... ALADDIN AT THE PARKHUJRST. (sECOND NOTICE.) Perhaps the jolliest little hero in Christmas enter- tainments is Aladdin, and the extraordinary story of his adventures and his suddenly acquired riches appeals more readily to the hearts of callow youth than many of those chosen for the skeleton of a pantomime plot. The history of the Pekin urchin has been most deftly utilbsed for the Parkhurst, ...

... C 0 L I N E T T E. (FROMa OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.) Colinette,with Miss Julia Marlowe in the title-role, was presented for the first time in this city at the Knicker- bocker Theatre last Monday. and was accorded a very favourable reception. The piece was first performed in Philadelphia last February. Cohinette is a translation by H. a. Carleton from the French of Le No re and Martin. The ...

... ROBESPIERPRE. Volumes could be written about Robespierre, the man of the sea-green complexion, the implacable and impotent, for he has been represented and misrepre- sented by many authors, fascinated by the subject of the First Great Revolution. Carlyle seems to have gone out of his way to vilify him in The French Revolution, for bad as Robespierre was he was not altogether devoid of good ...

... With one consent the project of a farewell compli- mentary benefit to Mr Jolly John Nash was taken up by the heads of the theatrical and variety professions, with the result that the Tivoli was thronged on the afternoon of Monday last by a very large number of the admirers of the doyen comique of the music halls. Mr Nash was in the hey-day of his fame when the world went crazy over the old ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF IRE BRA. Sir,-The letters you published last week sufficiently disposed of Mr Thomas's claims to rights in an unauthorised dramatization of For the Term of His Natural Life. As solicitors acting on behalf of Messrs Macmillan, the owners of the copyright in the novel, we have written to Mr Thomas's solicitor, and await his reply. Meanwhile, as Mr Thomas has, through the ...

... I With reference to the eleventh Theatrical Gala, which took place last week on the ground of the Liver- pool Football Club, Anfield, in aid of three local medical charities and three theatrical and musical benevolent schemes, it is announced that the amount taken at the gates was nearly g260, and the floral and sales department, which was conducted by artistes from the local places of ...

... RANA, FOR POSE. That is Mr HEana's trade mark and standing adver- tisement- Hana, for Pose, and the profession are well acquainted with the quality of his works. But, though Mr Hana is ever studious of drama subjects, there is one department in which he stands almost unrivalled, and that is the difficult art of posing and photographing children, of whom be turns out quite the most natural ...

... (ILLUSTRATED.) MI/SS CONSTANCE ELGIN. MISS CONSTANCE ELGIN began her dramatic career about flve years ago as a pupil of Edmund Tearle. Then she joined W. S. Hardy's Shakespearian company, and had a round of hard work, playing Celia, Jessica, Lady Anne, the Player Queen. the Gentlewoman, &c. Her next engagement was with the late Miss Alleyn, whom she understudied-playing Juliet in her absence ; ...

... TEE IRVING THEATRE, SEACOMBE. The greatest interest is being shown in the erection and prospective opening of the new theatre at Sea- combe, Cheshire, on the shores of the Mersey, nearly opposite the great seaport of Liverpool. Energy and enterprise have been orought to bear on the erection of a new dramatic centre which is sure to secure the cordial patronage of a large residential population ...

... ? I 1 ?? L : t ; ?? .il? :lj?i , :4 1 SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1899. WAGNERIAN PROPERTIES. Travellers tell us that in India there is a certain class of conjurors who perform-or, rather, appear to perform-the most marvellous feats by the aid of mesmerism or hypnotism. They will that the spectators shall see a decapitated boy restored to life, or a man ascend into the air and disappear at the end ...

... The management of this popular house of entertain- ment has provided for this week a bill of more than usual attractiveness; in fact, such a brilliant array of talent in nearly every branch of legitimate variety busi- ness has seldom been brought together in Nottingham. The performance of the Bandurria Troupe created much enthusiasm. They are probably as artistic exponents of the mandoline and ...

... MR. LESLIE STUART. MR LISLIE STUART, generally admitted to be one of the most popular song-writers of the day, his composi- tions being at the present time sung and played as the songs of the day, in every part of the world where English is spoken, was born in Southport just over thirty years ago. He has had a career most varied, a record of which could be made extremely interesting if ...