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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
COVENT G ARDEIT . — On Saturday ( this day ) " Fausfc e Marghertia " Avill be produced , inaugurating fche re-appearance of Madame Pauline Lueca . On Monday " Don Giovanni , " iu which Madame Csillag will make her first appearance for five years . On Tuesday "La Favorita . " On Saturday , April 13 th ., Madame Adelina Patti Avill appear as Amina , in " La Sonnambula , " the pait in Avhich she first appeared before an English audience , and Avhich , more than any since assumed hy her , gained her great popularity .
At DRUHY LAUB Mr . Mapleson announces that the Opera Season of 1871 will commence on Saturday , the 15 th of April . HAYAIAEKET . —Bro . Buckstone relies upon the '' Palace of Truth , " as being sufficiently attractive to fill the house for the Easter Holidays . Mr . Sothern will reappear in a NOAV Comedy , entitled " An English Gentleman , " on Monday , May 1 st .
At the PRINCESS ' THEATRE Bros . AVebster ancl Chatterton announce a grand combination of attractions for Easter . An Original Farcical sketch entitled " The Right Man in the AVrong Place , " in which the Members of tbe A okes Family Avill appear and Dance a new Quadrille invented hy themselves . The Princess ' s version ( by permission of Mrs . Charles Keau ) of the Dramaof Faust and Miirguerite AA'ill be produced , Avith all the original effects . Mr . Phelps takes the part of Mephistopholes .
At the ROYAL ADELPHI , Bro . Benjamin AVebster announces a New Farce , NBAV Drama , NOAV Comie Ballet . On Easter Monday , Avill be produced a New Farce , by John Oxeuford , entitled " D OAVO in a Balloon ; " A NCAV and Spectacular Drama , founded on Alctor Hugo ' s Novel , entitled " Notre Dame ; or , tbe Gipsy Girl of Paris , " written by Andrew Halliday ; and a Comic Pantomine Ballet , entitled ' * Quicksilver Dick . " ST . JAMES ' . —A esta Avas AvithdraAvn on ThursdayApril
, 6 th , its fiftieth night . On Saturday , April Sth , Mrs . John AVood appears as Mistress Anne Bracegirdle , in the Now Cornedy , " The Actress by Daylight . " At the VAUDEVILLE the long continued success of the "Two Roses" seems to necessitate a revision of the Floricultural vocabulary . In future it Avill be necessary to remove Roses from amongst the deciduous plants and class them under the head of sempervirens .
CHARING- CKOSS . —The French plays ivill he continued . On Easter Monday Yictoiien Sardou's " Les Pattes de Mouebe' ' Avill be produced . THE GLOBE THEATRE . —This Theatre ivill open on Monday , April 17 , ivith a NCAV Grand Opera Bouile , in English . THE ROYAL ALTRED , Edgware Road , ivill re-open for
tha Easter Se . ison on Saturday , Sth ot April , under the direction of Mrs . Charles Harcourt , Dion Boucicault ' s Drama , the " Colleen Bawn , " and F . C . Burnard ' s '' Black-eyed Susan , " ( ivith the original representatives , ) ivill be produced .
THE SURREY THEATRE . —This Theatre will re-open on Saturday , April 8 th . Mr . Charles Dillon AAIU appear in King Lear . On Easter Monday , and during the Aveek , this renowned actor Avill assume his great character of Bolphegor , in the play of that name . At the GRECIAN Mr . B . 0 . Conquest announces "AmyRohsart , ' Dion Boucicault ' s great Drama of " The Flying Scud" on Easter
Monday , and a great novelty iu preparation in which Mr . Geo . Concjuest will appear . THE GAIETY THEATBE . —Mr . John Holtingshead announces " Peter the Shipwrig ht-, " a HBAV Opera-Drama in three acts , Music by Lortzing , Avith Mr . Stanley in the chief role ; Malala , a new Musical Extravaganza , by Offenbach : aud two New Ballets .
Public Amusements.
