... AMMUSEMENTS IN BIRMINGHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Lessae and Manager, Mr Charles Dornton.-Cinderella is leading a merry existence. What else could be expected, indeed, with a Cinderella so attractive as Miss Lilv B. Sinclair and a Prince of the charms of Miss Vera Patey ? Miss Margaret Ruby is a splendid Quillini and the Dandini of Miss Ada Willoughby is sprightliness ...

... 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 ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Lynn Fair is one of the oldest and the best of the East Anglian fixtures. It is notable for two reasons- the first being its great hold upon the affections of the good people of King's Lynn, who love their fair, and, as was testified at the end of the van-dwellers' meeting by one of the oldest inhabitants, they looked forward with pleasure to the coming of the ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Mr John Hotine, who has been known for years in the music halls with his troupe of dogs, is, I regret to say, in very needy circumstances. Through a fall I he has been unable to perform with his dogs for a long time, and has consequently bad to sell them. He has 1 a daughter, a widow with three children, who has a 1 small connection in the laundry business. What ...

... A new pianist in the person of Miss Ethel Wyon ,pve a colc rt on Thursdav at Steinway Hall. There was not a large audience, but the patrons of concerts seldom resl ond freely to any but acknowledged favourites. and that is a distinction Bliss Wyon has yet bo win. The young lady has talent, but her inexperi- ence was only too evident to the visitors present, and her choice of music exposed her ...

... ALEXANDER, GEO., REPERTOIREICO.-CrouCh-end. I A SOLDIER AND A MAN.-Theatre Royal, Greenwich. AT Duny's CALL.-Imperial Theatre, Westminster. AUSTIN, MARY.-West London Theatre. BANDMANN-PALMER, MRS.-Theatre R., Smethwick. C BAThIMAN, FRANK.-Opera House. Bury. E BELLAMY, MADAME C.-Theatre, Middleton. BENSON, MR F. R -Royalt Theatre, Glasgow. BETWIEN THE LIGHTS -Queen's Theatre, Birmingham. BELL ...

... A CHAT WITH MR. LOWPENLD. 1., - - . - - - (BY OUR' sPECIAL CO)11isi0i'c~ With respect to the disturbance onl the Sirt tni The CoqUette at the Prince of WaIles8 ri O tains that they who as-ert that suche u opposition is abisurd, know atio'trbiio these first-night crowds. He sas ?? easy to run these things home, ste 'Ci which secures the preeence of rodyco passes through too many hands fori ob l ...

... AMITSEMENTS IN HULL. ?? nflAX~Pfl~flV 'P~tI -R OR OWN OORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL--Resident Manager, Mr W. F. Mor- T -A crowded house assembled on Monday to wel- cothe- ?? -Manners' opera company, who made come the ial bow in Moritana. All the well-known airs their uod, a and local musical critics consider the werepresenfation to be one of the best ever seen in latest ?? on Tuesday evening, ...

... London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. This new edition of the works of Shakespeare forms a part of the well known Eversley series of the English classics, and it is edited with introduction and notes by C. H. Herford, professor of English language and litera- ture in the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. In the general introduction the scope and character of this edition of Shakespeare's ...

... Dlr Henry Silverton sat in the stalls of Drury-lane e' Theatre in a curious state of mind. He was assist- Oi ing at the first night of a new drama, of which one tl act had been played, but he was thinking of the play hi not at all. Being the first production the wait between the acts was rather longer than is usual, and Mr Silver- hi ton was filling in the time by reading the evening paper ...

... (FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) It has been the plan of the Van-dwellers' Assooiation to have a meeting during the week of Lynn Fair. This year's gathering was of an exceptionally interestirig character, owing to the agitation re the County Council Bye-law. A splendid muster of members and friends met in the Corn Exchange. Mr J. Savage, of the St. Nicholas Iron Works, Lynn, presided ;.and ...

... EIN EHRENHANDEL, Comedy, in One Act, by Ludwig Fulds, Produeed at the Leasing, Jan. 231, 18Q9. Von Techwitz ?? 8CIIONFBLD F ?? Fraulein GROSS Major Hagens ?? Herr PFEr. Mlathilde ?? WALDROGj Frau atrobel ?? FrAulein MEYat Von Laudenbach ?? Herr HALM ?? Herr GRUNWALD Eon Lohndiener ?? Herr NIaRiN c (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) I BERLIN, THURSDAY, FEB. 2.-This is one of a series U of four ...