Australian Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 6

Australian Notes.

Mklb&urnje, M*arch 28. ' The *' Tempest," after proving anything ,hx\b a fucresf', we are eery to cay, baa been ; withdrawn from, the boaids of the Theatre i K.oy»l and v,»ae pucceeded last Saturday by , •* revival cl " Called Back," with George i Kignotd and Kate Bi»h«>pin th<,'ir original i characters af Paolo Mnoari. and Pauline. ; Bland Holt makes his reappearance in Ausitialia at tlio Theatte Ro\al aext Saturday wecV in the I>rury Lane buc- ' tje a B, 0a 1 kid "A Eun of Luck." , Brough aud Boucicault'ii' Company do not ' f)av New Zfealand t y visit for the present, buc the bu«le?que portion of them open at the Tnoatye Koyal n^iAiielaide at no diptant date, whilst the remaiader stay here, and on next Saturday night appear in a farcical aomedy oftlted i 4 Tba Pickpocket." Tne greatest performance thafc haB ever taken £jaco will aome oE aext Saturday afternooa at\ the Brince-s Theatre. We refer te ibe ma^inae benefit tendered to the widow and orphan of iho late William Hoskina. There are upwards of one hundred artists soing to assist. The Alexar^ra TheaWe wilL ba re-opened tonight by Madortn Joran and her three talenUd dauglubors, a^istu-d by Mdlie, Aldine, Minnie. liewis^ (wli»,dfltone Wright, and cohere. CI.IFT3iNv

S'XBtfEY, Marcb*2g* "-Vn Ballot" s " Raberto Devereux," and " F&ußt" have baen the productions at the Theatre Royal-for the p*at week By degroe3 the Italian Opera* Company are. gaining in popularity, »ad 3a«t $afurday,.wlien, <( 3?au3t" was- produced, there was noU standing room in any portion of ti»e Royal.. S-a far, "Un SaUo m Mascbera " an& " i^.iust " huve been theic m at successful operas, both, financially and artistically. Martin Skoonsea has yet another eight or nine weeks to »um t po during thaHime we 62fjpect he will produce threeor fom\n.ew operas iThe members of Sagnor AgrtiU's Acronaa*ei ,; Combination are gradually seceding froaa th'^ ehttw, and wending thei/ way baok to 'London,, no doubt dtegueted 1 and sicken«d with Australia and ice people, and wishing, psrh&ps,, they hud never left their native land for a place that has failed to appreciate thera ; but such is the case, and it would be a difficult matter for the- most experienced theatrical manager to telwhat would satisfy thapeopie of Sydney at tho presenfe tiaae. W.A.R