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... satire at the expense of actual types, and even persons. Of the original, with its brilliant cruelty, it is late in the day to speak. Of the translation, however, under the title of One of the Forty (I vol. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.), it must be said that ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 963 | Page: 20 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMUSEMENTS IN CHESTER

... happy to say, attracting crowded houses. Bank Holiday, being the night of nights, money was refused all along the line. In speaking of the individual merits of the principals, the. palm must, undoubtedly, be given to Mr Wilfred Shine, the representative ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 897 | Page: 8 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMUSEMENTS IN SOUTHAMPTON

... inimitable. His make-up was capital, and his acting throughout exceedingly clever and free from anything offensive. We cannot speak too highly of Miss Emily Fothergill as Aladdin. This pretty young actress delighted everyone by her performance. With a fascinating ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2312 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE STUART SHOW AT THE NEW GALLERY

... Stuart period, with a good margin of time at beginning and end; indeed, considering how many works were rejected (if rumour speaks truth) for want of space, we may be permitted to inquire why replicas and other manifest redundancies were accorded reception ...

AMUSEMENTS IN SOUTHAMPTON

... inimitable. His make-up was capital, and his acting throughout exceedingly clever and free from anything offensive. We cannot speak too highly of Miss Emily Fothergill as Aladdin. This pretty young actress delighted everyone by her performance. With a fascinating ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2484 | Page: 19 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

COLLIN'S MUSIC HALL

... Messrs E. S. Barnes and John Read, have done this, despite the drain upon music hall talent which the pantomimes always cause, speaks in the highest terms of the enterprise, which has produced this satisfactory result, and the patrons of the popular music ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1627 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

AMUSEMENTS IN DUBLIN

... sings wvell, and is also an expert dancer. Cinderella is surprised by the entry of Prince Precious, Mliss Helen Hastings, who speaks her lines very cleverly. The prince is attended by his valet Dandini, Sliss Jennie Rogers, who sings It's a funny little ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1454 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

DAN THE OUTLAW

... character. So strong, however, was his dialect that we were puzzled for some time as to what could be meant by a line he had to speak about a handkerchief, which we at first under- stood him to say was covered all over with -well, parasitical insects. It ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1419 | Page: 11 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

JOHN COLEMAN'S REMINISCENCES

... how he felt towards a fair and fascinating Juliet. Ilr Coleman's Reminiscences contain a great deal of actuality. He speaks in most cases of what his eyes have seen and his ears have heard, and he is certainly not restrained by any scruples of delicacy ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1507 | Page: 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... and that they are enthusiastic all through, perhaps even more enthusiastic at the end than at the beginning. That this is so speaks highly in a general way for the various artists who are at present engaged, and of whom it may be well now to make individual ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1889
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7548 | Page: 16 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Lord Granville on Art

... where nothing had grown b dore. Lord Gt.ssvmILLE, however, could not continue iu this con- ] iident strain when ho bad to speak of our position in high art. He could I only remind us that great authorities were urrayed on one side and on the other, and ...

EARL GRANVILLE ON BRITISH ART AND EXHIBITIONS

... in no iway interfert with its prosoeritv. It was at one time vc s thought that England would no toxhibit anytbing wartla K speaking- of in the wray of British art, but I uam happy to Ito say --Itt bi Frederick Leightoni, and. Tdr. AgnewV ce 1) and oter ...