"Dick Whittington," which is vlaying at the Lyceum, where tradition is very strictly followed, promises to be another traditional triumph.
All of the big provincial theatres fare revelling in pantomimes, The Surprise of the year, however, is a ventriloquial turn by Sir Henry Lytton at Birmingham in "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp." The turn recalls forgotten days when he appeared as a ventriloquist in music halls $0 years ago. His great song "I'm the Emperor of China."
"Peter Pan" and all the usual Christmas' shows have made brilliant re-appearances, while such undying favourites as "When Knights Were Bold" and "The Belle of New York," which are playing at West End theatres, well sustain their accustomed lustre—Reuter,
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