... . THE ROYAL. DRURY LANE. Whatever may be thought of the propriety of the senior provident society of the profession depending on voluntary contributions for any part of its income, there can be no doubt that the annual benefit performance is a very well managed affair. The performance last Thursday afternoon at Drury Lane--the theatre being generously lent for the occasion by tho theatro ...

... . THE HAYMARKET. The monologue, somehow or other, is not acclimated to the English stage. If only for the failing art of diction in modern acting, one could wish that it was so, and credit certainly belongs to the laudably enterprising management of Messrs. Waller and Morell in the interim season at the Haymarket for the production of Fortune's Fool last lbursday on the occasion of the ...

... ROYAL. COVENT GARDEN. When an artist obtains such a hold upon the public as that possessed by Mdme. Calve, it is not surprising that she should enlarge her repertory, even if by so doing she occasionally suffers by comparisons with herself. In thinking of this highlygiftod French singer one part inevitably ocours to everybody's mind. Operagoers novor tire of saving to each other Oh, you ...

... . TERRY'S On Saturday, February 26, 1898, was produced au original comedy, in three acts, by G. Stuart Ogilvie, entitled:-- The White Knight. Edward Pennycuick Mi. Edward Terry Viscount Hintlesham Mr. Stuart Champion Harry Rook Mr. W. L. Abingdon Major-Gen. Bylcs, C.I3. Mr. A. E. George Mr. lictts Mr. Lionel Walsh Alexander MoBrane Mr. Hubert Willis Charles Master Walter Froear Woollorton Mr. ...

... . THE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN It was hoped that Signor Pucoini would be present to conduct the first performance in Italian of his opera La Boheme. Circumstances, however, have detained him abroad, and in his absence Signor Manci nelli, who is thoroughly conversant with that school to which the music of La Boheme belongs, filled his place on Saturday, and tinder nis dlreotion a very excollent ...

... . DRURY LANE On Saturday evening, April 5, 1890, was produced for the first time with English libretto in the metropolis the opera, in a prologue and five acts, by Charles Gounod, entitled:-- Romeo and Juliet. Komeo Mr. Barton McGuckin Mercutio Mr. F. H. Celli Benvolio Mr. KUis The Duke of Verona Mr. K. Albert Tybalt Mr. John Child Capulet Mr. Max Eugene Friar Laurence Signor Abramoff Paris Mr ...

... . COVENT GARDEN. The lesser strains of I Pescatori di Perle, as they must be called in comparison with those of Georges Bizet's chef (Tenure, were heard betimes this season--too much so, in some judgments--on Thursday, 22 inst., by one of those resplendent audiences that are among the most wonderful of Mr. Augustus Harris's conjurations in the sphere of opera generally, and of the mixed ...

... THE PARKHURST HALL. Under the somewhat cumbrous title of The Park hurst Grand Hall and Theatre, tho latest of our suburban theatres was opened on Monday last, when the company who have lately been playing Nixie at the Globe Theatre commenced a six nights' engagement. The new building is situated at the corner of the Holloway and the Parkhurst roads, immediately opposite the well-known Nag's ...

... . THE PRINCE OF WALES'S. On Saturday afternoon, December 20, 1890, was produced here a stage version, by H. Savile Clarke, with music by Walter Slaughter, of W. M. Thackeray's fireside pantomime, The Rose and the Ring, entitled:-- The Rose and the Rim/. Act I. V;ilofoo Mr. Harry Monkhouse Tommasti Lorenid Mr. Tom Shale BUlbo Mr. J. Le Hay Glumt>oso Mr. W. Checsmnn Count Hedzoff Mr. A. ...

... . DRURY LANE. Ou Monday, May 12, 1890, was produced here, for the first time in England, a drama in four acts, written by Steele Mackave, entitled I'aul Kauvar. Paul Kauvar Mr. William Terriss Honore Albert Mnxime Mr. Henry Neville General Delaroche Mr. Arthur Stirling Marquis de Vaux Mr. Chas Hudson Dodolphe Potin Mr. Victor Stephens Came: Mr. Ernest Hendrie Colonel La Hdgue Mr. Wallace ...

... . THE COMEDY. On Saturday evening, February 9, 1895, was produced a new and original three aot comedy, written by Charles E. D. Ward, entitled:-- A Leader of Men. Robert Llewelyn, M.P. Mr. Fred Terry Lord Killarney, M.P, Mr. Will Dennis Archdeacon Baldwin Mr. Joseph Carne Louis Farquhar, M.P. Mr. H. B. Irving Morton Stone, M.P. Mr. W. Wyes Jack Carn.'orth Mr. Sydney Brough Adolphus Poole Mr. ...

... . COVENT GARDEN. The ever-popular Cavalleria Rusticana bad a special interest for Opera habitues on Thursday, by reason of the English debut of the original Italian Santuzza--Madame Bellincioni. This lady is obviously an artist of ability and experience, whose appearance in parts of a larger compass than Santuzza will be awaited with interest. In point of dramatic quality Madame Bellincioni ...