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... (SPECIALLY REPORTED FOR THE ERA.) The usual weekly meeting of the London County Council was held on Tuesday at the County Hall, Spring-gardens. GREAT QUEEN-STREET THEATRE. A report was received from the Theatres and Music Halls Committee stating that they had considered plans submitted by Mr J. Murray in regard to the Great Queen-street Theatre, Great Queen-street, w.C. They recommended ' That ...

... THE AC'IuIls ASS 'IATION. (fly OUR SI' C, I. .5 t,0ittIR )I A ir extraorliarraY gici .1 111 erit g if thle members of ?? Actors' Asseicirtiir wri.t, I, iat tire, offices, St. Mlar- 1js-rre ?? A ttu e- liii, to confirm, if thought fit, tie resol utijel rvceit% Iir-a-cl raising tire quatli- ea t i-i o e ir-li p .o. fir tr tri t ighty weeks' -,alat ed crtflhiii nenti a, ae or. oir oit tosses. M~r ...

... I, y Some few years Since a small coterie of music hall I- artistes formed thiemselves into a syn(licate, and a acquired the lease of Munt's Hall, opposite Clapham-. a junction, which has since been run successfullv as a n variety house--so successfully, indeed, that a newer d and more up-to-date ?? is now necessary to t Is cope with the needs of a rapidly growing neighbour- hood. These ...

... THE SHOWMAN WORLD. (FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. ) The second of John Collins's excellent series of spring carnival sports and fairs is this week being held in the populous suburb of greater Manchester known as Gor- ton. The Canadian high-rope expert Lafayette is the great free-sight attraction of this fair. His deeds of skill and daring on the high-rope draw as usual immense crowds. ...

... A CHAT WITH EDWARD SASS. (BY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIwORB) A globe-trotter by choice and a desire to see the world a bit, Mr Edward Sass has travelled to many cities and collogued with many men. He caught stage fever while oozupied in the daytime in the celebrated bank of Messrs Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. There he naturally bad a good commercial training and an excel- lent grounding in business ...

... po]XIIILL AVIDE AWAKE. The spirited and flourishing little watering-place stiicc is chiefly owned by Earl Delawarr has, since -hit Dionday last, been tinder the superintendence-so Ir as entertailment is concerlned-of the active and i ?? Mir James M. Glover, so well known as crg orchestral codutr. Unlike many of inN Bexhill possesses a genuine lder and Its aongert room is not placed at the ...

... THXE ,CENSOIISHIP OF PLAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Your note on the office of Lord Chamberlain farther emphasises opinions and feelings which are current in the profession, and, to a lesser extent, out- side of it ; but there are two important branches of the profession-to wit, managers and authors-who have a special right to be heard in the matter; for it is these persons who pay the ...

... SHAK ESPEARIAN CELEIBRATIONS. At Anderton's Hotel on Monday night the Urban Club held its forty-first annual Shakespeare commemo- ration dinner. Dr. R. GARNETT presided, and among a numerous company present were Rev. J. Wood (chaplain, St. John of Jerusalem), Sir Wyke Bayliss, president, Royal Society of British Architects; Sir J. D. Linton, Mr T. Catling, Dr. Fagan, Dr. A. H. Doran, and Mr ...

... (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THEATRE ROYAL.-Proprietor and Manager, Mr H. J. Worswick.-Messrs Dottridgetand Longden's com- panies always receive hearty welcomes here, and this week has proved no exception to the rule, for the house has been well filled nightly to witness the excellent pro- duction of The Terror of Paris. Mr Forbes Knowles makes the most of M. Dumont. whilst Mr E. W. Bretton ...

... :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 ...

... After being closed for some three months for reno- vation and repairs the Royal Court Theatre, Bacup, was once more opened to the public on the 50th ult., and everyone present expressed admiration of the beautiful interior. The house was crowded, and there is little doubt that the enterprise displayed by Mr Charles Darrell, the present lessee and mana- ger, will meet with a fitting reward. The ...