The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-07 00:00:00

THEAMICAL AND MUSICAL GOSSIP.

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"Les Sceptiques," of 31.11efille, will be given during
the present month at, the 'Theatre do Cluny,
A Madtme Rose 801 l is playing Offunbach's
" Grande
Ducbesse" with tremendous success at Amiens.

The Prince and Princess of Tack visited the Royal
evening.
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and re-appeared in
"Mario A ntoinetto."

Mr. W. Ja.nes, the favourite actor at the Grecian, ap-
pears on Thursday as 119111.20. 'rho nignt is sot apart for
his benefit.

Wo aro informed that the Charter House theatricals will
take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next.
" The Belle's Stratagem" has been revived at Wallack's
T Ilea', re.

Mr. Jefferson is at Vickers's Theatre, Chicago, still
playing " Rip Van Winkle."
'i he amount realised up to the present time in aid of
the charity in connection with the musical festival at
Hereford is £1,410 55., a sum larger than ever received
before.

Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet" has been played for the
first time in New York at the Academy of Music.. It is a
dead failure.

The opening piece at the Folies Dramatiques is a charm-
ing proverb, by M. Augusto Joltrois, "Un soir qu'il
neigeait," so poetical as to recall Alfred do Musset.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, visited
Drury-lane Theatre on Wednesday. The performance
was "The Doge of Venice."
The Adelphi" of Terence will be performed in the dor-
mitory of Westminster School on the evenings of Thurs-
day the 12th, Tuesday the 17th, and Thursday the 19th
inst., with prologue and epilogue as in former years.
"The Ticket-of-Leave Man" is being played at the
Broadway, New York. "The Devils Auction" is still go-
ing at Banvard's Opera House, "A Midsumm,r Night's
Dream" at the Olympic, and " The Black Crook" at
Niblo's Garden.

One of the actors in the theatre at Wurzburg, Bavaria,
has been arrested on a charge of lese nucjcste, for having,
whilst on the stag,; made certain allusions to the breaking
off of the King's marriage.
Miss Neilso4 has been playing in Sunderland and New-
castle-on-Tyne, appearing in Juliet, Pauline, Victorine,
and other leading parts. Hor reception in both towns has
been beyond measure favourable. Her progress through
the north is a round of triumphs.
A Madlle. Blanche Baretti has created a furore in Ghont,
such as Jenny Lind in her palmiest days seldom caused.
As Lucia di Lammermoor she was resummoned by the
audience four times. There was some talk among the
audience of taking the horses from her carriage and drag-
ging her home.
M. Theodore Coulon has made a triumphant debut a
the Italian Opera, Madrid, as Marcel, in the " Huguenots.
He will stay but a short time at Madrid ere proceeding to
fulfil an engagement at Cadiz. His associates in the
" Huguenots" were Mdlle. Mejo, Madame Nantior Did'ee,
and M. Tamberlick.

Victor Hugo'S well-known drama, "Le Roi s'Amuse," is
about to be produced in Brussels, and the Paris critics are
to be invited to the representation The author himself
will be present, and he intends, it is said, to entertain the
French journalists at a banquet after the first performance.
The new drama of M.M. A nieet Bourgeois and Paul
Feval, "Le Roi dos hallos," will not be produced as
speedily as was anticipated at the Ambigu Com:.que. The
health of M. Bourgeois is so bad he is obliged to abstain
from all work, and is accordingly unable to complete the
work in question. He is at present residing with his
family at Nice.
A five-aet eomedie-vaudeville, by MM. Labicho Dela-
cour and A'Choler, has been produced at the Palais Royal,
w:th the title of "Les Chemins do Fer." It was splen-
didly played by Geoffroy, Gil Peres, Hyacinthe, Lassouche,
and a young English actress, Miss Bruce, and obtained an
unreserved success.
A dramatic version of the novel of the Rev. H. Ward
Beechei., recently reviewed by the press, " Norwood
or, Village Lifo in New England," has been produced at
the New York Theatre with indifferent success. One of
the scenes represented Fort Sumner during the bombard-
ment. Large alterations have been made since the first
night, and the piece may possibly hold possession of the
stage.