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THE DRAMA IN PARIS

... valuation by experts appointed on either side. The purchase money will probably amount to some 4,000. It is rather premature to speak of the new directo's projects, but lie is said to contemplate a wide extension of hospitality to the young musical school ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1742 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE

... hold on the h imaginations of those who witnessed it. b Of Mrs Dacre's impersonation of the heroine it is impos- c. sible to speak too highly. She made a great impression, Ir and scored a brilliant artistic success. Mr Dacre in the s, part of the soldier ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1570 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... tion scene, entitled the Ironic of Britannia, an ?? work of stage irechanieri arid scenic art. Of the ecompany rye cannot speak too highly. Miss Mlaud Branscombe plays Bo-Peep with pleasing vii av ty. Mies Stella De \'ere as Boy Blue has already made ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 29518 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MY BOY

... audiences may have Over. m- looked, hut which were certaiii to he severely marked ire by London critics. Thle leading character speaks in a dialect compounded of the lower mid'lle-class English, German, and Jewish accents. Why Mr James Jones, English bootmaker ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1544 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

MY BOY

... provincial audiences may have over- looked, but which were certain to be severely marked by London critics. The leading character speaks in a dialect compounded of the lower middle-class English, German, and Jewish accents. Why Mr James Jones, English bootmaker ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1423 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE

... powerful hold on the imaginations of those who witnessed it. Of Mrs Dacre's impersonation of the heroine it is impos- sible to speak too highly. She made a great impression, and scored a brilliant artistic success, Mr Dacre in the part of the soldier lover ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1464 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICA

... characters which, with time and opportunity, will come into prominence, and of ,vhich we shall have further opportunity of speaking. The scenery is by Messrs W. F. Robson and T. C. Daly, and is bright and attractive, and we see no reason why Aladdin should ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 27155 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEATRES

... in the first place, that his patent was extinct, and, secondly, that the idea is altered to suit modern wants. We always speak of the ancient Romans as a practical people, and in this case the opinion is borne out by their sensible arrangements for rapidly ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1465 | Page: 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FRENCH PLAYS AT THE ROYALTY

... many a long year since Hortense Schneider took the world by storm as Her ?? Highness of Gerolstein-more than twenty years, to speak by the card (the piece was produced ?? n April, 1867)-andcompetent successors for Hortense Sclueider. in London or else- where ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1460 | Page: 14 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... his common law right of property of first printing, publishing, and selling a certain popular song entitled We never speak as we pass by. Mr Egerton, who is the author and composer of the song, states that he only intended to authorise the Moore ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4690 | Page: 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMATEURS AT ST. GEORGES HALL

... Medlicott in an easy and original style, and would have done very well indeed had he taken the trouble to learn his lines and to speak up' a little louder. Mr M. Croly-Hart as J. Montgomery Brown was well made up and costumed, but his acting was feeble and ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1188 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... Prince Preetypet. The clever Wood family, Miss Amy Islip, Master Wright, Baby Connor, and the Infant Feeney all assist, not to speak of several older artists, including the ubiquitous Mr Melville. Notable members of the company are Miss Maud Haigh, Miss Jenny ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1888
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 18057 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture