... Theatres Jj NOWADAYS the world is too busy and restless to indulge in a prolonged season of dsadness and dulness such as used to refresh the souls of jaded Londoners during the autumnal months. Except ...

... The Reopening of Drury Lane, which of old was held to mark the commencement of the theatrical season, has been some what antedated of late years under Mr. Augustus Harris's pro sperous management. Onc ...

... ALL who enjoy exquisite descriptions of Nature given by one who not only loves her-- that is not altogether so unusual-- but knows her, will make at once for The Dewy Mom (2 vols.: Bentley and Son), ...

... MESSRS. DUNCAN DAVISON AND CO.-- Four very pleasing Italian songs of a light type, for after dinner and drawing-room purposes, are respectively Non Ti Lagnar, canzonetta, by G. Romano, Qui Sospiran ...

... . A crowded audience was attracted to the Comedy Theatre on Saturday last, when Mr. H. B. Farnie's excellent English adaptation of Chassaigno's oomic opera, Falka, was performed by a new combination of artists engaged by Mr. Alexander Henderson for a long provincial tour with that popular opera. The cast was a sfrong one, and the opera went well from beginning to end. Miss Wadman, both as ...

... . The only interest awakened in the minds of amateurs in general by the proceedings at provincial musical festivals is that which attaches to the production of new and important works, whether vocal or instrumental, or combinations of both. The Worcester Festival, which closed last week, was almost barren of such interest. The only novelties were the cantata Ilero and Icandcr, written by Mr. ...

... DRITRY LANE THEATRE. IN its new dress The World is quite as striking a spectacular drama as any that has been produced at Drury Lane, even during the enterprising management of Mr. Augustus Harris, who never had any inclination to run the risk of spoiling his ship for the sake of the proverbial ha' porth of tar. So far, in fact, as the externals of the piece are concerned-- and these are of ...

... . A Ruined Life is the title of a new melodrama by Messrs. Arthur Goodrich and J. R. Crawford, which seems quite likely to fulfil satisfactorily the requirements of its audience at the Grand Theatre, Islington. The life that is ruined is not exactly the kind of existence that one might guess. It is the career of a stockbroker, whoso prospects are interfered with, not perhaps in the most ...

... . A rpoon, raw, amateurish affair was the entertainment with which the Imperial Theatre re-opened its doors last Saturday evening. Miss Ada Ward is not a great actress her method is hard and her ways wholly of the stage stagey. But she is certainly worthy of better supporters than those engaged to help her through with Tobin's old-fashioned The Honeymoon Few playgoers would, we fancy, be any ...

... . MISS MARY ANDERSON'S second season in London has com menced at the Lyceum successfully enough, though without any feature which calls for special note. For the present she reserves the production which will probably make or mar her reputation as a great actress, and falls back upon performances in which she knows by experience that she is sure of pleasing her audience if she does nothing ...

... . UPON light, bright pieces, such as do not ask too much of the attention of their spectators, Mr. Brookfield is wisely concentra ting his attention at the Haymarket. His latest production be longs in many of its characteristics to farce rather than to comedy, for its dramatis persona are overdrawn and highly- coloured, whilst its plot makes no pretence of probability. For Bachelors, as the ...

... OUR CAPTIOUS CRITIC. AT THE RROMENADE CONCERTS. THERE is an old tale-- I cannot for the moment recall whether it is in the Cent Nouvelles Nou velles, the Heptameron of Marguerite de Valois, or the Contes of Bo naventure des Perriers --of a certain lord who sought to induce one of his servitors to lend him his aid in an enterprise that it is neither needful nor seemly to particularise ...