LONDON IN AND OUT OF SEASON.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7417, 7 December 1889, Page 5

LONDON IN AND OUT OF SEASON.

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Awapgeiaenk aw being mada fee gigaatio paatamimee in toudon at Christ*, mas, Her Majesty's being ihe cew couieria the field against Drary Iftne. Afc;pfeeaa* f Mr Fishor, the manager of that hapless* theatre, ia ronaiag prwaeaado ooncfcrts against Covent Garden, ±Jt chj^ietpaa lfy*. will ohaUesgethQ great Dnaiolanoa hint*, self.

The following is a summary of the Weafti End theatres and their proceedings ac" the, ~present moment. la the above' mentioned theatre promenade skein progress.. Beside* these there fonr melodramas, running, namelyy* , Lott*doa Day by Day," at the AdelJ»hi| "The Koyal OOaf"k f " at Drury EaneV.! r man's Shadow *' (for this must be classed' aa a melodrama), at the Haymarket; and, "The Dead Heart," at the Lyceum. There are four farces, namely, "Count Jack/ , at' the Court; "One Flat,* , at the Strands; " JBaop'a Bibles/ , at the Comedy,- antf • c The Bungalow, ,, at Toole'a. Two con**v diea, "Castle," at the Criterion, and' " Sweet Lavender," at Terty*& Two , comedy dramas, " The Middleman," at the" Shaf tesbury, ,, and tie " PtoflipAe/' at th# Gwcriok. S'onr comic operas—."«The tTeo- t man of the Guard," at the Savoy j *• '$)a& Brigands/ at the, Avenue 3 " Doris/ , , /$2 the Lyric; and "Paul Joiws/V at'.'t&i Prince of Wales. One romantic opera, " The Castle of Como," at the Opera one burlesque, "Buy Bias, at the <iaiety. Seven theatres are closed, namely, the Vaudeville, the Globe, the Frineesa , , the Royalty, the Novelty, tfceSt. James', and the Olympic j but of these two first open very ehortly. c , ' t ," ', « The new opera at the Savoy ?wSI produced in December, and rehearsals are now taking* place. It will be found to be a return to the old veitt of Mr Gilbert! who has had enough of serious opera. Tha name has not yet baeb decided upon, bf*t the subject is Venetian. Mr Barring&>s| goes back to position in Mr D'Oyipj Oarto's company, and Mr Denny will remain also. There is no Grossmith. now, and but a small part ia being offered t§ Mr Wilkinson, who is playing «faok Pointf in the " Yeoman;" ' Vl ' The old Olympic is to be pulM4otra| and a new house is to be built by i£r Wilmot, who lets it to Mr Wilson. Bawat* on a twenty-one yeara' lease. ; i

An exodus, has taken place to America.' No less than four of our leading actors and their stars have gone there, namely, fha Kendale, Mr Wyndham and Misa Moom Mr Torris and Mia» Mill ward/snd Mf Wilson Barratt and Miss Kastlake;. *■ ''//Tj

