, 1881-02-12

rn"no,tr" n,'H ,,ut,,,,.Insir .,,,iat, i,.', - -
NIT 10 i,o mistaken fur sir,,s ~ II r,,vivnf Of
,lranu,lr art, hit wilicj. l,oing In tho nnlurn
dencc renders ncrcssary, ara rather tho very
pron,s of 1t. * .lrca,IcilrN of tho stage nruG
not lmply TINT the theatrical profession isl>n-
cnIlInl. less prnlftahle. btl1nye II never
luz prosperity Il fnr fron being npHrtlonnll
necUrtinE 10 lIlrrIt. A[nny Of our nctrusseY
keep brun9hnlus. Miss Ellen ,Tnrry'a
!1roI'gf'ain Is q luxury we'll earned; but tho
out VI tlietv teel,s yet---call aifurd, perhaps
better thin Miss Terry. tn yet up brou4huts
too,7,a facs wh.cl, puil!ts uut tho direction IN
whicl. tile rewards 0f tho profession Aru
don morning paper and scnn tho theatrical
advertisements and tho
AscEJpEScy or FARCE ,ASD 1,t,,,1.rsot,r
will i'm sfili u,orr s,rjkinr,v l,nnrrssn, ~ tl,o
noticc. fin!I IN tils inaffn!nE;'s psI,er. for for
will, ,.tinr,,s ,hn nriin,inj sn,t NJ unr MI.
I'M ;n,,rmnts tt1o 1Iv"rt sKS ~ ~ u ~ rv
ii,,,i1 1twn,1tv,ivr tl,nntus. an f"r m thr M i1,l,t
tSesr ,,,lyrrt,scments III rny IN liz ~ st,tt. ~
',i. 1 ia aos - ~ w s ~,
titles or tHeir ,rn,1rt,ns, % 1Mv nr,, az fnIo ;o
,vs. = fnra't 5:c c",I"n I15 w " tv
ilue md Orson y: Drl,ry I,n1,c. ,r,ntonl,ne-
IL MntllDr t;uDses'. flpf MniGsfy's TInnfra
NIayerly's. A[nst1r1s), b!irles,,ue- --"'Tho
1.ycrunl, ..".'rlsu Clp" mid "The Corslcali
l1I0thors"; A,lelphf "t,rccn bushes" !"
l'rlMcess', :" Tho Fouls Revengc"i, Strand,
nolivettn'; Globe, lies Alolsq,sGtaires"'; ;
l;a1c.y, burlcsHue-":i'he Forty Thleyes";;
nf Wales', ~ New Trial.; St. James,
".Th0 Money-Spinnnr Court, "Atlrlunnc
l.cc0uvreur"; Folly, farce-"rl,e Upper
cf"St" Ct o,e5ga fGgI,nIGe, "ho p!rates
Tho Cat'" Royalty, b,tr'csuue-"Do
jun Junlor"'; lMperlal Gitrlcsque--
nlfflee TaylOr"; ConiiAueht, tia
Fillc .M Ta'nho1tf-Ntajor"; New Sud
lal"; Standard, pantolni,nu :" Sleeping
Beauty"; AIl,unbrn, "NIetlstnfelu III;
Surrey, .pailtonli,sle--" 11opO' Ny Thumb" y:
britannia, pa1tointtie--"L Loves Dren1n.n
five nre occupied by pantoninc, lvo with
comic opera, iuur with burlcs4ue, three with
farce, live with puyY Which nrt fnreign or
u,lhpcd FROM foreign SOURCES, Willie only
Wells. Aslelplli, l.ycel,i. niMi 81. Jatncs'-
nrr presenting plays Of. ,iatiye productlor,-
tlleso beng "srhe School for Scantlal";
"lireSn ,IS Mgsl,Gs' -; Tennysol''s new two-act
a ysFssMte %SG
from, what we ses produce.l.-tho art of
sunk to Il very low ubb Iii Englalld.
IL We turn now
FROM Tilt. PLAY TO TIE PLAYERS
wlnt We seu will hnrlly convince us that
there Is ary revlvnl III the l,istrtUnis branch
IF drnnlntlc nrt. The play eyerts Il great In
tiuence III nloding and determining tho bont
Of tho pnycr, aid hence tho actii,g i've see in
London now Is such ns might 10 expected
from tho plays WIIull hnye been most III
yngno. Thc creatn OF English acting is here:
II III, on tho whole, excellent: but lis uycul-
',ullcs Ut Inc nrt. Wa l,ayu lisIit comedians,
low colnc4intls, nild l}urlesu,lp actors, galore.
We have even aOile lutlles aIll gentlemen Of
much wclglittrr metal, who nrc really rot
encouraged rs they deserve, but, il wuIo0k
nb0,t fUr Il riv4i Of Henry Iryiur. wa scn
stu We look ~ vain: We llayc no tragcdtnn,
fAlrly SGGH above tho crowd, t)nrtL Morris
would bD Il revelation III LnndNn,--a rnvuli-