SADLER ' S AVELLS AA' 111 open on Easter Monday , ivith " Hamlet , " under the Management of Mr . D . J . Lewis . Afc the STANDARD THEATRE on Easter Monday , the " Grand Duchess" Opera Company ivill appear in appear in Offenbach ' s Grand Duchees . The Avhole of the Covent Garden " Grand Duchess" Company ivill appear iu their original characters . A Grand Morning Performance in aid of the Royal General
Theatrical Fund , will take place on Tuesday , April llth ( Easter Tuesday ) , ivhen the AVolf ancl the Lamb , the Palace of Truth , and the Poor Soldier will be performed , supported by the entire Haymarket Company , Avho have kindly proffered their gratuitous services on the occasion .
COURT THEATRE , "A New Fairy Tale , " by AV . S . Gilbert , with music by Alberto Randegger , ivill be produced on the 15 th ult . The Management have issued the folloiving characteristic notice : — NOTICE TO THE PAYIKG PUBLIC . —The Management beg to intimate that the free list is entirely suspended—that is to say , no orders for free admission will be given aAvay . It has for a long time been the custom in several theatres to give invay
quantities of orders ; at the R * yal Court Theatre , under the present management , this system will never be countenanced . The visitor to the Court will always have the satisfaction of knowing that his neighbour has paid equally ivith himself for the entertainment provided , and that he is not placed next to those ivho never AA ' OUUI or coulcl pay for the seats they occupy . The management clo not permit any fees , have provided proper attendants in liveryand improved the administration in the
, refreshment department These reforms before the curtain have already been recognised by the public , and in adding to these a total abolition of the paper system at this theatre , they feel they are only fulfilling one more duty zo those Avho do pay , and are tbe only real supporters of the drama .
At the PHILHARMONIC on Easter Monday Mr . C . Morton announces a new Musical Extravaganxa , Avritten by Arthur Rushton ancl Frank Arlon , entitled "The Nightingale's Wooing . " Miss Hetty Tracey , from the Vaudeville , takes the principal character . Barbe Blue , Offenbach ' s Opera Bulla , will shortly be produced . CRYSTAL PALACE . —The Easter arrangements at this Popular
Holiday resort are varied as eA'er . A Grand Ballet is announced , under the direction of Mr . Hollingshead , of the Gaiety . It is entitled " Ahiddin , " the characters being supported by Mdlle . Carle , Miss Dunbar , Herr Carle , Messrs . Warclc , Rayner , Martinette , and 300 other performers . The out-door sports , as usual , ivill attract the greater portion of the holiday folks at this , the Easter Carnival of the working classes of the Metropolis ancl environs .
At the A & EICULTURAL HALL , on Easter Monday , Bro . F . Strange announces a Grand Entertainment . The celebrated Band of the Garde de Paris , in Full Uniform ; the Alhambra Band , under direction of M . Riviere ; Blouclin , the Hero of Niagara , in his marvellous Feats on the High Rope ; and a variety of other entertainments , Avhich will doubtless attract a full attendance . A Grand Dramatic Ball Avas held in Willis ' s Rooms , in aid of the Funds of the Dramatic , Equestrian , and Musical Sick Fund Association , Avhich proved eminently successful , and will doubtless contribute a large sum to the funds of this institution .
ASTLEY ' S UNDER THE HAJOTER . —On Tuesday last , Astley's Theatre—the history of which has perhaps been more eventful than that of any other place of amusement in the Metropolis—Avas , AA'ith all its valuable wardrobes , properties , fittings , fixtures , stabling , out-buildings , & c , submitted to public auction , at the Mart . Tokenhouse Yard , by Messrs . Driver , ot Whitehall . The announcement of the sale attracted a numerous company , but there was very little bidding for the propert The hihest bid
y . g was £ 10 , 000 , an advance upon which sum all the . persuasive eloquence of the auctioneer tailed to obtain . The property was , consequently , not sold , the reserve price being , we understand , £ 14 , 000 . It UOAV remains for sale by private contract . —" Era .
