STAGE AND STUDIO.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 273, 19 November 1887, Page 3 (Supplement)

STAGE AND STUDIO.

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f»' S lively early age, waa a disy rom early youth lie as'^ewff*^* 0 be successf " l as I»d wrote bushels of .play, even read by the f ■ submitted them. Oc' **? Sir Charles would produce one of acting a principal part, the valuable assistance for the heroine. In this 5-acb drama called $ J » asd a comedy called « became public property. It till " Jim the Penman " ftm -7nne afternoon at the Haymari*nZrt with such a 6o»a fida cordial £t the baronet really reaped the ftftL" years of patient work He 0 $ m Z» pO or by this time, and the Vnedl him in was most It did not, however, suffice to inroads which privation and hope ffy ma de on his constitution, and ffte future seemed more promising jfjj Uneb eickened and died— "a. the wonderful success of "King Minea "out of winch, I am told, W\7Co. * ade £ *' 000 in fchree %U that enterprising firm have been •ttlout for stirring tales of advennTsimilar character. Last year, ifc (•emembered, they brought ont itfS Cily,-by William W«.tall Kifcomn great things are expected called "Dead Mans Hock," f author, who chooses to ilSentity under the pseudonym of f> Cassell's • reader declares "Dead A Bock-", will create quite as great a SiffiKder Hazard's masterpiece. Ksinff English "ballad-monger" of EJ is undoubtedly Hope Temple, in Old Garden" and "My Lady's Hi* are heard everywhere at Home £L Gounod's latest effort, "Until is also very popular, and ileTosiii's "Dreams of the Summer arlsidore de Lara's "Garden of £« ought also to become known out tain th 6' colpnies.' Paulus'a Boulanger 2 ''En Eerenant de la Itevac," bids "jj w j)i 6 ve a big success. Pantomime eiictrirers have with one accord capJlt •'tteV London Gaiety folks an-

flMjjtlfillbe included in their ChristSβ'the jiooreand Burgess Minstrels *ofas. a "special English version " ■ ° l f a y ) and a person called the iMaopermotfc is earning large bs with it at the music halls. lately, the melody is an in3piritsm, and stand a good deal BBieying. Most of the popular comic njfinenour savour of Buffalo Bill and itftil| West. Thus there is Rowley's Wild West of Kensington We'll 3ii the Buffalo " — commonplace words ito a jovial melody; Tom Squire's with a swinging chorus, BtJon't Buffalo Bill come homo gloving B.quaw and his mother-in-law ] Hie comes home his hair I'll comb. I;ion'tßuffalo Bill come home 1 IfjweatJfacDermott's "Wild, Wild lAojjdQn," an instructive ditty infejtoisnow that girls and other luxuries sch tlje same in town as in Texas. kfprexamplo, referred to the briliottames of the Indian squaws, he dcW, ' ipier njajdens in their war paint you iif iU, Wild West of London, (jrtwprld at Home is all agog with mthat Mr W. P. Frith, R.A. (who i|tiifl"Pßrby Day " and other clever, fee, pictures), has written two <m of " reminiscences of men and pa , 'finch will be published nexb ■iiifßehtley. This work and Sir i, autobiography promise to j prmcjpal treats of the autumn. «lX of forfchcoming books for boys iwtapting as ever. G. A. Henty llurilleFenn are,of course,the leading to The former promises " The WiiTflls of the Fall of Jerusalem," Prinze Charlie : A Tale of Culloden," while Mr Fenn's jfotoMitled " Picfc o' the Fens : A •Hnlureat East Swamp," and pSCarey'e Chicken, Her Voyage to ifiknownlsle." wliteratnre improves rapidly. It is [JTOpg what good value one can WMip for 6d or 4Jd. Capital mm of Victor Hugo's "Toilers of and " Laughing W now obtainable for-6d, and in jjnadable type too. The best of Wldetective stories can also be pur?WTOcbiii. The American detective >«WM series I cannot recommend. ("The Great Adams mmMt" b y Frank Pinkerton) »eKor stuff. A recent addition to |M|n|iieh Novels is " The Battle for ij JwteMoy Thomas, an exciting ? originally appeared in "Cassell's Render the title of " A Fight for i"4;W*s recently reprinted by Mm "Bow Bells." Some of the m 'lJeald'g" 3d favourite fiction deserve mention, notably of "Addie's HusJJjfcry," by the author of "A of M. de Ban- | ■'luffldre " is the prettiest little P«i*ndon for a long time, and £g; The hero of the piece, feanand hungry poet or jPfS r > ?ho has the misfortune to g*Bs*lold days" of Louis XL |T|PQpalarity by giving expresvague longings and . Wtthe people oppressed by that iS' mi ' itis tinted, has wellrs, a . P?P«lar rising. One comK B ." specially effective. It *KJP in the kin^'s ffl<fe^i ei?the "Ballade dcs |^{£- KinsKope -" Here i^Sfi 6, Batching: wide, feS**^'""™ , ■h'PlotapV,? ° s the gruesome scone, is led by »3hW Oliver le Faim, into Louis himself. S . the Mad-monger's SJeKing. B If, within an oT Gnn^olre is i)oor, J l * J I? enfc ? ™ ake him cut pi\ d f s ? tho young JpWfc "J le >' el > and, after a feS?rn eath t0 strivin f? t0 Only through the HBeWS g'rl herself and • T - ho 6tor y' vhich is «off ln lts teaching of a fe^fe r "^ a3 enthusiasti-

The fifth concert of the I'onaouby Ohoml an u y takes P l!lC0 on Montia y evening. All tho airs and recitatives of the flrflb par!) na-vQ been entrusted to Mrs Daore, while the second part consists of the overture to • Rosamunde" (Schubert), a madrigal, a part song for ladies, a chorus, a duet, by Mr and Mrs W. Prime, and the andante Minuet and trio from Mozart's Third Symphony. I understand that in consequence chiefly of mdUierent attendance on the part ot lady members the Amateur Opera Society have decided to put off sine die the production or " Tho Pirates of Penzance." Ab any rate ifc could not have been «ot up in time tor successful presentation by Christmas. I here was too much delay in starting.