FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 167, 24 November 1883, Page 15

FOOTLIGHT FLASHES.

/Pollards, open in India on the Ist.* ; ■• The Kennedys did .-well, iti South Australia. j. g. Earron in India, and a great favourite. — I Hantiߣm ( e .George and wife gdne/to (London. — 'Iftmgenheim at Lithgow playing Polk pieces. . Ohiarihi -I'eft : Singapore on. 'tile 7th'' inst. f or —Duncan MacOullnm in. Melbourne, wreathed in smiles, , y V.'t'vry ;■ '• i : ', ■„ ',• •; • • /•'••' —George Gaitey has pjenty of engagements m Tjondon. . „-'■'•'' '■ ' ■ — AfK'-Keogh. is Bailie Nicol Jarviemg with : great success. •*<!•" ' • ■■ : .<>-,:.•:, •_ / " —Zulu, alias Egyptian Thomps&n, afc Ipswich, «.Queensiandjf><V;;'{ '>]>:■ ■ * /■■■l. >\ ■ ■ •' ' ; : r " ' ' • • — J. L. Hall is engaged for the Bijou Pantomiae, Melbourne* >.) •,,.-\ 1 . i -1.-.J = „ — Fratfk 'Tpfyrs playing,.?'. Queen's. Evidence r,at Bockhampton! ' — Siny the finishes .with Moncure Con way at.tne ,« n a of, the m&Atf. \ * f >.. ;" ;, ■' ,' . ' . , . —It is expected 'that' Maggie Kmght will make na big bit atf Dora, .; , „.. „ ■ ... ,• ■• . —Misses Jeniiie and Ada Lee donned dainty for the Cup day. , _ — Tht^YdufcH" and "Lights of London" •■Company are in Dunedin. » The Innocents Abroad iPantascope was not ■•well patronised in' Wellington. • -' __ — After a very successful season in Liverpool, Mrs Langtry went to Paris': ' . ■ —^axw6fk ."figures ' of Mrs Langtry being exhibited in Melbpnjpne. . '". , ... — The Pbmeroy Dramatic Company open in INew Plymouth ou December 14th. , • : ; — DewTitfrst, of whose' company Mrs Walter Hill was a member, has gone " bust." — MvSs Ahdersori has played Julia in " The ■Hunchback " at the London Lyceum. —James Rainfprd and George Darrell opened the Theatre Royal, Adelaide, on.the 3rd. _ —;4nierican 'quidnuncs say Irving is mashed on SSller^Teby. Other people say 'it is the other way oh. — " The Q-ia^s of "Fashion," a reflection on the foibles of society, was lately produced at the London Globe. — Walter Reynolds has. written a new play, which.he says, is " sensational, spectacular; and highly ixomantic ( ". , , . ■ -^•Herr Bandmann . and Signor Majeroni have Yboth produced the same play at the Victoria Hall and the Bijou, Sydney. — It is 1 ' said that Mrs Marcus Clarke and Miss Carrie Nelson will appear in the Victorian provinces at ChristJnastide. — Miss Carrie Nelson was recently tendered a complimentary beuefit by the leading amateurs of .©ouldbourn. N.S.W. — Miss Maggie Knight looks extremely pretty and vivacious as Mrs Butterson in " Hurricaues," at tb.e Opera House; Sydney." — W. °H. Manning, at one time a popular New '.Zealand actor, has been playing juvenille business successfully in tho Victorian provinces. — Another Violinist has arrived in Melbourne, •namely^ Julian de Willimoff. He was formerly con- •' ductor f or; Soldene's Opera Company. ' — Harry Simmonds and Sam Howard are at the Academy of Music, Sydney. Lizzie Morgan and , Alicfe-j^ins belong to tho same company. -^i^pame Carandini, Signor Majeroni, Miss . :Emelie Melville, Madame Verdi, and many other .theatrical and musical stars attended the Cup Race in swell costumes:; — Miss'.Juuq visits Ballarat, Geelong,,Stawell, &c, .where- she will. give readings. Messrn Juncker, I/ainberfc, and Templeton accompany her. Businesss arrrngements in the able bands of Mr J. Wheeler. — Milner' Stppben, the. healer — should we say " heeler ?"r-is cbmingrttr (Auckland early next month. We shall have a ham"ready for him to " enre," and there is a very bad "case" out in our back -yard. It once .contained brandy.