THE CIRCUS.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 335, 9 May 1885, Page 15

THE CIRCUS.

Woodyear's Circus has been drawing splendid houses during the week and delighting the young folks, and the old folks too. It certainly is an excellent show. KTot so large, perhaps, as some travelling, but what there is of it is all good. The Japs, are worth going miles to see, and the lady trapezeists are about •as good as any we have had here, if not better 4han any. Professor Taylor is a marvel, and -Jack Cousins and Talbot Shiels wonders. Indeed the company, taken all round,, would be difficnlt to beat. The last performance -came off on "Wednesday evening, and the show is now in the Waikato.

Chiarini's circus is in Sydney. Dunning Opera Company at Brisbane.

Grattan Riggs will open his next seas on in Brisbane. Leon (the only Leon) and dish man. aro on their way out. Reinenyi, the ' king- of violinists, 7 is on the West Coast. M'Mahon. and Leitch's ' Silver King ' company is coming our way. Carey, the " Pirate King," will shoi'tly delight the Melbournites. Fleming Norton, a 'character' entertainer, is ' doing ' New Zealand. The Strasburg Clock company, a clever variety crowd, will be here soon. ' Fun on the Bristol ' back in Sydney. The ' Widow ' as charming as ever. " The Cannibal," a celebrated Melbourne show, died last week at the hospital. Actresses love dress, and it is really strange why some of them wear so little of it. Professor and Clara Baldwin expect to be in Auckland ere long to tell us all about the spirits. Carrie Nelson and McFadyen are in northern Queensland doing nothing. Poor Carrie ! Faust Family, who seceded from Chiarini, are doing the southern townships on their ' own hook.' Miss Genevieve Ward and W. H. Vernon star in the United States shortly. Dates already fixed. Jennie Nye has been singmg Russian war songs in Brisbane. Bravo ! Jennie, our own tiue loved one. Clark and Ryman would appear to have " struck it" at last. Their " Red Stockings" has made a big hit in Melbourne. The always jocular Frank Weston's latest, " A gentlemanly constable in attendance ! ' After this Frank takes the cake. Miss Nellie Wilson and Mr Henry Phillips have been engaged by Mr Harry Rickards for a tour through Australia, and will leave England on loth April. And that dainty little actress, Miss Maggie Knight, has been married to Mr J. H. Jewett. They are travelling New Zealand with the " Silver King " Combination. Majeroui, whose name has been hitherto associated dramatically with death - beds, ghosts, and gloom, has come out in a new character. He is now running comic opera in Melbourne. " Called Back " is making a great sensation at the Melbourne Opera House. Rignold and Frank Cates, who were here with the " Lights o' London " crowd, are " called back " every night by the audience. Adelaide is Miss Genevieve Ward's latest success. Like every other place visited, both Miss Ward and Mr W. H. Vernon have scored a decided triumph in South Australia. Press and public loud in their praise. Friends Agrati and Liddy continue to act as manager and agent. Miss Georgie Smithson, the female Maccabe, has been delighting audiences in Hobart and Launceston. The performance is a remarkable one, Miss Smithson appearing in no less than twenty-seven different characters, the whole being illustrated Avith songs, dances, and dialogues of a novel and descriptive nature! Lately, during Mary Anderson's performance of Juliet at the London Lyceum, at the point where Friar Larwrence chides Romeo for his eagerness for marriage, and says ; ' Wisely and slow ; they stumble that run fast,' a young lady in the audience exclaimed with marked emphasis, ' Right you are.' and caused much amusement.

Mr Frank Lacy and company have had a very successful opening in Brisbane with 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' The Topsy of Miss Jennie Nye is singled out for special praise, but this clever little lady is a prime favourite everywhere Miss Bessie Collier's performance is also well spoken of. Of the gentlemen, Messrs. Ted Botham, Geo. Collier, and W. H. Ryan come out in the order named.