... SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1900. The question of the retention or abolition I of the Censorship is one which is constantly I cropping up, and one with respect to which it is extremely difficult to come to any satis- factory conclusion. Ideas on the matter are as c various as the colours in Joseph's coat and the collection which has been recently made of the opinions of some of our most notable ...

... NEW GRAND THlEATRE, ISLINGTON. The re-building of this theatre after the fre in Feb- ruary last is now accomplished, andin its new form will be opened on Boxing Day, with the pantomime of Robinson Crusoe. The work has been carried out from the plans and under the supervision of Mr Frank Mat- chain, the well-known theatrical architect, who also desigaed the original Grand. The principal ...

... LONDON'S STAGE - MANAGERS. A CHAT WITH FRANCIS NEILSON. (RY OUR SPRCIAL (OMMISBIONER). At Covent garden Theatre, which structurally is undergoing so many alterations just Low, particularly behind the scenes, Mr Francis Neilson, sometime of America, is ever to be found at his poAt, and in his office of stage-manager. Mr Neilson is ver- English in appearance, andl the fact was soon elicited that ...

... IT was a singularly happy idea on the part of Mr E. G. Saunders when he thought of persuading Miss Ellen Terry to inaugurate the beautiful new Camden Theatre by unveiling on Friday morning a medallion of herself as Portia. Tbe popular actress must have many pleasant memories of the neighbourhood, for within a stone's- throw of the theatre-in Stanhope-street-she spent some of the happiest days ...

... T THE ERA LETTER-BOX. A Stz'nped l~nvaeope, piny addressed, must ?? wiL appic~ation for ?? Letter. Letters, after tyin at this Of9ce for One Month, are forwarded to the Postal Authorities, to be returned to the Senaers. Wo Circulare admitted to this List. Aiken, Miss Elinor Amory, Miss Helen Anderton, Mr R. Athos, Monsieur Aubrey, Miss Daisv Bacon, Mr Bees Bandon, Mr Sydney Barclay, Mr ...

... THE PALACE ANNI-ERSARY. Time seems to pass so rapidlv that it is hardly credible that the Palace is nine years old. It was on the last day of January, 1891, that the never-to-be forgotten first performance of the lamented Sir Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe was given. Then on Dec. 10th of the following year serious opera gave way to a lighter and evidently more popular form of entertainment, under ...

... ; (gROM ASPEOIAL CORRESPONDBNT.) We have four large and increasingly popular Christmas-time fairs in Manchester. John Whiting at Ordeall-lane, Salford, has secured the great attraction of M. Pedina Pedina, the prince of pole performers. This expert artist's performance on the high mast draws enor- mous crowds to the fair ground. Whiting's splendid set of Venetian gondolas (electrically ...

... - - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900. The recent decisions of the County Council with reference to refreshment licensesi bring once more into evidence the illogicality and absurdity of the views held by the majority of that body on the subject of refreshments in places of amuse- ment. The case of the Hippodrome supplies a particularly glaring instance of inconsistency. It will be remembered that ...

... i MISS DOLORES DRUMMOND'S M&TINEE. R is now more than twenty-six years since that excellent actress Miss Dolores Drummond made her London debut. She was the grand-daughter of the late Samuel Drummond, A R A., was originally educated as an artist, and went with her mother to Australia with the intention of practising art as a profession Having taken a special interest in stage matters while in ...

... Mr Jack Edgar, the esteemed manager of the Metro- politan, was the recipient, on Thursday evening, of one of those bumping benefits that are only the lot of the roost popular men in the music hall world. High prices ruled throughout the house. The 3s. seats were sold for a guinea, and the box originally reserved for the Press fetched six guineas, so that Mr Edgar's banking account should ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-It is significant of the times in which we live that the modern dramatist should give us little or nothing of a ulot-that he should rather confine his energies to the elaboration of an idea, the presentation of witty dialogue, and the display of individual cha- racter. The modern play is becoming but a collection of scenes, an exhibition of character types, each ...

... No concert of modern times has evoked such interest and enthusiasm as that given at the Albert Hall on Wednesday afternoon by Mr Edward Lloyd, who on that occasion took leave of the public after thirty years of a brilliant career. Mr Lloyd has not waited until compelled by failing powers to vacate his post. His voice had its old volume and its old charm! on Wednesday, and over seven thousand ...