... Under the above title Messrs Dawson and Lath have intro luced, at the Prince's Hall, a very excellent enter- tainment. It is not always in the power of mortals to command success, we are told, but, at least, they can deserve it. and frequently, if success does not reward them at first, they win recognition later on. We sin- cerely hope this may be the result with Messrs Dawson and Lath's ...

... THiE DRAMA IN PARIs. FRANCILLON. comedy, in three acts, by M. Alexandre Dumas produced at the Comrdie-Franpaise, January 17th, 1887' Lucien de Riverolles ?? M. F. FzBVRE Marquis de Riverolles ?? bl. TmRON lcnruy de Symeux ?? M. LAcunCs Stonislas de Grandredon ?? M. WoRms Cilestin .. M. COqUELIN cadet JeanSe Cariliac.asK. Tasrosuxar se .d . ?? M . PsUcsuHN rse fraflnie de Rtiverolles*---. -MdUe ...

... TEE DRAMA IN SOUTE AFRICA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.I PORT ELIZABETH, JANUARY 3.-The Pearmain company produced Pinero's farcical comedy The Magis. trate on Monday last, December 27th, and it ran well for five nights, being withdrawn on Saturday evening, January 1st. The piece was acted fairly well. Friday evening last. December 31st, was set apart for the benefit of the leading lady, Miss ...

... Every now and then we have the question of l the morality of the ballet broached in print. For i argumentative purposes the subject has few i equals in fertility. The matter has so many sides i that as many shades of opinion may be formed ( respecting it as on a political motion ; and yet, 1 after one of these ebullitions of sophistry and special pleading, the Terpsichorean institution : ...

... In some recent numbers of The Era we have printed letters from a correspondent on the subject of the present popularity of farcical comedy. The writer, a Mr GEORGE MORLEY, is greatly exercised on account of the success of this species of enter- tainment during the past year, and attacks it with an unsparing vigour worthy of a PRYNxE. His primary allegation merely amounts to a complaint that ...

... AMUSEVIEN'TS IN CANADA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MONTREAL, DECEMBER 27, 1886.-Cbristmas has come and gone, and, although the rain poured in torrents on the evening of the 24th, the clerk of the weather afforded unexpected aid to the lovers of tradition at the last moment, and Jack Frost, coming away with a rattle at the finish, so completely upset Jupiter P.'s chance, that people on ...

... A Telegraphic, Farcical, Domestic Drama, in One Flash,_ by Campbell ?? Produced, for the First Time in England, on Tuesday, Jan. 18th, 1887, at the May-street Schoolrcom, West Kensington. Joseph Gostleton ?? M r CAMPBELL RAX-BRONX . Mrs Gostleton .Miss DORA NELSON Sarah ?? DoaA DOORE Chops.r HOroATIO NELSON Pierrre Blancmange ?? r HARBOAPO CoosE Theatrical productions in this ninth decade of ...

... A WOMAN'S TRUTH. A Domestic and Sensational Drama, in Five Acts,, - by Mr Walter Reynolds, produced for the first time in England at the Grand Theatre, Nottingham, on Friday, Dec. 24th,1816. Lord Fitz Eustace ?? Mia FRsD. JARMAN Mr Landfern ?? Mr H. MURRAY-INNES Geoffrey Landiern ?? M r HENRY GEORGE Mr Sparkington ?? Mr STANLEY H. HUNTER Old Burton ?? Mr ARTHSUR ESTCOURT Fly Jenmy ?? Mr ...

... The above club gave a performance of Our Boys, at the Novelty Theatre, on Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the Distressed Irish Ladies' Fund. In strict justice, the next entertainment given by the club should be in aid of a fund for the benefit of distressed dramatic critics, and particularly of those who wit- nessed the Socialists' performance of Our Boys. This is the second ...

... Farcical Comedy, in Three Acts, Adapted by Ernest Warren from s Le Boheur Conjugal (by Albin Valabrtgue), and Produced at the Royalty Theatre, Thursday, Jan. 20th, 1887. Caleb Chubb ?? Mr WILLsS EDOUIN Margery Chubb ?? Miss E. BRUNTON Valentine Honeysett .. . Mr MORTON SELuON Agatha Honeyoett ?? Miss ALtce ATrEIRTos NoelGoldring ?? Mr LYrTos SOTHRRN Grace Goldrg ?? Iss OLA BRANDON Felix ...

... DICK WHITTINGTON AT KILBURN. Dick Whliffl-t, Tomm rnrumngton ?? Miss KATE HBARRY TMmy ?? Master LE Foy Muster Htughen ren ?? Mr ALGERNON NEWARK Alice Fitzwarren ?? Ms ATE Johnny ..MssE..A.IE Cook ?? Mr HENRY J. HILLIER C ?? S. . .Mr R. LESLIE Captainof ?? Mr J. LISTON Chl-oee ~ lna * * - * - .M.. . Miss FRENCE VEsRNoN .Miss ?? LANCE Fairy ?? C- CONROY Sovereign of Zanzibar ?? Mr T. HYDE ...

... THE POLICEMAN, A Farcical Comedy, in Three Acts, by Walter Helmore and Eden Phillips, first produced at the Lyric Hall, Ealing, Wednesday, January 5th, 1887. Cuthbert Fergusson ?? M r WALTER HELNIoRE Randolph Fergusson ?? Mr R. RAY Blunderby ?? Mr ERsKINe Locl Simpson Blunderby ?? Mr MERTON CATTON Capt. Wellington Hill ?? Mr H. F. CoRns Alfred Watling 551 B . ?? r H. B. MEADOWS Holmes ?? M.. ...