AUSTRALIAN “THEATRICALS” IN LONDON.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4277, 4 December 1874, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN “THEATRICALS” IN LONDON.

(From the Melbourne Daily Telegraph.) The Charing Cross Theatre was re-opened the last week in September, and among many pleasant characteristics in connection therewith, was the appearance of no less than four gentlemen who bave been intimately connected with Australia. First of all the manager, Mr. Alexander Henderson, graduated in his profession on the goldfields; Mr. Alfred Nelson derived his first knowledge from the same source. Two other artists have been even more intimately connected with the colonies. Mr. John Morris, who has, at a bound, become the sensation of the day, is a native of Sydney, and was for nearly a dozen years a pupil of Mr. John L. Hall, and an apt pupil he has proved himself. He goes through all the metamorphoses of other “single-handed” performers without once leaving the stage. Mr. Morris achieved a perfect success, and already he has received offers of engagements from every part of the country. Mr. Edwin is not one whit behind in the impression he has produced. His “Heathen Chinee” is Bret Harte’s character to the life, and fully justifies the characteristic given him of being “pecoolier.” Other Australians are well to the fore in various directions. Mr. James Carden has established himself as first favorite at the Britannia. Mr. J.' L. Allan has been playing a round of Shakspearian characters at the Marylebone. He took a benefit a few evenings ago, and it was a bumper. Mr. John L. Hall will make his appearance, after a long engagement at Liverpool, at the St. James’s on an early date. Mr. Eichard Youngo is with his company playing “ Clancarty” in the north of England. It is not improbable that Mr. Ireland, who is now playing at Manchester, will join Mr. Younge’s company in a few weeks. Mrs. Mary Gladstone has got a capital company together, and opens at Birmingham on an early date. Julia Mathews opens at the Philharmonic in a few days. Carrie and Sarah Nelson are both in the country and doing well. The same report may be given of Barry Sullivan, Clarence Holt, Charles Dillon, Josephine Fiddes, and several others known to Australians.