TO THE EDITOR OF5 THE ERA. Sir,-In the notice of Judgment at this theatre yoar critic says, " It was with some satisfaction we discovered that the questionable taste which had given to a stage play such a title as The Day of Judgment had been corrected by public opinion, and tha

TO THE EDITOR OF TEE ERA. Sir,-I shouldn't have Said another word upon the above subject had it not been that both Mr Aynstey and Mr Wilde have misrepresented me; therefore, as you have printed the letters in which such misrepresen- tation occurs, I feel you will, in simple just

LIVERPOoL DB AATIC iLODGV ?? The first reg lar meeting of the "Dramatics n'of Liver- pool after the most successful installation'gathering last month took place at the headquarters of the order, Hope- street, last Tuesday afternoon, when there was an attendance which was expressi

Still "'Prominently Pre-eminent."' H B P I N A U D 5' If Nyew Entertainment, J' grand success, Day's Concert Hall, Birmingham, emphatic grand success. Their Entrede a marvel of brilliancy; Costumes beyond arisen, the stage setting the finest ever mounted for a eOprOity, their Thr

" ONE FAULT." " A Home Story," told in One Act, by Ernest Warren and Charlotte Elliott, produced for the First Time on any Stage at the Theatre Royal, Wigan, Friday, October 9th, 1885. Sir Francin Coulton ?? ?? Mr EnwanD EmORY Bertie Thornleigh ?? Mr R. MAcKENZIE Samuel ?? Mr ERN

MUSIC HALL SONG3. An article upon the above subject in a contemporary has called forth the following correspondence: "Sir,-I read your interesting 'leader' concerning music hall songs, and though, being myself a msdtc hall performer, I may agree with much that referre o the inani

IDEAL OPERABS. Lovers of opera have to consider what kind of works they will encourage in the future. There is legendary opera, the comic opera, the opera of homely sentiment, the ballad opera, and the spectacular opera. All of these have their admirers, but no particular school

ARTISTIC AID FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB| OF LIVERPOOL. Thanks to the courtesy of the Mayor and Mayoress of Liverpool, a three days' sale of work was held at the Town Hall at the end of last week in aid of the fund for the erection of an institute for the adult deaf and dumb of the cit

nOUR readers will learn with regret that Mrs Alfred Mellon, so long and so favourably known to playgoers, both under that name and as Miss Woolgari s seriously indisposed, and that her mental as well as her physical strength has broken down. Very valuable has been the services r

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORE, SErf. 25.-A Bowery audience is one of the most amusing in New York. It is amusing because it is natural. It gives immediate voice to its first and quickest impressions. It does not stop to analyse. If it is amused it laughs without inquiri