... those in front. It mat ters little how natural and lifelike the author's work may be, nine out of ten of those who go to theatres grow impatient at the trivialities of detail in drama which they receive without demur in novels. The central figure in The ...

... Baekhaus lent creditable assistance during the evening. The new musical play Ilidenseek is in active preparation at the Globe Theatre, and will be produced early in December. The cast includes Messrs. John le Hay, .John Piddock, Tim Riley, John Peachey, Misses ...

... presented under the direction of the Elizabethan Stage Society. Henry the Fijth was so presented on the 21st inst. in the Lecture Theatre at Burlington House, where the members and friends of the Society assembled in strong force. Mr. William Poel and his companion ...

... CENTURY THEATRE. The Whirl of the Town having failed to attract, its place at the Century Theatre, which playgoers will continue to call the Adelphi, has been taken by a revival of The Belle of New York, which on the 27th alt. commanded a crowded audience ...

... A LITERARY LETTER London, December 4th, 1901. Shakspere has long ceased to spell bankruptcy for the theatre manager. Let us hope that he is far from spelling bankruptcy, and that he does indeed spell good fortune, for the publisher. Only the other day ...

... r\ii\g of the Christmas Entertainments. The season of Christmas entertainments opened on Saturday afternoon at the Garrick Theatre with the revival of Shock- headed Peter. Its success is exceedingly heartening, because the piece is typical of much that ...

... take children to the theatre. The playhouse then is visited by grown-up people who never enter a theatre at any other time of the year, and by little children who have never seen a stage before. For these good people the theatre is wicked, it is common ...

... bright and pretty little American soubrette, has been on this side only about six weeks, and now she is playing at the Royalty theatre. Miss Wright be longs to a well-known New York family and adopted the stage professionally quite against their wishes and ...

... spectacle, with its movement, colour, and incident its drills, marches, processions its music in which the fine or chestra of the theatre is sup plemented by military bands the creditable acting and ef fective singing of Mr. Col- quhouu and others-- make a brisk ...

... Mr. Arthur Bourou i er is actively rehearsing Mr Anthony Hope's nfew play, which will be produced shortly al the Garrick Theatre, and for this he has engaged Mrs. lieerbohm Tree to create a most important comedy character. We notice that among the latest ...

... his brain, a youthful peasantess with an impediment in her speech, and a middle-aged fantastic a Don Juan of the Marionette theatre-- with an impediment in his gait. None of these funny folk make one laugh enough to justify the time which they occupy in ...

... Feversham, is an officer of yeomanry, and was for twelve months at the front. TY/T iss Maggie May, the Indian Prin cess at Daly's Theatre, got her first engage ment from Mr. George Edwardes and has never been with any other management than his. In The Geisha she ...