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LITERATURE

... to be- come favourites. We are not acquainted with the ways and manners of lite in Brazil, and, are i therefore, unable to speak with any authority as to the fidelity or otherwise with which the writer of the legend has depicted them. But we can safely ...

LITERARY AND ART NOTES, ETC

... matinees of peculiar interest, produced under what should be exceptionally favourable circumstances. Of the play itself we cannot speak, for we have not yet bad the opportunity of reading it. In aid of the British School of Archteology at Athens, an original ...

SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF SAMUEL PHELPS

... will make an actor -but,' snarled the little viper, 'you'll make a d-d bad one ! When you've learnt to move like a man and speak like a Christian, and got rid of your Devonian dialect, when you've had ten years' practice-if you're not starved to death ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... are told, was one of the lessons of Pythagoras, 'or Bay ?? hatter than silenoe. Other proverbs sayY of silence, 'He who speaks sows; he who keeps silence reaps. Of thine unspoken word thou arc master; thy spoken word is master of thee. If this interestig ...

THE LONDON MUSIC HALLS

... Maryboners-or rather the Merry-boners-have been having a good time at his establishment during the holidays. Though we cannot now speak of the bill as a festival one, the principal attraction produced here on Boxing Night has been retained. This is entitled Tie ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3017 | Page: 10 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

PROVINCIAL THEATRICALS

... ing crowded houses. Miss Madge Averey asZac, and Mr F. Eastman as Lord Nozoo were especially good ; nor t must we forget to speak in terms of the warmest com- mendation of Miss Fanny de Lisle as Princess Cordelia. sSUNDERLAND. THEATER ROYAL. - Lessee, Mr ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 22149 | Page: 18 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

SUNDAY ART VIEW OF TWO CITIES

... effort is being made by xnembers of the Corporation to increase the number of free Sundays during the year. This ii plain speaking; and it is an extraordinay; thing to know of a people systematically ox- luded fromit galleries and smusus for years,, that ...

THE DRAMA IN PARIS

... corsair. I had forgotten M. Pericaud, who is faultless in a trifling though amusing role. Of the ladies I am too gallant to speak. La Banque de ?? is not likely to become a venerable institution, I should say. AN accident brought the performance of La Juive ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2386 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

BLUE BEARD AT THE GRAND

... their parts, and show themselves at their best. Mr Arthur Corney is still an excellent representative of old Father Time and speaks his lines and sings his ditties with commend- able distinctness and point; Miss Bertie Venn has an excellent appearance and ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 641 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH LITERARY COMPETITION

... Addie, What doe3 it matter for c'ne day? We e have s u nearly ail there ia to be seen. I ,. atai sin horsut asomid about to speak, when his i . wif s opped hiru. - * sNo, she said decidedly, you sh1all all three go I d out. I wilS read my now ' Tauchuiitz ...

THE BELGIAN NATIONAL DRAMA

... would owe unbounded submission and attachment, and for whom she need not fear a refusal when he asks her in marriage. Before speaking to his wife, Bobineau has given encourage- ment to Edouard, who now comes, in due form, to pro- pose for his daughter's hand-the ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1886
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3057 | Page: 15 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture