... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Following on the success which attended the production of the Ajax of Sophocles last year, the committee responsible for that performance decided to give the Birds of Aristophanes. The pantomimic effects which necessarily attend a Greek comedy renders its performance in these modern times a some- what hazardous experiment; but those who had their doubts as to the ...

... STAGE L AUGHS. Speaking to an old operagoer the other day, who was recalling the superb performance of M. Faure as Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust, our friend remarked upon the peculiar excel- lence of his laugh. Now, any artist who wishes to give a good idea of Goethe's fiend must be able to laugh so as to express malignant and diabolical contemat of all that is pure, gentle, and loveable in ...

... After the performance, which did not terminate until about half-past eleven, Messrs Howard and Wyndham entertained a party of about eighty in the Windsor Hotel, in commemora- tion of the opening of the theatre by Mr Henry Irving. Mr Howard occupied the chair, and Mr Wyndham officiated as croupier. Mr Howard was supported by Lord Young, Mr Irving, Professors Blackie and Laurie, and Mr Edward ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MELBOURNE, JULY 30.-THEATRE RovAL.-PIuckA is still running and drawing crowded houses. The railway collision works very well, and is most realistic. Bland Holt as Bevis Marks is as popular as ever. OPERA HOUSE.-George Rignold is now playing Youth to fair business. He has been giving a round of his old dramas prior to leaving for London. Henry the Fifth next week ...

... A dramatic and musical entertainment was given onl the 19th ult., at the Kilburn Town Hall, in aid of the funds for pro- viding the children of the Jewish poor with peicy dinners. Wole will not enter into the question of penny dinners; the subject is too complex, for what dinner can be supplied at the cost of a penny it passes the imagination of man to conceive. To some a penny loaf may be a ...

... On Saturday, July 14th, an Opera, in Three Acts, by Mrs F. M. Stuart Stresa, entitled LA REGINA DI SCOZIA. Mary Stuart . Signora TAUA LTyE Lady Reres ?? Miss FLORENCE IIASTWELL Rizio ?? ?? Signora CECILIA BOASSO The Earl of Bothwell .. . Signor ERiEsTo FALLETrI Lord Murray . .. Signor GAUDEN7I0 SALASSA Lord Rutbeen ?? ?? Sig. ANTONIO DE-VOSCHETTI John Knox .SignorADcsIERisr ARISTIDE Qoiiue ...

... AN AUSTRALIAN PIANISTE, -r_ :a_ A.2- ?? _ - - . . . . 1. . Miss Alice Sydney Burvett, the Australian pianist gave a recital at the Prince's Hall on Wednesday evening, whell she played a number of pianoforte compositions, cisiefly of the modern school, greatly to the satisfaction of all audience, which if aaot large, was extremely enthusiastic. We have had so many famous pianoforte players in ...

... ?? ADA CAVENDIS5t will appear at the Globe Theatre as Lady Clare, in Mr Robert Buchanan's new society drama of that name, now in active rehearsal. Other characters in the lay will be intrusted to Miss Harriett Jay, Miss Lydia Cowell, 3iiss Cerlotta Leclercq, Mr Alfred Bucklaw, Mr Philip Beck, and Mr Horace Wigan. Lady Clare is in five acts, and, although the characters are modern, the subject ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NOVEMBER 20.-The coming lnternational Show has hitherto caused but very little excitement in the City of Palaces, although we have the large cattle sheds styled the Exhibition building daily growing up in our midst, and the roads and tramways blocked up with huge cases from enterprising foreign exhibitors. But suddenly we are aroused from our apathy, not by an ...

... AL (FROMf OUR OWX C DENOTR S RED, WHITE, ANDS BLUE.-Te at the camp this week has well nigh filled ?? oV 1 to evening, and the proprietor has endeavoured usc bellee ?? ?? ; well amused with a capital variety company i *tLch ?? highly appreciated. YbCaters5 ?? CAVALRY HALL.-Although this handsome little l is situated inside the cavalry barracks, the esdertaishal provided by Mr Harrison, manager ...

... The second performance of the thirteenth season of this now well-known amateur dramatic club was given on the evening of Thursday, the 1st inst., in the presence of a good audience, at St. George's Hall, Langham-place, in aid of the building fund of Tr.uro Cathedral-another proof of the near approach of the church and the stage. How many bricks will come of the per- formance referred to we ...

... After the conclusion of the performance of liy Aweful Dad by Mr Chas. Collette and his capital company, at the Theatre Royal, Eastbourne, on Wednesday evening last, the principal actors and actresses were called before the curtain, and upon Mr Collette's appearance, after he had been greeted with loud applause, he paused and addressed the audience. He had, he said, a duty to discharge. He ...