... Well-known names are, be is convinced, the attraction to a music ball. The disposition of the public is not to visit a variety theatre in search of unrecognised talent. To be sure, it may be the undistinguished aspirant that makes the hit of the evening ...

... ilevout worshipper of the 'sacred lamp' as my friends gise me credit for. As the founder and manager of the greatest variety theatre in the world (1868-1886) I could hardly Claim to have been supported by only one branch-certainly an important branch-of ...

... part in the progress of the music halls, not only in respect of possessing what for many years was the most admirable variety theatre in the lingdomr, but also in respect of having contributed, probably, more celebrities to the music hall profession than ...

... Mr Caine's play only too rosy an idea of the career of a serio or a light opera artist. We have pre- sentments of variety theatre life grotesque in their inac- ccracy and in the superfcial acquaintance which they display of the department of life which ...

... egotism that amidst the many changes which have occurred in the gradual process of the growth and development of the variety theatre my sense of personal responsibility has been ever present with me. I am a servant of the public, and as such it has always ...

... locnm tenens for Mr Leon Turner, who I is slowly recovering from a severe illness. The comedy traditions of the modern variety theatre are sustained both by Mr Tom Leamore and Mr T. E. Dunville, whose styles are totally dissimilar. Mr Dunville'sl l facial ...

... instance of the old order changing and giving place to I a the new; and there is no doubt that the large and t e beautiful variety theatre designed by Mr Ernest i . Woodrow will be another admirable addition to i c the amusement palaces of outer London. On ...

... recently as July 23d last :-'Dear Sir,- a Without great care and constant supervision it is very ,difficult to keep a large variety theatre perfectly clean e and up to date; but the marvellous change you have 'i been able to produce in cleaning our box and portiere ...

... CHAT WITH MAGGIE DUGGAN. (By OtUR sPICIAL COMMSISSIONER.) bliss Maggie Duggan is one of the pleasant ties between the variety theatre and the dramatic stage. At this season of the vear she habitually returns to her first love, and so one finds her in the ...

... Well-known names are, he is convinced, the attraction to a music hall. The disposition of the public is not to visit a variety theatre in search of unrecognised talent. To be sure, it may he the undistinguished aspirant that makes the hit of the evening ...

... improvement has taken place in the style and circumstance of the music hall, and would, no doubt, rather appear in a good variety theatre than in the circus. Circus life has its charms, its drawbacks too. But in one respect the great American circuses are ...

... a y touching the troubles of certain artists in Berlin, may Ic be permitted to say that almost every Continental f h variety theatre contract contains certain conditions i h intended more particularly as a protection for the management against unscrupulous ...