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  2. ENGLISH GLEANINGS.

    Just previously to her Majesty's last accouchment, in August, it became a question of considerable interest as to which would be first confined—her Majesty, or Mrs. Perkins, the female who had been en- ; ...

    Article : 6,595 words
  3. THEATRICAL GLEANINGS.

    The Tacon Theatre, recently opened in the Havannah, is said to be the largest in the new world. There are six tiers of boxes, the fronts of which are of a light lattice work of iron, which gives the whole ...

    Article : 169 words
  4. THE FORCE OF FICTION.

    A laughable circumstance took place at the Wheeling Theatre on a late occasion, which has been related to us by a friend who was present. The play was the Hunchback,—and a grave old ...

    Article : 195 words
  5. OPENING OF A NEW THEATRE AT ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK.

    A new theatre, called the "Prince of Wales," was recently opened with the tragedy of Venice Preserved; the principal characters being personated by Miss Hildreth and Mr. Maison. The building ap ...

    Article : 75 words
  6. AN EXTRAORDINARY THEATRICAL SPECULATION.

    An enterprise is in a state of organization at Paris which has created an extraordinary sensation in the dramatic world. It aims at nothing less than the wholesale engagement of all the provincial theatres ...

    Article : 153 words
  7. HOW TO TRAIN A DOG.

    Almost every actor who has been in Scotland knows A-, the manager of the Theatre, whose eccentricities have obtained for him a considerable notoriety. One of his singularities ...

    Article : 470 words
  8. PHIL STONE.

    Great, in one sense, is Mr. Phillip Stone, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, now property-man at the Princess's Theatre, in Oxford-street. His account of the close of his engagement at the former ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. ANECDOTE OF FORREST, THE AMERICAN ACTOR.

    The following story is told of Forrest, the tragedian, and an eminent Judge. When they were both young and unknown to fame and each other, they met at a western inn, and by chance were put to ...

    Article : 220 words
  10. DRAMATIC FREAK.

    An English peasant who had travelled some forty or fifty miles to see Corder the murderer executed, visited the theatre the same evening, principally to avoid [?] importunities to describe the scene. ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. A NEW SCENE IN KING LEAR.

    About the time when Murphy so successfully attacked the stage-struck heroes in the pleasant farce of The Apprentice, an eminent poulterer went to a spouting club in search of his servant, who, ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. A BROAD HINT.

    An Irish comedian was once performing in one of the Dublin theatres, and, as fortune would have it, he had on an extremely dirty pair of white duck trousers. The audience observed the state he was ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. SNEEZING MAL-APROPOS.

    The following laughable incident is recorded in a New York paper:—" In the new melo-drama, recently got up at the Chatham Theatre, a famous robber is taken and beheaded, and his head is ...

    Article : 197 words
  14. DAN SHEAN AND MACREADY.

    There is, or has been until very recently, a singular character on the Dublin stage, called Dan Shean. Like too many of his countrymen, Dan's attachment to the bottle was unconquerable, and his ...

    Article : 419 words
  15. A BULL BEHIND THE SCENES.

    An Irish manager the other day gave the following curious stage direction to an actor:— "Here you should draw your sword, and find you haven't got one!" ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. A THEATRICAL FRACAS.

    The Italian Company at the Circo at Madrid hat been completely disorganised, owing to a serious affair between two of the members. Ferloti and Salvatori sang together in the duo in the Puritani; ...

    Article : 152 words
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