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Theatrical Mems

... ct up ?? and Faces. for the remainder of her. C Airey Annie Was played for the last time last S ightl and to-night Blackberries is to be revived, el It is now stated that the London production of G Iepita will be at the Gaiety in October. R 11 ...

THE CANARY ISLANDS

... 200 feet, sweet-scented violets. Mrs. Stone speaks of Devonshire and Surrey lanes, which lead up to pines and heather and blackberries that remind us of England. The road by which the heights were reached was not always of the Devonshire and Surrey sort ...

LITERARY GLEANLNGS

... how early the little lads ceased to eat the bread of idleness. The smallest of them would be sent to gather mushrooms and blackberries. They were soon fitted out with a dinner satchel and a pair of clappers, and sent to scare the birds from the newly-sown ...

CRYSTAL PALACE PANTOMIME

... Then we get to work in a picturesque wood, where the prettiest of villagers are engaged gathering sticks and picking blackberries and nuts. Cinderella rescues the Fairy Godmother from insult, and when, on a mossy bank, she falls asleep, the fairy resolves ...

Published: Saturday 29 December 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1927 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE TRUE STORY OF MRS. GORDON BAILLIE

... her acrommoda- tion, and in such numbers were the acceptances given that tbey became in the City almost as plentiful as blackberries in the country in September. Actions were threatened right and left against the old gentleman on these bills, and when ...

THE LEEDS FINE ART GALLERY

... Josephs. Coming now to the pictorial exhibits, members and associates of the Royal Academy are almost as plentiful as blackberries. The exhibition is rich in English act, '4ud only one eallery is occupied with works of Contirental masters. It is only ...

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... tb his return from the marriage feast is something to s be seen and laughed at. Irish comedians are as plentiful a as blackberries; but Mr Caffrey is one of the few good ones. A Very Waisn Reception, a lively, bustling sketch, is just what is wanted ...

Published: Saturday 27 October 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3186 | Page: 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MUSICAL FESTIVAL SOCIETY

... Manchester, Leeds, and Glasgow, by maen who -ware worth £;100,000, £150,0t0, and £200,000 a. year, 'and could he counted like blackberries (laughter). Thoee people washed bheirdirby linen 'ab -home; and when the public did nlot 'take tickete they did not say- ...

CHRISTMAS BOOKS

... good old times is the phrase that is some- timnes used to designate the happy times when high- v;,vmen were plenty as blackberries. One may 'e:uur to the epithet good, but it cannot be douiod that they were picturesque, and frequently romantic. The ...

LITERARY COMPETITION

... the green faelds sn-etched prettily towards the town, and even the lange mound itself became re' less usslsighlrly, as the blackberry bushes spread lvi their long creepiceg tendrils over the flints, acid the shady old lane wvith its meancy trues retained ...

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... -Lessee atid Manager, Mr J. IV. Boughton. -Mr Willie Edouin's comedy company opened here on MOol- II day, the 5th inst. with Blackberries and Turned Up. In the R former Mr Ramsey Danvers was the Old Showman, and Miss e) Julia Gilbert Charlie Cott. In Turned ...

Published: Saturday 10 March 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 19544 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... merits commendation for a care- ful performance of George Medway. Scenically, the play was quite up to the Court standard. Blackberries, also written by Mr M. Melford, preceded the comedy, special honoursbeing won in this instance by Miss Gilbert and Hr Danvers ...

Published: Saturday 05 May 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 21109 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture