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...audience of the Elizabethan theatre was very interesting. The fops and gallants came to show themselves off rather than to enjoy the play. They set the latest fashions. Some reclined on the stage, while others sat in the pit and boxes. The coming production of "The Silent Woman" will give an excellent idea of the appearance of the pit and stage of an Elizabethan theatre...
...tfON Monday evening, February 11, Mr. Nat C. Goodwin will present at the Hollis Street Theatre, his latest and greatest success, "David Garrick," by T. W. Robertson. The story is well told, and the work of Goodwin is delightful. His dry, sarcastic remarks on the father's reflections upon players in the first act; his meeting with Ada at her father's house, his simulation of intoxication, his forgetfulness for the moment when she appeals to the better nature, thrills even his stupid hearers with the genius of his art, and his heart-breaking demand upon the father...
...excellent company, will begin his annual Boston engagement at the Tremont next week, presenting, for the first time in this city, the funniest of all comic operas - "Dr. Syntax." DeWolf Hopper will essay the role of a good-natured, up-to-date pedagogue. The locale of this, the latest and greatest of the comedian's light comic operatic successes, is laid in a charming country village in New England. The jovial "Dr. Syntax" esteems it his duty to make everybody happy, and, luckily for his protegees, his opportunities to carry out this benevolent plan are many, for the young lady...
...Faculty in the form of a motion to prohibit all games at or near New York. It is thought that the most radical action that will be taken will be the shortening of the season by perhaps a week, so that the last game shall be played at the latest a week before Thanksgiving. But even as much action as this is doubtful...
...been read with delight by the greatest men both of England and America. All through her works one feels that it is of real life he is reading. But "Pride and Prejudice," he thought, was not the best of her books, of which the most delightful perhaps were her latest works: "Mansfield Park," "Emma," "Persuasion." One goes to Jane Austen for humor, and not for pathos. Her novels are no more real than Miss Wilkens's "Pembroke," which is an extraordinary work, full of passion and power throughout. The descriptions of New England funerals which are to be found several...