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· “Well, you see," Penley said once to THE ORIENTAL "THEATRICAL, `Cò a friend, very' gravely, "we opened with OF MANILA, PL, PRESENTS

Charley's Aunt at Bury St. Edmunds, and we played to eleven shillings and inepence. We wont on to Cambridge for a night and drew twelve and three. pruce?

By the time we did a one-night stand at Ipswich the returna rose to Bs. Ind.†) Then, said I,This piece shows an up- Ward tendency! I will risk it on my own account at the Royalty.'"

London, it came, on December 21, 1892, Accordingly to the Royalty Theatre,

unl at once rented a furore.

Transferred in 1808 to the Globs Thet tre, it was performed no fewer than 1,466 timea in succession, and at a time

twenty-Are companies were playing it simultaneously in Britain and America!

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at St. Peter's, Mergató, on November 19, | THE DISCIPLINE OF THE BAR.

1852.

The son of schoolmaster, be as educated at his father's school in Charles- strect, Westminster, afterwards' nesisting there a teacher.

He learnt singing as a member of the choir of the Chapel Royal, Saray, and was a bass singer in the choir of a church

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Brother Pelician stood out as a memor for defamation of character could be üble performance, full of rich, unctuous brought agains the barrister. Thom humour.

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Secretary," a farce which had been adapt therefore, that the barrister must be a just ed from the German by Mr. Charles and honourable men. Hawtrey.

A knowledge of human natura, se velj His playing of the part of the little as a knowlege of the law, was necessary curate who didn't like London" evoked to the barrister. One of the secrets, off

tears of laughter," and many - older

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(for Cairb), FORT SAID, MESSINA and for the manager, and asked "Where's other hand there were many instances of MARSEILLES, on MONDAY, January Mr. Penleyousel, profoundly learned in the text

The manager, considerably astonjubed, books, whe proved utterly helpless "In- A number of vacant first-class berths are suddenly found that the royal box had Court when they had to get up and cross available at moderate rates, and special boon booked at the wrong theatro! He examine an actrees. accommodation can also be booked explained that the Prince was at h co.id. For further particulars ploties Opers Comique where & melodrama was

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