... THE LONI)ON TTHEATRES. With the opening of the PRINCESS'S this evening, under the temporary management of Mr C. E. Elawtrey, the list of places of dramatic entertainment will be still further extended. Tue principal theatres now open at the west-end have been well filled during the week. A few changes of programme have to be nioted. In con- sequenceof the produiction of sister ilary at the ...

... TIHE ZOOLOGICAL DRA.MA. was an experiment that must have required niaill amount of confidence in his power of Dnmiting difficulties on the part of Mr :STrS HiARurs to turn from the more .utioral realism of the stage carpenter and the artist, as evinced in previous Drury-lane as, to the equine actuality of A IRi t of Luck. 't upsin angry oceans, explosions and con- Atiolt, and even railway ...

... (PROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT.) The recent performances held in the ruins of the Roman theatre at Orange, which, by all accounts, proved singularly interesting, suggested to my curiosity the idea of investigating the appliances which the ancients brought to bear on scenic illustration in build- ings of such a size that they could contain ten or fifteen thousand spectators. This research ...

... 1UALS (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) ABERIDEEN. HE MAI.NJESTY S THEATRE. - Lessee, Mr VY. M Far- laud; Gen1eral MAanager, Mr Reginald Hare. - The newv vcrne opera Glamusns-libretto by Messrs Farnie acid 1lsrray, mnusic by ?? IV. Al. Hutchison-was performed j ces onl Mlonday evening by a company under the manaemcellt of Mr J. L. Shine, and scored a success. Tlhe lading solos are tuneful and ...

... To celebrate the 150th performance of Ever Faithful in the provinces, Mr Reginald Pattison entertained his company at a sumptuous repast on Monday last, at the Central Hotel, Warrington. Amongst the guests were Messrs G. E. Carleton, Fred. Owen, Ernest Montefiore, J. Whittick, Alfred Ashton, F. Neville, P. Lovette, George A. Lionel, F. W,. Atkins, Percy Randall, Alfred Woods, and J. Potter ...

... ALS. I (FRO I OLI OWN COfHRESPONDEZTU.) ABERDEEN. gIER UAJESTY'S THEATUE-Lessee, Mr W. DI'Far- ,and; General Manager, Mr Reginald Hare. -The ;liltonllilays now occupy our boards with their farcical sad musical absurdities Kindred Souls and Blighted BacIltOrs. The fun is fast and fgrious, and the general ?? clover. ARLA I)'~~MUS B IC HALL.-MiSseS Blanche Gerard sid Alice Dlaydue, the Three ...

... AlR. PAILTON INTERVIEWED. Thle author of the charming libretto of Errminie was discovered hard at work. The table was covered with pes, ink, and paper. On one side sat 1Ir Paulton, on phe other his son-a young man to all appearances still in his teens Beth were writing. Were they concoct- inw comic opera which should be a sensation at sme future date?7 It is more than probable. As the ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SYDNEY, AUGUST 5, 18S6i.-TIIEATRE ROYAL.- Lessees, Messrs Williamson, Garner, and Muegrove.- Struck Oil had another four weeks' run to its credit at this house before it gave place, on the 17th July, to Shadows of a Great City, an American play by Dr. Shewell. As a literary work Shadows of a Great City is of small value. The dialogue is dull, and it is not until ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, SEPTEMBER I.-September is a month of considerable importance in theatrical circles. With its advent the dog days, the silly season, and the other annual adjuncts of August beat are supposed to disappear, and the theatrical managers commence to take down their shutters and show the public what an extremely fine and varied stock of novelties they have ...

... In his commendations of the best actors in the world, Polonius speaks of them as fitted for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastorical-comical, historical. pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical- pastoral; but it has remained for the present generation to invent one more compound in dramatic cookery styled farcical comedy, as our fathers devised comedy- drama ...

... (FROm OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, AUGUST 27.-Four more theatres have opened their doors for the season during the past week. On Saturday night the Kiralfy Brothers revived Around the World in Eighty Days at Niblo's-garden with flat- tering success. The men have yet to appear in this country who can give us ballet in its charming graceful- ness and gorgeous spectacle to such perfection as ...

... AMUSEMEINTS IN DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL. -Proprietor, Mr M. Gunn, Manager, Mr M. J. Doyle.-Mr Augustin Daly's comedy company concluded their engagement here on Saturday last. Good houses were the rule during the week. In Nancy and Co. Miss Ada Reban again dis- tinguished herself as Nancy Brasher. Miss Virginia Dreher was excellent as Daisy Griffing. The Ebenezer ...