... is the only thing . you can get from attending one of these functions: As long as costume and spectacle are on the stage a manager may depend on a fair muster In front. The moment a big set is closed in by a front cloth an exodus takes place, and then ...

... have does To keep the show gem In the most successful way, Though time. was hard, end work was ' • scarce, mid folk were loth to pay. s Pre new retired from active beaus 'pro,' bound to take an is what we call 'the chew'; And rye notioed Mai the moralists ...

... bankers after boiled-down Shakespeare, twice nightly. is what we may to, for nobody knows to what base cues we may not return. When the inevitable happens, therefore, we may be entertained with somethieg lice three sore of TEN-MINUTE TRAGEDIEfi ...

... generally. Here and there a coMpany may a▪ doisg tolerably well; but in tbe mein, things Ldvsptan may be described as horribly Al an instance of how shocking it is possible 1 7 cI L9s11y bad theatrical business to be, even in may tell you that ODO evening last ...

... make-op lame, actor's appearance is • masterpiece hyoid compare. Aston may well regard it sac triumph. I never seen anything on the stage that mold be taken to belong to the same branch of art. TM is aa elaborately painted ae a portrait by Rembrandt, yelp the ...

... the lean apothecary, or earning execrations as the first murderer. As may easily be iroagined, this scheme, artistic as it may be in many respects, was so hopelessly out of keeping with tradition, and so unworkable that it had to be reformed, not ind ...

... STAGE. first production of London season, Mr. Charles ',robman's oomedy, The Concert, the plot and of which have already appeared here, is due totr,rnw evening at the Duke of York's. ;••rocrting Miss Irene Vanburgh and Mr. Ainley is Miss May Blaney ...

... of 1896 Mr. Welch made at Terry's his first in management, when he staged My Artful Valet. The following are a few of Mr. Welch's precepts on the art of the stage :—Socesse on the stage depends 30 per eent, on ability, 10 Per cent, on ...

... Daddy Morton he's eighty-eve, he's eighty-five, But to Youthful dear ; And other who strive Tie keep in the world alive All cry, Will, be is eighty-five, May Dad to • century old survive Moser is the Brew, Or tAte few thestree in London now open, the fibaf ...

... STAGE WHISPERS. S you bays doubtless gathered, the air is heavy with approachtrtz pantomime. I . eroxided divinities and blue - chinned mimes are on every side. Haggard author!, wildeyed musical directors, and frenzied stage managers are excitedly —feverishly ...

... and the chorus girls—are symmetrical When you see us on the stage you may be sure we are not deceiving you. Hi hi ! hi ! Be in time! Perfect women nobly _planned ! And they are auvs I ! ALIVE I ! I • • • Another young lady, Marion Mono* who bas frequently ...

... STAGE WHISPERS. MERE are lota of funny things made in England, ae the patriotic patterers were wont to sing, and not the least among such things are the varieties of dramatic fare somewhat contradictorily labelled home-made. Those in want of theatrical ...