STAGE AND STUDY.

Observer, Volume XI, Issue 648, 30 May 1891, Page 15

STAGE AND STUDY.

Madame Patex at the City Hall to-night.

Amy Vaughan at the City Hall next Saturday.

; Dr. Canaris, the man of magic, has been doing good business in the Waikato.

The Baby Ogden Company has been reorganised, and is now showing in Melbourne.

The Invercargill Caledonian Society produce the * Bride of Lammermoor ' next month.

. The recently-formed Harmonic Club in Wanganui will shortly produce the cantata • Rebecca.'

Mr Frank Thornton's daughter, Maude, has recently won scholarship at the Boyal College of Music.

Mr J. L.Lohr, Madame Patey's indefatigable advance agent, has gone on aheacl to arrange for her appearance down South. \

The Hon. R. Oliver ig presenting seven pictures to the Dunedin Art Gallery. They are excellent works, ohiefly by Frenoh artists.

Miss Daisy Thornton deserves special notice for her olever acrobatic performances at the City Hall, as does her tutor, Max Einkle.

Harry Cowan, the popular comedian, now resident in this city, is just recovering from a somewhat lengthy and serious illness.

Mr James Hogan's new book will be a stirring romance of real life in England and Australia, under the title of ' The Convict King.'

Matters theatrical are not quite played out in New Zealand when the London Bellringers, who paid the colony a flying visit, took over £6000.

Madame Burton leaves us early in June to fulfil an engagement with Sir Charles and Lady Halle, in Australia. Baby is doing nicely, thank you.

On Friday, 15th May, Mr John McGlashan's fifth orchestral concert took place at the Opera House, Welington, before a large and enthusiastic audience.

Lovers of theatrical reminiscences will be interested to hear that the late Barry Sullivan has left behind a voluminous autobiography, which will be published by Eoutledge and Son.

Madame Sara Bernhardt and company passed through Auckland en route for Australia, last week. Tickets for their opening performance at Melbourne have been selling at £2 each.

Miss Amy Vaughan will give those who did not see 'Monte Christo ' another opportunity after the Jennie Lee season, when she will again stage this charming jittle burlesque for a short season.

Mr Edward Terky, the clever theatrical manager, aspires to a seat in the British Parliament. Should he succeed, he will retire from the stage. He confesses to having pocketed £30,000 out of ' Sweet Lavender,' which play-goers will remember having been produced here by Charles Warner.

Music-lovers of Wellington are all of a flutter' as to whether Madame Patey will appear there or not. It seems that the local Opera House is engaged for the dates on which she proposed to appear, and a prohibitive rent is required for the Theatre Eoyal. Unless" some arrangements for the use of a suitable hall can be come to, the gifted songstress will be unable to charm musical Wellingtonians.