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    • A GOOD AFTERNOON'S WORK.
    • THE FANCY FRANCHISE.
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      May I8, 1867.] The Tomahawk. 21

      May i 8 , 1867 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 21

      A Good Afternoon's Work.

      A GOOD AFTERNOON'S WORK .

      Afternoon The Adel By Phi The Theatre Li...

      afternoon The Adel by phi the Theatre literary was " put brothers to a worth " of y the use late on last C . Saturday Bennett , whose ... V > nca untimel urktimnfaTv death rit ^ at ' h e * vt ± rxrtYnf e who wVir » Irnp knew 'w him Tiim or c \ r his Vii « works wnrts .

      must have mourned y . Especiall everyon y will he be missed , by children , , humour whose hearts enabled his simp him le so affectionate effectuall nature to touch , and . There genial was quaint no gall in his , pen . All honour to thosa y who , at the sacrifice of some in the time hour and of their no little need money . , come forward to help his family I decline It is customary to criticize on the these actors occasions . Charity , we covers know a multitude not why , to of . or sins first we -rate know acting , and at one a does charitable not expect performan to get a ce comfortable . Certainly seat , as regards regards the tne former iormer , , S oararaay aturday afternoon aiternoon proved proved no no exception exception ..

      The amiability with which the luxurious fashionables endured ing being which packed they in had the p undergone it as close as in sardines crushes , in showed Belgravia that , the had train been - not altogether useless . As regards the acting , many who came as only Mr to . Shirley stare at Brookes authors in observes the flesh ) , must ( and a have good been deal p of leasantl it too y , were surprised artists to . find that , in more senses than one many of them I The operetta of Cox and Box was really capital . Everybody regretted obtrusive , they certainly had made so little a great of Mr part . Blunt of , Mr who . , Bouncer without . being Yes , j Mr . Bouncer . Nothing but Mr . Burnand's well-known violent

      him political the audacity opinions to and deal misogynistic so unscrupulousl princip y les with could a work have that given has j been common hallowed consent by , has the long laug taken hter of its generations place amongst , and the which classics , by I of the nineteenth century . The want of reverence in young men now of argument -a-days is , very that shocking such a . liberty However was , granting admissible , for , we the mu sake st funny candidl words y confess of the that songs the have work been has been fitted well with done most , and elegant that and the p playful layful music music , , by by Mr Mr . . Arthur Arthur Sullivan Sullivan . . The The only only fault fault to to us us

      seem charming s an voice occasional , but does monotony not pronounce . Mr . G his . Du words Maurier clearly has . Mr a . clearly Quintin . has Each not mi a ght charming learn voice from , but the does other pronounce with advantage his words . 1 the Both little gentlemen piece . , however , contributed largely to the success of The Moray Minstrels gave a great treat to those who had who never had heard . them , and renewed pleasant memories for those I i Mr Mr . . Shirley Shirlev Brooks Brooks delivere delivered d an an address address of of his his own own compo

      comno-sition . He came forward as a deputation . It would have been better Brooks had had the stood deputation bto receive consisted the of two lause , and which Mr . his Shirley clever lines really deserved y , while some app more practised orator very interpreted them . It is but few poets who do not mar their own verses by reading them . by The heart Sheep . But in everybod Wolfs Clothing y can bear , everybody to see that by this darling time kn of ows all j hearts have a and particular eyes , Kate spite Terry against , over the and stage over for again he is . Hymen always must robbing us of some favourite just when we , are beginning to find

      the their staff real of value Punch . This to the by curiou the way s gaze . This of the piece public exhibited . They most would of I followers appear to of be Banting nearly . all Mr " . bearded Mark Lemon as the was Pard very , " like and Henry to be the no This Eighth beard , who troubled had slipped us till down Mr . a Tom century Taylor or kindl so in y informed chronology us . ! that he had brought it from Tangiers as a barbarous custom . We ; have suppose been there a matter was no of Cu excise stom duty -house . Mr in . those Lemon days , however , or it , showed would I ; that envy he him possessed . We rarel elocutionary y heard words powers better which spoken many actors , Mr . mi Tom ght