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Public Amusements.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .
COVENT G ARDEIT . — On Saturday ( this day ) " Fausfc e Marghertia " Avill be produced , inaugurating fche re-appearance of Madame Pauline Lueca . On Monday " Don Giovanni , " iu which Madame Csillag will make her first appearance for five years . On Tuesday "La Favorita . " On Saturday , April 13 th ., Madame Adelina Patti Avill appear as Amina , in " La Sonnambula , " the pait in Avhich she first appeared before an English audience , and Avhich , more than any since assumed hy her , gained her great popularity .
At DRUHY LAUB Mr . Mapleson announces that the Opera Season of 1871 will commence on Saturday , the 15 th of April . HAYAIAEKET . —Bro . Buckstone relies upon the '' Palace of Truth , " as being sufficiently attractive to fill the house for the Easter Holidays . Mr . Sothern will reappear in a NOAV Comedy , entitled " An English Gentleman , " on Monday , May 1 st .
At the PRINCESS ' THEATRE Bros . AVebster ancl Chatterton announce a grand combination of attractions for Easter . An Original Farcical sketch entitled " The Right Man in the AVrong Place , " in which the Members of tbe A okes Family Avill appear and Dance a new Quadrille invented hy themselves . The Princess ' s version ( by permission of Mrs . Charles Keau ) of the Dramaof Faust and Miirguerite AA'ill be produced , Avith all the original effects . Mr . Phelps takes the part of Mephistopholes .
At the ROYAL ADELPHI , Bro . Benjamin AVebster announces a New Farce , NBAV Drama , NOAV Comie Ballet . On Easter Monday , Avill be produced a New Farce , by John Oxeuford , entitled " D OAVO in a Balloon ; " A NCAV and Spectacular Drama , founded on Alctor Hugo ' s Novel , entitled " Notre Dame ; or , tbe Gipsy Girl of Paris , " written by Andrew Halliday ; and a Comic Pantomine Ballet , entitled ' * Quicksilver Dick . " ST . JAMES ' . —A esta Avas AvithdraAvn on ThursdayApril
, 6 th , its fiftieth night . On Saturday , April Sth , Mrs . John AVood appears as Mistress Anne Bracegirdle , in the Now Cornedy , " The Actress by Daylight . " At the VAUDEVILLE the long continued success of the "Two Roses" seems to necessitate a revision of the Floricultural vocabulary . In future it Avill be necessary to remove Roses from amongst the deciduous plants and class them under the head of sempervirens .
CHARING- CKOSS . —The French plays ivill he continued . On Easter Monday Yictoiien Sardou's " Les Pattes de Mouebe' ' Avill be produced . THE GLOBE THEATRE . —This Theatre ivill open on Monday , April 17 , ivith a NCAV Grand Opera Bouile , in English . THE ROYAL ALTRED , Edgware Road , ivill re-open for
tha Easter Se . ison on Saturday , Sth ot April , under the direction of Mrs . Charles Harcourt , Dion Boucicault ' s Drama , the " Colleen Bawn , " and F . C . Burnard ' s '' Black-eyed Susan , " ( ivith the original representatives , ) ivill be produced .
THE SURREY THEATRE . —This Theatre will re-open on Saturday , April 8 th . Mr . Charles Dillon AAIU appear in King Lear . On Easter Monday , and during the Aveek , this renowned actor Avill assume his great character of Bolphegor , in the play of that name . At the GRECIAN Mr . B . 0 . Conquest announces "AmyRohsart , ' Dion Boucicault ' s great Drama of " The Flying Scud" on Easter
Monday , and a great novelty iu preparation in which Mr . Geo . Concjuest will appear . THE GAIETY THEATBE . —Mr . John Holtingshead announces " Peter the Shipwrig ht-, " a HBAV Opera-Drama in three acts , Music by Lortzing , Avith Mr . Stanley in the chief role ; Malala , a new Musical Extravaganza , by Offenbach : aud two New Ballets .
Public Amusements.
