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... THE THEATRES MR. H. J. BYRON'S new drama, Uncle Dick's Darling, lately brought out at the Gaiety, is, perhaps, one of the most creditable novelties of the day, though absence of anything like originality of idea is one of its leading characteristics. ...
... V THE THEATRES AMONG the holiday amusements that attracted the good people of London in days of yore were certain melo dramas, which were put on the stage with vast magni ficence, and in which fairy tales were treated in an earnest spirit. These pieces ...
... THE THEATRES AMONG theatrical critics it remains a moot question whether Mr. Tom Taylor's new play, 'Twixt Axe and Crown, now acted at the QUEEN'S, will prove a permanent success or not. A drama in which the domestic is alto gether subservient to the ...
... THE THEATRES Mr. JOHN S. CLARKE, the American comedian, is an artist who does not recklessly vary his programme, but fully appreciates the value of runs. As Major de Boots he was so long before the public that it is said he is com monly called the Major ...
... THE THEATRES A period remarkable for the rapid succession of novelties has been followed by another equally remarkable for the rapid succession of revivals. Mr. Sothern's reappearance at the Haymarket has proved so successful, that the pro duction of ...
... THE THEATRES THE two theatrical novelties of the week have been conveniently produced together at the Princess's Theatre. Both are the work of Mr. Boucicault, both are from the French, and, what is far more remarkable, the origin of each is openly, though ...
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... THE THEATRES The important theatrical event of the week is the pro duction at the Adelphi of the Prompter's Box, the new drama by Mr. H. J. Byron, by whom and Mr. Benjamin Webster the principal parts are sustained. More of this on a future occasion. Peep ...
... THE THEATRES IF we compare Mr. H. J. Byron's last new drama, The Prompted s Box, with the other pieces which he has pro duced since the day when his ambition to be something above a writer of burlesque was first made manifest, we may arrive at the ch ...
... leading feature in the burlesque at the new Vaudeville Theatre, affords inexhaustible scope for comic details. Mr. David James, as the Emperor of Morocco, is of course amusing. The audiences at this theatre must look with regret at the announcement that this ...
... THE THEATRES SOMEBODY has said that Easter is the only period of the year when managers of theatres have reason to rejoice over wet weather. The remark is true enough, but it re quires the explanation that Easter is the only great popular holiday near ...
... THE THEATRES MR. ROBERTSON, who has already taken his place as the most original and successful of writers for the English stage, has once more achieved a triumph as an author of genuine comedy. His new work, entitled M.P., to which we briefly referred ...