THE MUSIC HALL QUESTION '■"* Wo axe all very excited over the;aattals tall qpesfcion, The London County Conn _: has piaeecl the consideration of lioeaeea ia the hands of a committee, which lias beeo* startling the sleepyheads of the m.efcropoUa by its vigilance and its drastic performances. A Mr McDougall, who wa§ fortunate enough to distinguish hkoselibj hia advocacy of Mrs Maybriok'a case papers, is a member of tho Licensing Committee, and in tho earnest zeal of his. d,—* position whioh is nothing i| aoi :enfchusiastic, he takes i. upon him to go round the masiQ halls whioh were applying for renewal of licences. The result was thai some ho pronounced tolerable, others were dubious, while yet others were distinctly vicious. The results he notified to the .coin* mittee and the offenders were summarily dealt with when they appeared before its. No leas than fonr licenses havo been refused so fa?, and one of them was that of tho Aquarium, the ."old-established" (as the public houses say), in-.. The grounds of the refusal, wero. that" the place was the refuge of immoral womejo; an accusation .which nobody ean ,d.enyi Great has been the storm over this action of the Committee, and indignant meetings) have been held by the peopleiinter£Ste.d in the matter. To . a dispassionate outsider) weighing the jpi-os and cons, i_ appears that there is much to be said on behiMf-;<»f Mr Macl> ougall. The only real argument against him is, that if any action is to bo taken, it must be taken Jogically, and. licenses muafc be refused to the Empire the Pavilion, and half & dozen other favored houses which are at present in high esteem. A db\ to! this the contention ##$ bad women must .collect somewhere, they had better collect in a building than in the street, and you get the position of theadversary in its eicrongeßii light. Against him, however, the aforesaid dispassionate person might well argue that ail positive indecency, wherever and whatever ifc i% mu.fc Ve, put down as corrupting to thb _idrals of the public • and * thac corisfequently, as Mr Augustus Harris saysyMt' McDougall is the best friend of the masiojhall, as by purifying: it he is giving l it k better-lease of lite.' J'urthes 1 4s not being combated by the refusal of _ license. Music-halls may be as vulgar &j they like, and as insipid as they like, ani so wearisome to boot, that most respectable people will feel l_e Mr Tree, whaa they go to a ball they come : outside and want to commit suicide. All this ia permissible, bnl; wo most draw the line ati indecency, doubla entendre, and all the rest of it. , ..... . ~ , ....... THE SCHOOLBOY 3TEIKE. There is a certain amount of ? /tha ridiculous in < the schoolboy strike, whioh, coming after the gigantic movement at the Docks, appears as a sort of traTestio of ifc all. Yet, in truth, tho boya «e@m earnest enough, and resolved enough, and there has been no sign of yielding in many cases.: Doubtless on the principle that they will get what they like tha dockers, they are holding out in rebellion and disorder. Their grievances, which, not? that they havo received iheirtipriTnatur of no less an —.dividual than Mr l—boachere, must be considered .worfcby ■ M steel, a-» two-*—first, tbey want shorter hours; secondly, they want fewer home lessons. Both of these are real grievances, says Mr Labouekere, who lool— forward to a- millenium of schools, when, aa far as I can make out, your boys will to at home breaking what they can in $h& way of limbs, chairs, and fallals, about twenty-one hours,out twonty-four. -. -This highly satisfactory for Mr Labonehere, who, 1 believe, has no sons j but more fortunate fathers can hardly be expected to .think it so. ,-, -*'■; THE C-3SAEEWITCH DAY. ' Tha experiment of putting" back £&_ C—3—.'ewitch till the fourth day of the N*swmarket meeting turned out a great success, and seldom has there been a larger gathering than on last Thursday to witness tho hopes of months collapse like a broken —it hex.-' The weather was delightful, and tho sun shone a3 though a June sky. The day's xi wing waa interesting enough, and had not tho Cffisarawitch been ahead the ! other events would have attracted mow attention than, they did. Tha one item iwhich stood out as a surprise was. tha defeat of Ayrahiire, by Gold, in the Champion Stakes. This was Ay_-shiro_ first appearance since he ran away with the Eclipse Stakes, and it wonld havo been wises in the Poke of Portland had,he sent the gallant old horse to. tho stud fxmhfvcm, his Sandown laarelsi An ifc was, the public fancied him so zeinch that long odds wer© betted on him, and then his backers saw him fail away after he hsid beaten o_ Enthusiast. Gold pulled I _cough after a struggle with Anti|)aa,' and Ayrshire ran into tho third place," beaten but not difgracad," aa tho horeo was too evidently shaky on his legs. H© „as sow seen' the I—ifc of a raceconxs— Tho Csm&i rewitch brought out ft lively-field of twenty-two, as against twenty-three last year. -As sooji aa- the numbers were nap, Veracity, ths top weight ran np to the head of tbo betting, where he stuck despite the run of the punters on Davenport and «ha othsr fsnedso. It is well to have ft relation for muring truly. The nest after th__7 to 1 f&vonte, wero Ingram and i»avonpdrt at 1& to 2* «-*»en followed the Frenoh colt Ya»fcta» fit 10a to • l: . Ifrk KgU w§ight» wJjo hm

cone up with » rash from the forties dvnoff the last few days, settled down ■teadily at 100 to 9, and, Mercy, safest of placers, abated with Sheen the 100 to 8 potitioa. About Surbiton, who at one time was a strong tip, twenties could be obtained at any time; and MiUstream, who ie really not a very disappointing horse, remained at 22 to 1. As might be expected, The Baron was quoted at 66, Whitelegs at 50. The excitement was considerable when it was seen that Lord Marcus had got the field off, and breaking time with a rush, made the waning for Mercy. Fallow Chat, Jedfoot; and Sheen on the right, then came Vaaistas, Whitelegs, Ingram, Primrose Day, and Savant just in front of Millstream, Polydor, Crimea, and Jack Frost, Veracity and Tisaaphernes being the last pair. The lot streamed on to the Flat without much change, save that here Mercy edged up to> Assassin and passed him. In this order they reached the T.Y.C. poet, about half a-mile from borne, when Fallow Chat and Aimwin retired, and Mercy came in in front of Sheen and Primrose Day, Ingram, Millstream, and Crimea following, the Baron last. At the Bushes, Mercy stitf leading, Primrose Day led down into ■econd place and Ingram into third, Sheen, Miilstrcam, and Jack Frost close up. Into the dip they dived, Primrose Day overhauling Mercy, who was patted by Ingram, and though the- last-named made a gallant effort to overhaul Primrose Day, it was of so avail, and Goater's horse won easily by three lengths, Mercy a bad third, a neck in front of Millstream, who was placed fourth. Sheen was fifth, Jack Frost sixth, Savant seventh. Cabal eighth, Vasistas ninth, and these in order—Crimea, Darenport, Dan Dancer, Jedfoot, Assassin, Tissaphernes, Surbiton, Fallow Chat, Veracity, •fid the Baron to oloae up.