... PROVINCIALI THEAfIRI6ALSJ __I_ s m (FROM OUR OWN COunESPONDEINTS.) ABFRDEEN. HER MAJESTY'S THEtA'TRu.-Les5ee, lr IM'Farlald; General Manager, MIr Hodlges-Mr Joseph Eldred and company are here this week doing good business with Little Bett'y and the burlesque of Amy Robsast. Mr Eldred, of course, makes Micawber the all-engaging ligure ill the drarnma MIr C. Blight aind Miss Souley afforling ...

... PIT 1- DRAMA IN PARM- . (pnos- I OUR OWN cunciesruONcExT. 1 p'tIU$, itiU iA t.i ?? S.\Vlieii Alfied c1 BltlusseL 1sub~liskeilc L c C/rcct/cr ?? It he bad nc' itlea i ever pro- lueillg it onl the stage. As aI psychological sludy, hsightciisc in colour and atricrtion by bhilliant iiuaginationi, the piece is fascinatiiig-wvle Iieul by hlamlligiht in a ecislfortlablc arm clhil. )lit it is iiot a ...

... TUEATIRICATL GOSSIP. 1111 HBNar IRVING is sojourning at Whibby, a watering- place described by the Premier as full of life-giving breezes, The distinguished actor, though seeking seclusion, has met with many new friends. He enjoys Whitby very much, and revels in the ozone. The other evening he visited Air Boswell's circus, and was much pleased with the persormauce. AN amnalgamation is ...

... I THE MISSIONARY AND THE MUSIC HALL At WorshiP-street, on the 29th ult., Mr G. A. Payne, one of the proprietors of Lusby's Summer and Winter Palace, Mile- end-road, appeared to a summons, before Mr Bushby, charging him with having assaulted Frederick Nicholas Charrington under the following singular circumstances. Mr B. J. Abbott appeared for the complainant. Mr Maitland defended, saying ...

... THE RICHMOND TREATRE. Oi bloodb-y, August 21st, 1852, a New end OrviiltD rmes, ltll itlI A PRIMCE OF EGYPT,` *written by Mr Charles Squier. (IICell MIa irA ?? ?? a1is JULIA WARietos bcdill ?? . ?? Mis3 LAURt BR LtE AMduCC ?? * Miss Lourils RuliSseL Prillco NilUSA ?? ,. Mir J. 'TIlKS.lILU I1,inu ;IIZZaWI. u: ?? r Gl60Rel: PMAPZR Mizorius ?? AIr 11. Sda'I!IIOnIs Olitutius.M .. r a. MSbAnt Icon ...

... Mes-4rs Jones and Barber gave their patrons an extremely long programmne for Bank Holiday, and they were rewarded with a host of visitors, as there couhd not have been a Isetter day to visit Miuawell-hill. Music had a large share in minister- ing to the eiijoyment of the holiday crowd, and there were no less than three concerts at different periods of the day. At one o'clock a. concert of ...

... ON the site of the Occidental Hotel, known to fame in the days of our youth as the Coal Hole, will shortly be commenced the building of a new theatre, the proprietor being BIr Charles lWilmot, who will be ready to dispose of his responsibilities to any good man and true who is desirous of undertaking the cares of management. The entrance to the new theatre is to be forn the Strand, just about ...

... A~flIEN~E LEOO R - . ,- D A = ?? ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR AND CLBAIRbON. In reviewing the history of the Theatre Fraueais, it would be unjust if, side by side with Mdlle. Rachel, hBdlle. Mars, and Talma, two actresses were omitted who each left imperish- able souvenirsbebind them. ?? refer to Adrienne Leconvreur, and Mdlle. Clarion, the latter of whom attained universal celebrity. Though neither ...

... TIHE DRAMA IN AMERICA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW FORK, JULY 24.-Since my last letter theatrical matters in New York and throughout the country have been in a more than usually stagnant condition, even for the off season. At the Alcazar they have done a living business, counting in the profits of the bar and the restaurant and billiard rooms, and have changed their bill, Offenbach's ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, JULY 29.-This is the last week of the dull season, for which a certain number of people will be glad, and more sorry. To those who have been rusticating on the profits of last winter's work the summons to harness will not be weL- come, while those who have been starring or working for sum, mer salaries will hail the beginning of better days. The opening ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. ?? no more competent pen seems inclined to ink itself over the vexed subject of 'he National School of Acting or whatever it proposes to call itself-perhaps I may be allowed to give vent to a few crude ideas which have long been in my mind in the above connection. The opponents of the scheme, headed by that grand old legitimate actor John Ryder, say that, as it is ...

... DRUPLY{ANE AND THE, BOARD OF 'WORKS. On Saturday Sir Henry Hunt, C.1B., the arbitrator appointed, resumed an ?? into the structilral arrangements of Drury- Line Theatre. The requisitions lade by the hoard to the proprietors of Drurydalie Theatre were ?? a proscenium wall of brick work, not less than eighteen inches thick, lie erected in the line between the stage and the auditorium, extending ...