... Money, was the piece selected for the opening performance, and it is worthy of mention that the present theatre was opened in 1881 with this identical comedy, the late Barry Sul- livan being a member of the company which then pro- duced it. Fourteen years ...

... William Mackintosh, and Miss Kate Phillips. In April, 1881. The Lady of Lyons was put on, until Coralie, by G. W. Godfrey, was ready. Here we may pause to speak of the lack of reliable new dramatists in 1881. There was still a continuous cry from the unacted ...

... Furtardo the leading parts in BanA' and Fame. He then toured with his own company in the legitimate drama for several seasons. In 1881 Mr Dewhurst visited Australia, opening in Othello at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, thence to Sydney, Brisbane, Tasmania, Toowamba ...

... composer of the leusiC of tle comtc opera Billee Taylor, which wsas prodneed is October, 1880. Then followed Claude Duval (1881), Lord Bateman (1888), The Vicar of Bray (1888), Paul ana Virginia (188), and Poeabcntas (1888). Mr Solomon also composed a ...

... owes what was probably his most popular success, the parody entitled Two lovely black eyes,:' to his own fertile pen. In 1881 he was specially engaged for the music hall matinees at Her Majesty's Theatre, with the proviso in his contract that he was ...

... terrified on a couch. She is saved by the advent of an elderly dresser named Bright, who had a love affair with the KiSg in 1881, and still worships his Majesty. The lights are lowered, and the inebriated monarch, returning, clasps the ornament on the ...

... Benson's season)- Lyceum. 26. The Squire, play, in three acts, by A. W. Pinero, originally produced at the St. James's, Dec. 29th, 1881 (Miss Kate Rorke's ?? of Wales's, Kennington. PARIS. FEB. 2. Louise, musical romance, in four acts, words and music by MI. ...

... abroad and into the provinces for ecriety andl popularity' cake. Wfhile successfully mana- ging the Princess's Theatre from 1881 to ISM, Mr Barrett did a great deal of sound dramatic work. For example, he collaborated xvith Henry Arthur Jones in writing ...

... view. ?? of Sullivan s flirest and most memorable wourks, Trhe ;oldyu Loio nd, was pro- ?? at the Leeds Festival, Oct. latiti 1881, and ' the effect of the work upoir the feelings of the audience was immediate and tremendous. The rather delicate anid m ...

... time in the suburbs at the Theatre Metropole, Caniberwell. H. R.-BMondin first appeared at the Crystal Palace on June 1st, 1881. ...

... was next put on, but it failed to attract. Frou-Frouz, from the French, by Comyns Carr, was tried June 4tb, and in July, 1881, The Old Love and the Nese was revived by Mr Wilson Barrett, who had now become lessee and manager. On June 28th, by the way ...

... for The NDaval Cadets, she returned to the Strand, and scored as the Countess, in Olivette. This engagement was followed, in 1881, 1882, and 1883, at the Comedy, by five triumphs, namely, Bettina, in La Mascotte; in the title-rble of Boccaccio; as Gretchen ...