... A LIFE OF PLEASURE.-H. M. T., Walsall. ALEXANDER, G.-Bosoigh Theatre, Stratford. A ROYAL DIvortao.-Theatre Royal, Darwen. A SISTER'S SACBIFICe.-Eden Theatre, Brighton. A SOLDIER AND A MAN.-P. 0. W. T., Grimeby. AT DUTY'S CALL.-Dalston Theatre, N.E. AUSTIN, MISS M.-Morton's Theatre, S.E. A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE.-Cofnty T., Reading. BANK OF ENGLAND.-Osborne Theatre, Manchester. BENSON, F. E. ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE REA. Sir,-As your valuable columns are always open to champion the cause of the profession (I hope I may still claim that distinction, despite the fact that I and my little party of sketch actors are described by the Great Northern Railway Company as a troupe), I would like to encroach upon your space to ventilate a matter which is of some importance to music hall ...

... (BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.) Mr f. G. Knowles, like many another successful music hall singer or variety artist, began his professional career as an actor. He first appeared on any stage at the Olympic Theatre. Chicago, in 18,7 with a variety turn, and the management, at the end thereof, sadly but firmly said (iood-bye to the young aspirant, But that did not daunt him, and he ...

... I SIR HENRY IRV[NG4 ST EDINBURGH. On Wednesday night Sir Henry Irving was enter- tained to dinner in ?? Hotel by the members of the Edinburgh Pen and Pencil Club, after the per- formance at the Lyceum Theatre in that city. There was an attendance of about 140. The chair was occupied by Dr. W. Guy, who was supported on the right by Sir Henry Irving, Mr James A. Moonie, Mr Brain Stoker, and Mr R ...

... TTHE ERA LETTER-BOX. A Stamped Envelope, plainly addressed, must l'e enalosed with application for each Letter. Letters, after lying at this Otitue for One Month, are forwarded to the Postal Authorities, to be returned to the Senaers. N'o Circulars admitted to this List. Adair, Mr Frank Albani, Madame Alvira Amory, Miss Helen Arden, hr Wallace Arlotti, Mr Harry Ashdown, Mr Percy Ashford and ...

... ?? - TUEAritiCAL G(SSIP- THXRR i- liki l to be cons iileril o discusslionl on- Gernirng .M/r aind lfr s /) ?? thi' plaN by .Mr ?? Harris wvh irli wa4 proulvie 1 ol 'I tirstlay e-:ening at the RovaltN Tiatli. It is clail,.,(I by DMr Kvrlc Bellew that te hal contlact Id witb 5ir () scar Wilde to write thl,, pi cet c ilt Mr Harris nad(- ?? Belle w -an olfo(r to oe> lo -1se th b Work, w it i tbhe ...

... :jI SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1900. The reproach of taking our pleasure sadly which has been ma(le to us English may wit h greater fairness be attributed to the (German public, if the fame and popularity of GERIIHArT IIAIPTMANN, the dramatist, be taken into consideration. 'M iss JANET AciiRitcu and 'Mr C. E. WHEELER have, in the translation recently published by DUCK- WORTH and Co., given those ...

... The Music and Dancing Licences Committee of the London County Council sat on Friday at the Clerken- well Sessions House to hear applications for the issue of music, dancing, and stage play licences in respect of premises north of the Thames. Sir Algernon West, the chairman of the committee, presided. In renewing the music and dancing licence held by Mr Herman Hart for the London Exhibition ...

... It is to be hoped that the continuous appeals which have been made upon the public on behalf of the absent-minded beggar and those he has left at home will not seriously affect the funds of deserving institutions which are dependent in a more or less degree upon voluntary contributions. Of these public institutions there is none that has stronger claims upon the consideration of the public ...

... BIRTHS, MARIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTH. BINGLEY.-Feb. 18th, the wife of Mr J. R. Bingley, musical director, Prince of Wales's fheatre, Great Grimsby, of a son. DEATHS. ALMAR.-Feb. 19th, at the residence of his sister, 10, Sidlan-terrace, Leeds, in his thirty-fourth year, C. Norman Almar, of phthisis, following Medi- terranean fever (contracted in Malta, 1898). For many years advance agent for ...

... ON TEE ROAD, FEB. 26. ADVENTURE OF LADY URSULA.-Southampton. ALADDIN (BODE).-Grand Theatre, Glasgow. |ALADDIN (DOTTIIDGE AND LONGDEN).-Grimby. ALADDIN (GRAHAME).-Theatre Royal, Smethwick. A LIFE'S REVENGE.-Theatre Royal, Sunderland. A LONDON ARAB. -Empire Theatre, Southend. A NIGHT OUT,-Colosseum, Oldham. A ROYAL DIVORCE (N).-Theatre Royal, Sheffield. A ROYAL DIVORCE (S).-Royalty, Barrow. A ...

... TWELFTH NIGHT AT OXFORD The present members of the Oxford University Dramatic Society revived Tiltlfti Night on Wednesday evening last at the New Theatre, Oxford, and, to lo them justice, with such a measure of success as to justify their harking back to an old love in preference to choos- ing a new one. Much of this was doubtless due to the indefatigable etforts of Mr G. R. Foss, under ...