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Show Theatre. The house was well filled on last night, and the Lingards received a very warm and gratifying welcome. Tho entertainment was an amusing and original . one, and presented a great variety of interesting features. The first piece, "Little Mother," in which tho leading characters were Miss Dickie Lingard and Vm. Horacc Lingard was very gracefully performed. It is a sentimental comedy, com-edy, and tho character ot Kitty Clark aflorded ample scope for Miss Ling-ard's Ling-ard's versatility and genius. She is an original in her style and manner, and is as graceful as forcible. Win. Horaco Lingard, as Bobby Grimes, was a capital impersonation imperson-ation of a country clown, who came to London to protect Kitty, but found that he couldn't keep her. He was inimitable. The piece turned upon tho fortune of Fanny Ciark, (Miss Hattie R-jcue, who wanted to marry -Christopher Doubleprong, (Foster), a modest youth, whom his father (Mardc) had other ideas for idens connected with dollars which the old man hoped to get. Frank Singleton (liraham) a pleasing young gentleman, performed as usual, excellently, ex-cellently, and got oil with part of tho plunder in the shapo of Kitley. Everything turned out delightfully; tho piece was well received and heartily heart-ily applauded throughout. Mr. Howard Paul was warmly received, re-ceived, and gave two of his character songs with good c fleet, and the concluding con-cluding piece, tlio "Weavers," was happily porlorme,', Mr. Lingard being made up splendidly as Simmon?, Sim-mon?, which lie played with much unction, otherwise the piece was most too sentimental for the finale ,of ao entertainment. This evening there is an entire change of programme, tho performance perform-ance commencing with the beautiful play from tho French of Alexander Wumas, entitled "Alphonse," in which Miss Dickie, Mr. Lingard, .Miss Roche, little Edith Clawson, Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Stokes appear. This is ono of the bct dramas of modern times, and from tho excellence of tho cast a rare dramatic treat may be anticipated. Mr. Howard Paul follows with two of his celebrated character songs, and in conclusion Mr. Lingard gives twenty of his original, inimitable character sketches. Another line house may be expected. |