AMUSEMENTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 176, 12 April 1866, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

The new Prince of Wales Opera House was opened on the evening of the 16th ult., on which occasion a very crowded audience attended. We describe the House in another column of our present issue. Since the night of opening, the interior decorations have been completed, and the theatre presents a very handsome appearance The first engagement by the Management was made with the Lenton troupe of gymnasts, whose extraordinary performances and high reputation throughout the colonies warranted this departure from the original programme. Since their leaving, a series of petite comedies have been played, in which Mr Bartlett, the proprietor and manager, has taken the leading part, and has fully sustained the reputation he has acquired in Australia as an aecomplishod and finished actor in light comocly. He has been well sustained by Miss Rosa Cooper, Mr Lionel Harding, and Mr Sti'eeton. The present has been, howover, only an ad interim season, Mr Baitlett daily expecting the arrival from Sydney of a full and very efficient dramatic company. We have intelligence of the departure of these in the Colonist, which sailed fiom Sydney on the 4th inst., and are Inking forward to the presentation of a succession of his?h-clnss pieces on the boards of the new home. Af the Theatre Royal (Shakspere Hotel), a cojipany have been peiform-' in«j, consisting of Mrs Evereste Miss Kate Green, Mr Evoreste, Mr Towers, and Mr S Fawcett, who have drawn fair houses. The Leotard troupe, equally colebrated with the Lenton, and performing some new and most darintr feats, havn been plf^'ing at the Corinthian Hall and have also received a very large pub lie patronage. They give their last entertainment to night.