-_Ehea ! x•; -, -^-A Sydney contemporary says Frank Gerald's tumour is .of that kjnd^ 'which causes one to reflect, somehow, upoWthose "weird stories of the Nevada by Bret Harte, in which people did impulsive things with a pine tree and a clothes liuo. „ , — Sally and her husband, M." Damala, have agreed to'a friendly separation, both being apparently tired of wedded- life. M. Damala in engaged at the •<jymnase;^aot r as may he surmised, at • either of the -houses ruled by his wife, Sarah JBernhardt. — And so it is in contemplation to give Tasmania and New Zealand "The Woman of the People," eh ? " Well, we may expect to receive a letter froth some Maori.cbief stating that he has been moralised, Maori"lised, "civilised, and eventually paralysed by the -production. „• . ' • — Messrs Stanley and Darbyshire's Juvenile ' Opera BouiSe and Pantomime Company will 'appear for' a. few nights in the Opera House, commencing on the :39tk in " The Pirates of Penzance." They are old favourites in Aucfcland, and will . doubtless be well ' ,' ' — An English vocalist, Mr Fred. Leslie, has accomplished the -iwiique feat of encoring himself. At the conclusion p'f 'Ms song, he made a lightning change into a great cottt, and rushed to the back of the hall, where his hearty applause of his own efforts compelled Trim to re-appear. — Never say die. George Coppon is going on the stage :'ti gain, and will visit New Zealand. Miss . Flora Ansstead will be one of the company, and Harry Lyons will be advance agent. We know what this means. After a spell, George will take another halfddzen farewell benefits. ,',-^rox George Darrell, in conjunction with J. H. Eainford,,has made the following engagements for the . season of his lesseeship at the Adelaide Theatre Royal:— On Nov. sth Mr George Coppin and company ' appeared; for a month, to be followed by Miss Jennie Lee and Mr J. P. Burnett for six weeks. Mr Hiscocks , will then .takepossession of the theatre for one month with the Federals, Mr Wybert Eeeve succeeding for four.y?ee^y atfdSMr George Darrell will play out the ■balance of -_, the season, producing his ewn 1 dramas. -^-" The American " was replaced at the Opera * House oh S^tiirday.evening by " Haroun-al-Raschid and 1 .liis motber-in-faw." This .cornedy ;ser\;os to bring out . in bold relief the constructive ingenuity of the author; :it is brimful of healthy fun, the situations are full of ektrq'or^inaryvv&rfations., complications, and surprises, which expite Slaughter holding both her Sides " till the audiej^eVreYfairiy but of breath. All the characters iin the piece. are skilfully impersonated,' and the comedy is played t i"r,om the opening to the fall of the curtain with.a.'sdegree ,of smoothness, realism, and vivacity which <3pniplettjly takes' the audience out of the realm of f aicy iji'tp' that of reality. . . . — Mr ; ' Gordon Gooch, A.E.A.M., has been tendered" a: grand farewell complimentary aild testimonial Concert, which will take place in the Choral Hall bn,the' ;^th.inßtr-.\The.programine, which is one of the moss attractive eyer presented to an Auckland audience',' vis:. published in another column. Hew Schmitt-^iV^Q^ifljte lag.couductor.and 1 lnb^t.of the leadirigf.'ROCjtlwta and instrumentalists of Auckland will givethoteyervices. In the interval a testimonial from Mir Gbdqh's'^upils'and their parents and friends will be prosent'ed^tbithe, beneficiare* '.JMr Gooch .lias -'always f" 'tfioienfosb ill eyery gqod cause, has, done much to j ; 'tHe V; S|Mi4«r a 'Of,' musioalculfeHre in Auckland, and r.veß>sjsps9#l6 f recognition 1 - at the hands of theinumif»;>TiSiß*lp.B3.wilLbe severely felt in musical e&; -oj>s?iiioh,;:lte has .a^waylsr^be^. a popular and ;A^Lo||^,t^<e^ : ;m^ Tiearaixcß'^^i3S^lKw^An<ier^dn''^t^ :, -'loose d^B^#? y:^B«^W*^^^OT!l?Jffii!*S9^ffli^^W : t ;;;gtouiQeicp^|ft«ty/^d|fr;^

of conspicuous personal gifts which had preceded her Sis i ? n oveVway borne out by her light graceful movement and clear, soft, modulating voice, which, however, though a little nervous at first, seemed rather wanting Sower. This slight defect soon became obliterated Sji'the lady's evident desire to snececd-a desire which was in every way gratified ere the final fall of the curtain Miss Anderson's conception of the heroine of 'MrsLoveirs much "discussed version of "Ingpmar, is EJutoly fresh and intelligent, and in its graceful naturalness all traces of staginess are completely merged ?n an exquisite pourtrayal of ..natural life. Her .representation of Parthenia, from the lowest depths of its tragedy to its lightest shade of comedy, is in;every way a very triumph ; of' art. ; . . :