... In the madhouse scene, however, so good an actor had only our pity in that he was compelled to descend to the antics of a clown in a Christmas pantomime. Mr Price, Mr Hilton, and Mr F. Irving all had pitiful tasks to perform, and Mr Cecil Crofton's Frederic ...

... Ridgeway, wire-walker and tumbling clown ; and the Brothers de Courcy, excellent acrobats. Mr Jno. Fossett took his benefit on Wednesday even- ing, when special attractions were announced, and on Friday the favourite clown, Funny Harry, made his appeal. A ...

... cirque here some years ago on the site of the present theatre. Mr Charlie Keith is also known here. He heads the list of clowns, and is truly a fellow of infinite jest. Prior to cite cont mencement of the performance on Monday eveniol, Captain Charles ...

... expression enhanced the effect of his distinct and admirably modulated elocution. He recited The Revenge (Tennyson), The Clown's Baby (Vande- grift), Etiquette (Gilbert), The Leper (N. P. Willis), Sir Rupert the Fearless Ingoldhby Legendis ...

... production of the new opera, which he has written in collaboration with Mr Edward Jakobowski. I MR HARRY PAYNE, the popular clown, had his annual benefit at Drury-lane on Thursday, and it proved a big success. During the evening Mr Oscar Barrett handed ...

... Hector and Victor, the chamipion acrobats and somersault throwers; the famous bare- back rider Don Jose; the great musical cloWn, Storelli; the clever and graceful equestrienne, Miss Alice; the funny Cartland, and Mons. Zillo, the great chair per- former ...

... astonishing, and received due acknow- ledgment. Young Claudo's jockey act was smartly executed, and the comicalities of the clowns Felix and Cartland kept the audience in high delight. The per- formance concluded with a ballet, The Rejected Lovers. BANBUR ...

... of entertainment are able to execute an acrobatic dance that is not lacking in humorous characteristics on the part of the clown of the pair at least. Revene and Athas certainly go down well at the Foresters'. So do Messrs Tennyson and O'Gorman, who ...

... first turn in the ring on Monday evening was taken by a troupe of vaulters, who threw somersaults over six horses. The clowns took part in this turn, and some comical tumbling added greatly to the enjoyment of the audience. A new equestrienne, Miss ...

... eccentric comedian; and this description applies with equal truth to Messrs Tennyson and O'Gorman. Sivado and Le Barr, comical clowns, who concluded the programme, well deserve the name. They manipulated their mechanical donkey to incessant laughter. DEACON'S ...

... else- w~here, the variety and extent of his imitative vocal newer, through the medium of some half dozen puppets, omoprising a clown, Nigger, Yorkshireman, an old man and woman, and a little girl. The cleverest part of the Captain's entertainment on the occasion ...

... Poyser of George Eliot, hut was never- theless a decidedly amusing character. The repre- sentatives of two old men, whose clowning' and tumbling about the stage evoked roars of laughter from the gallery, were not responsible, we suppose, for the duties ...