things have been going briskly during the past fortnight. The Court Theatre Ins reopened its doors with a very smart comedy adapted by Messrs. Aubrey Boucicault and Osmond Shillingford from Les Prémieres Armes de Richelieu of MIN. Baya.d and Dumanois. The interest of the piece centres entirely in the doings of the young duke and the action commences on his wedding day which occurred according to the play when he was 19—though according to history I believe he was only 14. "As the Duke, Mr. Seymour Hicks scored a great success, amd Miss Dorothea Baird looked charming in the character of his young wife. The other characters ate quite secondary but were universally well filled.
Mr. Edward "Terry has unluckily scored another failure in What Will the World Say? by George Pleydell Bancroft. The world (as the Press) says Mr. Terry had Wolter try one of his known successes for n time, He has taken the hint and we are shortly to see him again in Steer Lavender, than which he does nothing Of Musketeers and D'Artagnans we have had plenty but not so many that we cannot find a word of praise for the Tntest and funniest of them all, Milord Sir Smith—otherwise Mr. Arthur Roberts. He has taken all that is most amusing out of the two books" and to that by has added about 1,001 funny sayings of his own with the happiest of result Miss Ada Reeve as Milady is quite irresistible.. Shu is neither Mrs. Lewis Waller nor Mrs. Brown Potter, but herself—and a very sweet little self it is.
One word about the new Alhambra Ballet which really is lovely beyond description. It is called The Ked Shoes and is founded on one of Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales, but, of course, there is little tale left. There are five scenes, each one more lovely than its predecessor, In one all the dancers are dressed in iridescent silk gauze, evidently eastern, it shades from pink to blue and from green to orange and it naks like the inside of an oyster shell with the sun shining upon it. "The Inst scene represents The Firmament," here all the dancers are in shades of blue with silver stars in their hands which they wave about. In the back ground is n crystal globe on which a girl Stands tobed in flowing white garments. Above her is the sun, or rather a wonderfal electric light to represent his majesty. It is quite the most beautiful ballet I have ever.seen.
3rd February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.