SADLER ' S AVELLS AA' 111 open on Easter Monday , ivith " Hamlet , " under the Management of Mr . D . J . Lewis . Afc the STANDARD THEATRE on Easter Monday , the " Grand Duchess" Opera Company ivill appear in appear in Offenbach ' s Grand Duchees . The Avhole of the Covent Garden " Grand Duchess" Company ivill appear iu their original characters . A Grand Morning Performance in aid of the Royal General
Theatrical Fund , will take place on Tuesday , April llth ( Easter Tuesday ) , ivhen the AVolf ancl the Lamb , the Palace of Truth , and the Poor Soldier will be performed , supported by the entire Haymarket Company , Avho have kindly proffered their gratuitous services on the occasion .
COURT THEATRE , "A New Fairy Tale , " by AV . S . Gilbert , with music by Alberto Randegger , ivill be produced on the 15 th ult . The Management have issued the folloiving characteristic notice : — NOTICE TO THE PAYIKG PUBLIC . —The Management beg to intimate that the free list is entirely suspended—that is to say , no orders for free admission will be given aAvay . It has for a long time been the custom in several theatres to give invay
quantities of orders ; at the R * yal Court Theatre , under the present management , this system will never be countenanced . The visitor to the Court will always have the satisfaction of knowing that his neighbour has paid equally ivith himself for the entertainment provided , and that he is not placed next to those ivho never AA ' OUUI or coulcl pay for the seats they occupy . The management clo not permit any fees , have provided proper attendants in liveryand improved the administration in the
, refreshment department These reforms before the curtain have already been recognised by the public , and in adding to these a total abolition of the paper system at this theatre , they feel they are only fulfilling one more duty zo those Avho do pay , and are tbe only real supporters of the drama .
At the PHILHARMONIC on Easter Monday Mr . C . Morton announces a new Musical Extravaganxa , Avritten by Arthur Rushton ancl Frank Arlon , entitled "The Nightingale's Wooing . " Miss Hetty Tracey , from the Vaudeville , takes the principal character . Barbe Blue , Offenbach ' s Opera Bulla , will shortly be produced . CRYSTAL PALACE . —The Easter arrangements at this Popular
Holiday resort are varied as eA'er . A Grand Ballet is announced , under the direction of Mr . Hollingshead , of the Gaiety . It is entitled " Ahiddin , " the characters being supported by Mdlle . Carle , Miss Dunbar , Herr Carle , Messrs . Warclc , Rayner , Martinette , and 300 other performers . The out-door sports , as usual , ivill attract the greater portion of the holiday folks at this , the Easter Carnival of the working classes of the Metropolis ancl environs .
At the A & EICULTURAL HALL , on Easter Monday , Bro . F . Strange announces a Grand Entertainment . The celebrated Band of the Garde de Paris , in Full Uniform ; the Alhambra Band , under direction of M . Riviere ; Blouclin , the Hero of Niagara , in his marvellous Feats on the High Rope ; and a variety of other entertainments , Avhich will doubtless attract a full attendance . A Grand Dramatic Ball Avas held in Willis ' s Rooms , in aid of the Funds of the Dramatic , Equestrian , and Musical Sick Fund Association , Avhich proved eminently successful , and will doubtless contribute a large sum to the funds of this institution .
ASTLEY ' S UNDER THE HAJOTER . —On Tuesday last , Astley's Theatre—the history of which has perhaps been more eventful than that of any other place of amusement in the Metropolis—Avas , AA'ith all its valuable wardrobes , properties , fittings , fixtures , stabling , out-buildings , & c , submitted to public auction , at the Mart . Tokenhouse Yard , by Messrs . Driver , ot Whitehall . The announcement of the sale attracted a numerous company , but there was very little bidding for the propert The hihest bid
y . g was £ 10 , 000 , an advance upon which sum all the . persuasive eloquence of the auctioneer tailed to obtain . The property was , consequently , not sold , the reserve price being , we understand , £ 14 , 000 . It UOAV remains for sale by private contract . —" Era .