      Tay Taylor lor , , clever clever as as he he is is . , cannot cannot adapt adaot himsel himself f to to the the character character of of Jasper have had to have an been Carew accident kept very many . serious We just of were before less , and very nerve coming which sorry from would on to going hear the have that stage through been this , which quite gentleman their enough might part . ( Mr conscious . Bernand , we played mean that Kester he was rather not heavily quite sure and of consciousl his words ) y . false In the cupboard scene where —the Zoyland door stuck , tbe —and blacksmith Mr . Bernand , comes in vain try tried the

      to " Happy open it thought . But if " he the called door stuck to John , the Zoyland actor " did to bring not , and his tools by a themselves and open this worth door . of " their Two of sisterhood Miss Kate while Terry Mrs 's . sisters Stoker proved kindl appeared as Dame y Carew . , y Aveugles The performance " which is admirabl concluded adapted with Offenbach to fill fifteen ' s " Les minutes Deux

      allowed for , refreshments . y Mr . Harold Bowen up and Mr . Du great Maurier success acted , financiall it capitall y y and . Altogether otherwise . the performance was a those The tiresome prompter hitches 's voice or was waits never which heard are , and almost there excusable were none in of the amateur actors performances have to contend , considering . the difficulties with which

      The Fancy Franchise.

      THE FANCY FRANCHISE .

      Gestions The Following To The Chancellor...

      gestions The following to the Chancellor Fancy Franchises of the have Exchequer been . sent We in give as sug the - names persons of likel the y proposers to be enfranchised , and calculations : — as to the number of PROBABLE NUMBER TERMS TKRJOF FRAN RAN - PROPOSER . ZJ : ^ J OF PERSONS ENFRANCHISE * CHISED . Lord Shqftesbury . All persons who shall have attended every

      public meeting which his dressed Lordshi and p has be able ad- o . to give , a resum 6 of ] y his various speeches . ) Mr , Pheips , All persons that think I ShSc t > naicspeanan soearian A Actor ^ tor \ 1 2 * **** *<>»>• '

      that ever lived . * Bishop Colenso . Anyone who will eat } 5 ( including 4 expe-Town the Bishop . of Cape f f and rienced one cannibals hungry , j Scotchman ) . Mr . RceBuck . AU persons who . never j o ( includinghimself ) . TheDirectorsofthe All persons who will } 3 ( including Sir London Chatham take Preferencef Morton Peto and and Dover Rail- Shares off their X two paper kite i /// hands xictiius j manufacturers iiianuiav / iuicio )

      way vuu ^ y Company . cwjiMyi . . . j ; . . Mr . Bradlaugh . Any person who calls ) him manand a respectable an honour f f 2 venal ( supposed ) , to be to his , country . ) Martin Tupper . All write persons bigger who non can - \ > 21 ( female novelists ) , sense than he can . ) The Proprietor of All constant readers of \ raid raid the Morning . He- that journal . )\ 'oo 2 i .

      , Mr . Sothern . All persons who ad- } his mired dress anything in Claude but f ( _ ( /„ under __ ,. „ aSe _ „ ) % - Melnotte . ) E . Moses and Soft . All E . persons Moses * wearing Paletot " > ) No statistics . ( 17 s . 6 d . ) ) Miss pie . Emily Sim- All flirted with the nice whom . young she men has ) ) > 4 , 021 , OiiKselv & s . All nersons who erive 1 « 1 ..... _

      usuall y good ain- ™ ^ y " ,. ^

      Reflection After Witnessing A " Genuine ...

      Reflection after Witnessing a " Genuine Success . " — Theatrical managers are very like children in one point—the latter make houses with cards , while the former make houses of paper .

  • Citation
    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), May 18, 1867, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18051867/page/7/