... T 1, ,ssect and admiration which Mr Chippendale has I:JOYl fol so many years vill, we are sure, be now supple- by friendly and heartfelt pity among all those who batc wateheti the actor s career during a more or less extensive 'ert of his professioal life. Mr Chippendale, who is in his 1't srd year. has recently shown considerable restlessness eighlt, bttt, although such a weakness naturally ...

... THE NEW GRAND THE.TRE, BIRM1INGI mm. ~ T.. - -1- o - - H Ti (FhOZ O1~A;, ONV - coRESONDEuNT. i rue spendid trutre erected for Mr A.~ -Melvill in Cor- poration-street, Birmingham, has at leothrot eivt t ing touches, and was oPenei' ge~jreie t finisir. nigt, under the pat~ronage ?? - Cuneda belain, President of the Board of Tr'ade, tl a it,0tlie, Icha of the 6/itc Of thle town and ilioi inbod ...

... Captain Honl. Felix Flapper, R.N.. Mr T. SQUIRE Sir .^lillci Lane, ?? ?? ARTnuR WILLIAMS SuBs]] Taylor . ?? .. . ?? Mr ARNOLD BI)RESOX Christopher Cr~ab ?? Mr J. J. DALLAS ?? IV. WAPrD Ben Barnacle ?? Mr WILLIAM ELTON Arabella Lane ?? Miss ALICE AYsenir Coor Eliza Dabsey ?? ?? Miss HAasUr CONFBSv Susan ?? ?? Miss PEDLEY Phlebe rairleigh ?? ?? Miss LUCILLE MZasoIrrs A generally excellent ...

... 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 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 ...

... , (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS.-THURSDAY ,-INOUvVEAUTES.-The first new piece of theseason at Ml. Brasseur's gaylittlettheatre is slightly less frolic- some than its predecessors. Its music was composed to order within two months by M1. Th6odore de Lajarte, librarian of the Opera, and the favourable reception accorded to his Portsait at the Salle Favart in June last it was that prompted ...

... The great ability Miss Willes has so frequently displayed in her efforts upon the stage would naturally lead those who were attracted to the recital at Steinway Hall on Thursday evening, to oxpect groat things from her, and they were not disappointed, for in the variouspieces Miss Willes recited there was not a little of the same humour, pathos, energy, and dramatic impulse so cordially ...

... REAL I SM. The remarkable popularity at present of plays con- taining realistic scenic effects is too striking to be ignored. It is generally considered to be the duty of the dramatic critic to denounce this tendency, and to find fault with the keen public appetite which makes it so profitable to cater for this taste. But the function of this journal is, above all things, to be liberal and ...

... (FROn OUsR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, OCTOB3ER 19.-But one new production has marked the week with interest-that of M1oths on Thursday evening at Wallack's. On Monday the New Park Theatre was opened, and The Princess of Trebizonde put on temporarily at the Casino. These are the only changes, and are not specially engrossing, expectancy as to the coming week prevailing. On Monday both operas ...

... UNITED DRAMAtTIC CLUB. The members of this club, which has very comfortable premises in Upper-street, Islington, would do well for the future to keep their exercises-their stage antics, their concerts, and their dances-for themselves and friends and relatives, and not to invite criticism. We had much morn than a bad quarter of an hour with them on Monday evening, when their little stage was ...

... MR. CHARLES COLLETTE'S -MATINEE. On November 1st, the celebrated Comedy, by Charles Mathews, MY AWFUL DAD. Adonis Evergreen ?? Alr C.ARLEs CoLEI-rE Dick Evergreen ?? M Mr CIARILS LANGLEY Fibs ?? ELLERAIAN ?? Mr WALTER ARNAULD ?? tr T. I{. HARRISON Humphrey Love ia ?? IMr E. SUTTON Prince ?? ?? Mr G. T. MINSerULL Cru.ts ?? ?? AMr H. J. TURNER, JUN. Matilda Weddagain ?? Miss ROsE MURRAY ...

... EAST LYNNSE AT THE LADBROKE HALL. I WYe have come to regard this hall as the happy hunting ground of ths adventurous caterer, a conclusion not arrived at hastily or unreasonably. Such a performance as that at which we were present on Saturday night would fairly justify us in the use of a far stronger term than that above expressed in speaking of one Hutton, the individual responsible for ...