NOVEMBER 23, 1861.] F TT N. PAN AT THE PLAY. 1 DEAR me, no, my worthy elderly friend, Si are some actors and actresses now-a- Sdays. If you should feel sceptical oni S' these points, and are desirous of seeing Sa good performance of a first-class I i I \c nature (for it is a remarkable thct that I ,i e o these railers against the present state of our theatres seldom or never go into them to judge for themselves), pray Sit ea hlosewl no time in taking a good seat and witnessing Medea, in which Miss -i M M AvoiIA JONES performs with very great Spower and feeling. She is an actress I to be welcomed and cherished, and the British public must not allow her to go Saway. Tho version of the play in which E she performs is not by any means a | I good one, and she is supported very SI feebly, but Medea with Miss AvONIA SJONES in it, is a drama to be seen, not- Swithstanding. 'lhero is only one fault to be found with her--hor Christian Saname. The Peep o' Day, MR. FALCONER's newmelodrama at the Lyceum, ] e though painfully suggestive of the Collen Bawn, and wearisome from its extreme length, is a decided success, and on the whole deservedly Sso. But why will MR. FALCONER, who is not only a clever writer but i a clever actor, insist upon his characters talking three volume novels? SIe seems to have the most,terriblo aversion to finishing a dialogue. lie won't let his characters part. They are as tenacious about having the last word as an insolent street-boy or a nagging wife. I am con- vinced that ho never writes that important stago direction, emeinit both, until he finds that he has no more paper, and oven then does so S with tears in his eyes. I o will not condense; it is perfectly futile suggesting the pruning-knife to FALc-oNEn. SMR. SOTHERN, from America, has made a real hit in the very absurd A HINT TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN. comic drama of Our American Cousin. His performance of a soft- (Suggested by our Bachelor Conatributor.) headed modern swell is something perfectly now, and-oh! how de- lightful to be able to record it-perfectly natural. Lord Dlndrrca! S will become a stage type. The Iaymarket company are so delighted Sat being freed from the trammels cf tragedy, that they go about ENCORE i shaking hands and embracing each other in a manner very pleasantI tIo behold. MESSRS. BRAID and ROGERS are reported to spend their S Su,-I aint a hanthor or a collar, bd t a woman, and I 'as feeling leisure hours in leap-frog, so extreme is their gratification; while Mi. and that's 'ow I 'ates lawyers, and wen I knows anything agin 'em CULLENrRD has been detected, more than once, indulging in surrep- I likes to make it public, and that's 'ow I now addresses you. titious chuckles, with finger snapping accompaniment, ad lbiltm. Well, in course, I wasn't at the opening of the Middle Temple I rejoice to say that Ml. SOTIEIRN is an Eunglishmlanl; and lot me Library by the PRINS or WAILs, but I 'eared the master, who is a take this opportunity of stating, on his own authority, that Mi. barister, a tellin' the missus all abowt it, and this is 'ow it wos. FECIITEB is an Englishman, despite his accent, having first scee There wos a dishoonay given in the pavilion at the place, where the the light (what there is of it) in the romantic reogios of Ilanway-yard. commonality was regaled, and even the lawyers went in for to There has been a change at Covent Garden, Lurline and Roabin gormandize. They was so hungry they begun to eat afore the grace Hood having been presented on alternate nights. They aro both I wos said, and it wos only arter they 'ad made considerable (I says charming specimens of two opposite styles. The manner in which considerable) progress, that the grace was said. But that wasn't all, both operas are mounted reflects the highest credit upon the for wen the thing was hover, and the band had sung the grace arter management, and the completeness of the band and chores enhances meet, wat did the lawyers do, some on 'em, but hencored, actually one's pleasure marvellously, But why is that un-lacky individual, hencored. In course this wos to make up for their want of religious Ruy Blas, put upon the shelf ? feelings at the commencement. But this doesn't do, it doesn't. And so On Wednesday, the 4th of December, will tako place, ati \vms's some on 'era who knowed better, issed, and what with henooring, and Rooms, the annual dramatic ball. The profits will go towards missing and laffin, I believe it wos pretty behavior. Has I wos a building the central hall of the Dramatic College. On this occi- goin' out of the room, I'eared the missus say, "What if FN wos to sion, those who are curious to see if actors and actresses waltz and 'ear ofit?" So I says to myself, says I, ile write to the heditur. eat ices in much the same manner as oller folks, will have an Now I isn't a goin' to make hany comments, nor yet to draw hany opportunity of gratifying their curiosity by plyingl a guinea nai distinctions, for I wasn't touched drawing' ; but what I says is this, procuring a voucher. This latter proceeding, I shoiuh iioaginui , that I'm glad I aint a lawyer. from the style of some I saw present last y'car but one, is by lno 'Opin as 'ow you will put this into your paper, and I knows if you means a difficult matter to accomplish. don't it's all through prejidis, I says no more at present, but At Drury Lane a burlesque by Mu. BYno:., on the Colleen Baiwn, is remains, HANNA MARRIAR JONES. announced. The. familiar incidents of this capital drama are, I hear, P.S.-It's the policeman as said as 'ow I shud rite to you. I kan treatedin aspiritoffanandgoodhumour, witllwhlichthl n os captions send 'is number, and ile get it tomorrer evening, for he's shure to [ critic could not quarrel. A new piece at the Victoria is announced be ere. as a seimi-naidical drama. In an amplhibiois production of this P.S. again.-Private and konfidential.-Caso be there's hany bad nature, the actors, I opine, should be half-seas over." I',F'cb. sop. spelling' just krect it in the printin', for I doesn't want them lawyers Mi Iss ADA SWANscoRcUGri, second daughter of the manager of the to thinly I isn't a match for hany on'em.-Remains as before. Strand, appeared for the first time in London on 'llTurlay, November 14th, in a nect little drama, entitled Is it ithe Kiht K She achieved a genuine success. She is very pretty, very int elligient, very y'iunp, ScaRCELY.-A tradlesmen advertises in the Stanlard,--"A forest of and not only shows great signs of pronliso as uill actress, but sinlgs gas chandeliers and lamps on sale." It is evident that tihe forest in with considerable taste. A clhaiining ballad composed for her by 3M . question is not the often quoted lucus anon Iucmndo. FRANK MTusGuAVE Was deservedly Cnteored.