... An Original Farce, in Three Acts, by Mark Melford, produced at the Strand Theatre on the Afternoon of Tuesday, June 12th, 1888. Major-General Blair ?? Mr W. H. DENNY Dr. Watly .Mr FULLER MELLISH Prof. Andrew Smalley, LL.D. Mr FRANK MEADOWS Inspector Turbott ?? Mr HARRY PETERSON Butler .Mr R. NAINBY Mr Gathermoss ?? ?? Mr CHARLES E. STEVENS Lady Blair ?? . Miss HELEN KINNAIRD Violet ?? Miss ...

... Only some slight pieces serving as preludes to the more substantial portion of the evening's entertainment have been produced as novelties during the week. The dramatic chronicle of the time may be briefly sum- marised. La Ailascotte has been played in French at the ROYALTY. The comic opera Babette was brought out at the STRAND on Thursday evening. The Old Guard at the AVENuE reached its ...

... A meeting of shareholders in the Metropolitan Music Hall Company, Limited, was held on Saturday after- noon, at the ball, Edgware-road, the circular convening the meeting stating that the directors regretted to inform the shareholders that in consequence of the failure of the company's bankers it had been found essential, for the protection of the assets of the com- pany, that a provisional ...

... MR. WILLIAM GREET'S MATINER On May 9th, for the First Time, a New and Original Comedietta by Mrs William Greet, entitled ELSIE'S RIVAL. Charlie Grant . ?? Mr B. WsBssRm Jack Chester ?? Mr MATylaw BRODIU Railway Porter ?? Mr C. E. STSVN8S Elsie Grant ?? Mss EVA WILSON Mr William Greet's annual benefit matinee was given at the Strand Theatre on Wednesday, by permission of Mr Willie Edouin. ...

... NEW PLJAYS OF THE MONTH. e LonDoN. e JULY 2. The World Against Her, drama, in five acts, t by Frank Harvey (first produced at Theatre 1 Royal, Preston, Jan. 11th, 1887)-Surrey. . 3. A Handsome Apology, comedietta, by Andrew .1 Longmuir-lrince of Wales's. e ,, 3. A L'Essai, French comedietta, by MA. A. - Cahen and G. Sujol-Prince of Wales's. I ,, (. The Worship of Plutus; or, Roscs, play, by ...

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... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONI)ENT.1 a SYDNEY, SEPT. 12.-THIATRE ROYAL-Lessees and blanagers, Messrs Williamson, Garner, and Ms- 1I grove; Acting-Manager, Mr G. L. G-odman.-Mr 1 Charles Warner finished his three weeks' introductory season here on the 17th ult. His Coupeau, in Drink, greatly impressed local playgoers. His Claude Melhotte, in The Lady of Lyons, also won favour from the critics and the ...

... ORIGINAL BARITA IN MR BARNES OF NEW YORK. The piece owed much yesterday to the acting of Miss [Florence Westin the part of Marita, this young actress I showing herself to be possessed of great tragic intensity and power. If the ?? had dose no more than dis- cover the unsuspected merits of Mliss West in a leading emotional part it would have been ?? Times, March 24th, 1888. All credit should ...

... PROVINCIAL TIIEATRICMLS. MADA -P -W I^ U A .Dt (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) on ~~ABERDEEN. S- HER MAJEsTY's T1IEATRi.-L-eoe, Mr W. M'Farland; AdGeneral Manager, Mr John Cavauahr.-Mr M'Farland is scoring a great success thi, week, the attraction boing Mr J. W. Turner anid his English opera company. 'The houses are Ig crammed nightly with the lirte of the city, and the perforni- isances of The ...

... [ DRAWING-ROOM_ COMEDIES. The company formed by Messrs Poel and Berlyn to give dramatic performances in private houses, or in balls where only society may congregate, and where no common people could by any possibility be admitted, appeared on the afternoon of Wednesday last before a very fashionable audience at Willis's Rooms and submitted a programme that, in addition to the comedietta ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORtESPONDS;rr) BRUSSELS, APRIL 18.-Except GiOconda., which wa heard at Brussels for the first time out of Italy, the only new production of any importance this season by the Dupont-Lapissida management of the Reina'ie has been Jocelyn, an opera, like fllanon, between grand and comic, by Benjamin Godard, to the libretto of Arrnanl Silvestre and Victor Capoul, after Larnartine's ...

... On Friday, March 2d, the Three-Act Comedy, by M. Alexandre Bisson, entitled LE DEPUTE DE BOMBIGNAU. De Chantelaur ?? i. COQUELIN De Morard .. ?? M. DUQUESNE Pinteau . ?? . M. JEAN CoqUEsLI Des Vergettes. . DBeov La Marquise de Cernais ?? Mdlie. PATRY Hdldnc . . Mdlle. LsmBRcIcs Rtene .Mdlle. HERewiCd Julie .Mdlle. JENNY ROSa When that friend-or enemy-of our youth, Publius Virgilius Maro, ...