... IrPVIING IVIT11 'THE AMATEURS. ee ight the Ilrvii Amateur Dramatic Club , jt i -per Mr Henry Irving, the president of the 1tei taili at eordlial assent the club at its starting was named supper was provided iii the drawing-room of 111102 Tl avern, and ...

... the reproduction on the amateur stage were numerous and intelligible. Then, again, this masterpiece of Shakespeare affords such grand opportu- nities for acting and for stage display that it is no wonder that ambitious amateurs would be dazzled by the ...

... a ceitain number of works by amateurs -painters, that is to say, who love art without following it as a profession. But the amateur painter is not. allowed to notify in the catalogue the fact of his being but an amateur. The artistic result can alone ...

... AMATEURS AT BEALING. The members of the Acton Football Club, assisted by the Lotus ?? gave a performance at the Lyric Hall, ling, cu Wednesday evening. The programme consisted of a new and original farce, by Mr T. Murray Forde, entitled T/se S7lctort ...

... AMATEURS AT HAJMMERSMITH. At the Iffley Hall, Hammersmith, on the evening of the 6th inst, an amateur performance of Mr Edward Rose's adaptation of Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirter, entitled Equals, and the first representation of a new comedietta by Mr ...

... BAYSWATER AMATEURS. At the St. George's Hall, on the evening of Thursday last, an exceptionally numerous and brilliantly habited assembly assisted at an amateur dramatic entertainment given under the direction of Mliss Katie Samruels, in aid of the funds ...

... favourite with amateurs, probably from the reason that the witty dia- logue, if given with average intelligence, can hardly fail to win hearty laughter, and thereby, ill a measure, hide the faults of the character acting, which, with amateurs, are often numerous ...

... evil hour when the amateurs now uuder notice selected it for representation. We say an evil hour, but it must be remembered that this is only from our point of view, for so far as the audience was concerned-and indeed the amateurs themselves-the whole ...

... Philip Macready Burbage, an actor of the old school. The Surrev amateurs may be congratulated upon a very satisfactory perform- ance. The only serious weakness was a common one with amateurs when they appear in farcical comedy, and is quite excusable-the ...

... AMATEURS IN THE BELLS. An amateur performance of The Bells was given at the St. George s Hall, on Tuesday last, in aid of the Home of Rest for Horses. Mr Leopold Lewis's adapta- tion of MM. Erckraann-Chatrian's dramatic sketch is firmly associated ...

... AN AMATEUR'S FAREWELL. Mr Percy F. Marshall, one of the most prominent members of the Roscius Dramatic Club, and connected with it since its foundation in 1877, took his farewell of the amateur stage on Monday evening last at the Ladbroke Hall, previous ...

... AMATEUR THEATRICALS. ;! SUNLIGHUT AND SHADOW AT T. e Cent DARlING'TON. r The Central Hall, Darlington, was on Tuesday Ie night crowded with a fashionable audience to t At witness the roprvsentation, by a number of lady I e. and gentlemea amateurs of ...