogers, of Bangor ...

... PROVINCIAL ITHEATRIATALS. ('RcOoi OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) A BEADREy. fleau MIAcmetey 'flecATe.-Leasce ir William AP'Fcrlansd; Manlager, Mir W. N. ilodgos--This wveek wve ar~e revisited by Miss Adelitic Stan- hope and at comprany of tier Own to lierform special pieces, sod inl the character with which she opecced on Monday night, Adelaide do Rieniusat, in Thee Beauti:ful Wretch, there was ...