Amusements.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1986, 17 May 1875, Page 2

Amusements.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

Mr and Mrs George Case presented their entertainment at the above place of amusement on Saturday night to —considering the very unpropilious state of the weather and counter attractions—a very good house. Mrs Case—or Miss Grace Egerton, as she is still styled pro-, fessionally, has been before the public for a number of years in the character of a public entertainer, and it speaks highly for the character of her entertainment that it; is now as generally popular as wken first presented. Her versatility and cleverness in assuming such widely different characters are such as can only be understood whp seen. She is equally clever as a singer; actress and dancer,' and her rapid changes of costume are surprising. She is ably supported by her husband, Mr George. Case, who is a most accomplished musician, and plays with "almost equal.skill on the, piano, concertina and violin ; his solos on the two latter instruments being a rare treat in themselves. There i 3 no long intCTyal-^-no supension of the interest at the entertainment of,the Cases. For toyo liours and a half on Saturday night the audience was Kept amused, one interval only of ten minutes being given for breathing time. Mrs Case possesses a voice-^-the dass of which in a musical sense we should judge to be a contralto, but she has such command of it, that her imitations of the bass and tenor tend to puzzle one as to the quality

of the.voice in its natural compass. It would occupy too much space to notice the various characters assumed by Mrs Case in the course of her entertainment, but some of them stand out in particular prominence and display her powers of mimicry to a degree. As the Broadway Belle, Mrs Case seemed to take the fancy of the audience immensely, and after singing in that guise "Nell the Belle," she wan twice encored, giving in succession a song something about the "coals," and "Captain de Boots," the latter especially eliciting the warmest applause. The eatertamment is one which can be recommended to all who, appreciate cleverness and variety, i here is not an objectionable feature, -but much that is above criticism, "and Mr Case's performances on the English , concertina (of which instrument he is a perfect master) and violin-are of themselves- sufficient to " draw" a good house. The season, of these clover people will be limited.to 'three'or four nights, and it is-announced that there will be a change on Jeach occasion. -